Kid-Friendly Summer Recipes

Summer is a great time to cook with your kids. Fruit salads and veggie salads provide the chance for young kids to help wash, mix, and arrange ingredients.

Sunshine Salad

Sunshine Salad

  1. Wash some lettuce, and put it on a plate.
  2. Put pineapple slices on the lettuce.
  3. Add some low-fat vanilla or lemon yogurt.
  4. Add orange slices to make the rays of the sun.

Variation:
Make a Sunset Salad by decorating a lettuce leaf with horizontal strips of melon or red pepper.

You Can Make Butter

Homemade Butter

  1. Pour heavy cream into jars.
  2. Shake the jars until butter forms.
  3. Pour off the liquid.
  4. Spread on bread, corn on the cob, or other veggies.
  5. Refrigerate to keep butter fresh.

Variation:
Spread the butter on a cracker, and top it with a slice of fruit.

Banana-Split Breakfast

  1. In the evening, put a container of yogurt in the freezer.
  2. In the morning, thaw the yogurt and some frozen berries for 15 to 20 minutes.
  3. Peel a banana, and cut it.
  4. Put 2 banana pieces in a bowl. Top with 2 scoops of yogurt.
  5. Sprinkle with cereal and berries.

Variation:
Top with sprinkles or chocolate syrup for dessert or an afternoon snack.

Banana-Split Breakfast

Enjoy your summer treats!