Christmas is a perfect time to do fun activities with children, since with school holidays, there is a lot of free time that they need to fill. One of the favorite activities of children is to help in the kitchen and perform delicious recipes. Being able to put your hands in the flour, touch different textures and learn how to prepare those delicious dishes that are eaten later, is really fun for the little ones in the house.
The only thing you should keep in mind when cooking with children is that the utensils that are going to be used are not dangerous. More than a question of age, it is about maturational development and each child achieves it at different times in their life. Look for simple recipes, where children can use their hands and manipulate ingredients. Preparing these easy Christmas recipes will be an enormously enriching experience, you will be able to test your senses and together you will have a unique time.
Easy Christmas recipes
Following you will find some easy Christmas recipes, very simple and easy to prepare, special for these Christmas dates.
Fruit skewers
To cut the fruit without using a knife, you will have to get some metal cookie cutters. In addition to skewer sticks, it is better if they are made of wood and disposable.
Ingredients:
- Bananas, strawberries, green apple, grapes and tangerines
- Liquid yogurt Natural flavor
Preparation:
- With the help of metal molds, the children will have to cut the fruit until the desired quantity is obtained.
- Once the fruit is ready, go inserting the pieces until the toothpick is full but not in excess, so that it does not weigh too much.
- In a bowl, serve the liquid yogurt so that each one is put on his skewer the quantity that he prefers.
If you see it appropriate, in addition to yogurt you can serve chocolate liquid in another container so that the sweet tooth can complete the skewer.
Oatmeal and banana pancakes with chocolate
In addition to being very easy to prepare, it is about a very healthy dessert and perfect for any time of the year, also at Christmas.
Ingredients:
- 2 bananas mature
- a bowl of oats ground
- 2 tablespoons of Brown sugar
- cinnamon ground
- 2 eggs
- a teaspoon of vanilla
- butter for the pan
Preparation:
- Place in the blender glass the 2 bananas in large pieces and the oats and grind at medium speed.
- Add the eggs, sugar, vanilla essence and a teaspoon of ground cinnamon and blend until you get a homogeneous mass.
- Prepare a small skillet with a pinch of butterWhen hot, add a scoop of dough to the pan, stir carefully to distribute the mixture.
- Once it's ready on one side, flip and let cook the pancake on both sides.
- Repeat the process until all the dough is complete, served with honey, melted chocolate, whipped cream or pieces of fruit.
Assorted appetizers
Appetizers welcome any family meal and cannot be missed at any Christmas event. Children can be those in charge of preparing these simple startersThey only need cookie dough cutters and will not be in danger of cutting themselves.
Ingredients:
- Slices of sliced bread without crust, or from seeds or chosen at home
- Slices of cheese havarti
- Assorted sausages, cold cuts of turkey, serrano ham, cooked ham, chorizo etc.
- Spread cheese
- Egg Yarn
- Roe
Preparation:
- First they will have to cut bread and sausages with the cookie molds, if you have them with a Christmas shape much better. If not, you can always use square or round molds and they will be perfect too.
- Then place the slices on the tray where they are going to be served and prepared there directly.
- In some pieces of bread they can spread cheese and add cold cuts of turkey and some roe to decorate.
- Others may be chorizo and havarti cheese
- They can also do boiled ham and spun egg rolls inside, a delicious mix of flavors that everyone will love.