Cooking with Kids: Simple Recipe Ideas
My 11-year-old daughter loves to help me cook and has a passion for making desserts. She’s the main one in our house who prepares the sweets and also assists me in posting the recipes here. These recipes are some of her favorites to make. While they’re great for older kids, younger kids can also try them with a bit of adult supervision.
Breakfast
Main Dishes
- Bacon-Tomatoes Mac and Cheese
- Mac ‘N ‘ Cheese with Creamy Collard Greens
- Macaroni & Cheese
- Colorful Pasta Salad Recipe for Fresh Summer Meals
Vegetables
- Quick Vegetable Stir-Fry Recipe
- Easy Broccoli Basil Pasta Recipe
- Loaded Baked Potatoes Recipe: Easy & Delicious
- Cheesy Potatoes Corn Chowder
- Creamy Spinach Casserole
- Step-by-Step Vegetable Soup: Quick and Nutritious Recipe (This recipe is good for winter when it is cold.)
Harder breads to make
- Easy Quick Yeast Rolls Recipe
- Easy Dinner rolls for the Holidays
- How to Make Conchas: Easy Mexican Sweet Bread Recipe
- Donuts
All breads are a little hard to cook but taste good after done, so keep trying.
Cookies:
Harder cookies to make / for older kids
Cakes /Cupcakes
Bell created recipes
Frostings, Icings, and Glazes
- Easy Cream Cheese Frosting
- Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe
- Easy Fruit Glaze Recipe for Stunning Desserts
Brownies/Bars
Tarts/cobblers/Pies
- Summer Fruit Tart
- Peach Cobbler
- Homemade Cherry Cobbler: Step-by-Step Guide [coming soon ]
- Homemade Blueberry Cobbler: Step-by-Step Guide [coming soon]
- Apple Pie with Pecan Crumb Topping
- Delicious Cocoa Cream Pie Recipe
Harder pies to make/ for older kids
Pie crust

