This past week, I was honored to guest host the Food Revolution Tuesday Twitter Party where we discussed a topic near and dear to many of our hearts – Feeding Picky Eaters. We got a lot of new and creative ideas from fellow parents struggling with the same issues from around the globe. You can find the followup article and some of the wonderful suggestions here on jamieoliver.com.
This week I will be offering a fun and exciting way to help picky eaters try real, fresh food – A “Kid’s Only” Recipe Challenge! Because this Out of the Box Food journey has become such a big part of my family’s life, I have included my children in every step of the process, including a weekly recipe Competition for Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Each week the Food Revolution team would tweet a theme, such as “salad”, and we would submit our best recipe and recipe title for that category. Let me tell you, my kids LOVED it. They came up with creative ingredients (some of which I was convinced were ingredients they couldn’t stand), and added them to their recipes. Here’s the big bonus – we made their recipes and served them at our dinner table each week. Yup, if they created a salad that has cucumbers – they had to eat cucumbers. And you know what? They did.
This week we will be offering our own Out of the Box Food “Kids Only” Recipe Challenge – and it’s just for the kids (sorry grownups).
Kids – Here is your mission: Create your own original recipe, give it a fun, creative name and submit it below! That’s it! And grownups – psst…cover your kid’s ears – I’m fairly confident your kids will learn to like a few new real, fresh foods when you make & serve their recipe creations. Consider it a little “prize” for you.
So, without further ado, I present our Kid’s Only Recipe Challenge theme. Pencils & crayons ready? Drum roll please…..
The recipe theme – On-a-Stick!
Food on sticks is fun, and kebabs are a fun way for kids to create their own canvas of healthy meal choices. Kebabs can be made with meats, seafood, sausages, breads, vegetables, fruit…pretty much anything that can be threaded onto a stick – the possibilities are limitless. Kebabs can be served raw, grilled or baked – for breakfast, lunch, dinner…or even dessert. This is an opportunity for your children to get creative in the kitchen! Need some inspiration? Pop over to your local farmers market this weekend to inspire your children’s creativity with all the fresh, local produce! They can see the summer’s bounty for themselves and can even ask local farmers tips on great produce for their Kebabs.
The winner of the Kids Only Recipe Challenge will receive a Handstand Kids Cookbook Kit* and will be featured as the Handstand Kid of the Month. Simply submit your child’s recipe in the comment field at the bottom of this page with your child’s recipe title and recipe ingredients. Your child may include measurements and directions if they wish, but a title and ingredient list will be plenty (examples from my sons: “The Golden Magic” – Tempura shrimp, sweet potato and carrot. or “BBQ Magic”-shrimp marinated in olive oil, scallion, S&P with eggplant & mushroom). Kids may enter as many recipes as they like, but each recipe must be entered as a separate comment below. More recipes = more chances to win. So get cooking and be creative!
Contest ends Saturday August 6, 2011 at 11:59 pm PST and winner will be selected by Random.org. Winner will be emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. (This giveaway is offered to all children, worldwide) By entering a comment below, you agree to submit the comment as a submission in our “Kid’s Only” Recipe Challenge.
So kids, time to get creative and get cooking! Until next week…
*Handstand Kids Cookbook Kits are available online at www.handstandkids.com or at a Bed Bath & Beyond store near you.
The First “KIDS ONLY” RECIPE CHALLENGE is now closed. The winning On-a-Stick Recipe is available on the Winner Announcement Page. Thank you for all the participation!
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Rainbow Kebabs
by Taylor Sima
Strawberries
Pineapple
Blueberries
Banana
Grapes
Cantaloupe
Cut pineapple, banana and cantaloupe into cubes. Put on stick with strawberries, blueberries and grapes. Enjoy : )
hi im 10 and i love to cook to day we are makeing ice crean cup cakes
you will need
cake mix any kind
frosting any kind
3 eggs
ice cream cones
put the cake mix in a bole add 3 egg wights and watert hen mix it all to gether put the cake mix in the ice cream cones you can make up tp 24 last bake for 15-20 mins at a 350 degre oven hope you like it
hi im 10 years old today well be making rainbow cupcakes
`you will need
vinella cak e mix or lemon cake mix do not us cholcklate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 egg whites no yokes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEXT
food coloring
CUPCAKE PAN
now mix the cake mix with 3 egg whites and water the get 6 cups then pour cake mix in the cup then add any colors of food coloring in each cup pour each color one by one do not mix !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bake for 15-29 mins bake in a 350 drgere oven i hope you like then comint
Peanut Butter Sandwich Kebab
1 Peanut Butter sandwich
Cut the sandwich into different shapes. Put on stick.
S’mores on a stick 2
Chocolate
Marshmallows
Graham cracker pieces
On-the go Dinner
Onions
Steak
S’mores on a stick
Color coated chocolate candies
Pretzels
Marshmallows
Gram cracker pieces
Breakfast On The Go Kabobs
Whole wheat buttermilk waffle pieces
Natural breakfast maple sausage cut in bite size pieces
Strawberry or blueberry or raspberry
Hardboiled egg cut in half ( white part only)
Fill up the stick with the above
Drizzle a little maple syrup on top if you’d like
Or sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top
Silly Sombrero Kabab
by Idriss Kahia
Tortillas
Shredded Cheese
Cooked Chicken Breast
Red Bell Peppers
Cherry Tomatoes
Optional Dipping Sauces: Sour Cream, Queso, Guacamole
1) First make cheese quesadilla using the tortillas and shredded cheese.
2) Next cut red bell peppers, quesadilla and chicken into square like pieces.
3) Then put food in this pattern – quesadilla, cherry tomatoes, chicken, quesadilla, red bell peppers. Follow this pattern until there is no more room on the stick.
Comer!
Summo Showdown Kebabs
by Idriss Kahia
Shrimp
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Pineapple Chunks
Chicken Breast
Green Bell Peppers
Yellow Onions
1) Place all ingredients on the stick in any order you wish.
Chow Down!
Tropical Oasis Kebabs
by Idriss Kahia
Ingredients
Mango
Pineapple Chucks
Starfruit
Kiwi
Papaya
Bananas
1) Cut fruit into chunks
2) Place fruit chunks on stick until all the space it used up.
Aloha Delicious
Heavenly Hamburger Kebabs
by Idriss Kahia
Ingredients
Hamburger Buns
Lettuce
Cherry Tomatoes
Onions
Cheese Cubes (your choice of cheese)
Cooked Ground Meat Ball
1) Cut lettuce, buns, onions and cheese into cube like pieces.
2) Assemble in a hamburger style until there is no more space on the stick.
Bon Appetite!
International Bread Kebabs
by Haroun Kahia
French Bread
Pita Bread (Lebanese Bread)
Ciabatta Bread (Italian Bread)
Chapati Bread (Indian Bread)
Dipping Sauces
Make Homemade Marinara
Make Homemade Pesto
Make Homemade Hummas
Olive Oil Sprinkled with Parmesan Cheese
1) Cut all bread into small cube pieces.
2) Place cubes on Kebabs listed in order above until stick is full of bread.
Mange!
Heavenly Hamburger Kebabs
by Idriss Kahia
Hamburger Buns
Lettuce
Cherry Tomatoes
Onions
Cheese Cubes (your choice of cheese)
Cooked Ground Meat Patties
1) Cut lettuce, buns, onions, cheese and patties into cube size pieces.
2) Assemble Kebabs in a Hamburger style, continue this pattern until all space is use on the stick.
Bon Appetite!
“lunch”
cheddar cubes
Mennonite style salami
olives
cucumber cubes
orange wedges cut into cubes
apricot halves
Enjoy!!
“Magical Dragon Fruit Kabobs”
Cube these fruits and put them on a stick:
Mango
Strawberries
Dragon Fruit
Cantaloupe
Watermelon
Dipping sauce: heat up a little cream cheese in the microwave and add a little brown sugar. Mix up and dip your fruit into the sauce and eat it!
“Pizza Mia Kabobs”
Cubed pizza crust
Grape tomatoes
Green olives
Mozzarella cheese cubes
Marinara sauce
Place everything except the cheese on a stick and grill over low heat for a few minutes. Add the cheese and warm up until cheese gets a little bit soft. Dip into marinara sauce and eat!
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Carter’s Pasta on a Stick
Mini Homemade meatballs*
Cooked cherry tomato’s
Tube pasta shells
Mini Meatballs:
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1/4 cup italian bread crumbs
2 tablespoons beaten egg
salt
pepper
The fruit bomb:
Rice crispy treats cut into squares
strawberries
pineapple
Oranges (from a can without white skin)
Chocolate Yogurt (whips)
Vanilla yogurt
Put the Ricecrispies, strawberries, pineapple and oranges on a stick. Put yogurt in little circle containers. top each container with sprinkles. Dip it in the chocolate or vanilla yogurt.
Best Breakfast
Grapes
Cheese
Bagel (cut up into small pieces)
The Meat Eater
Chicken
Baby Red potato
Steak
Yellow Bell Pepper
Salt and pepper
A little olive oil
It’s delicious!!
The Fruit and Cheese Express Kabob
Red Fuji Apple
Banana
Black plum
Colby Cheese
Enjoy!
Hot Dog Shrimp Kabob by Kristofer Katz
1 really long kabob stick
10 shrimp
5 broccoli tops
5 apple slices
season with chili powder, cumin, Bonnie’s Beach BBQ Blend & a little salt and pepper
1 piece of hot dog on each end of the stick!
Enjoy!!!!