recipes for kids
Teaching children to cook, really is a gift that lasts a lifetime. Our after school cooking classes are designed to inspire the joy of cooking! In these cold months, a seasonal favorite is rice pudding. Click here to read teacher reflections from this recipe in the classroom. This recipe is pretty quick and super satisfying. Try it at home!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup brown rice
- 3 ¼ cups water
- 1/3 cups raisins
- 4 eggs
- 2 ½ cup milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Directions:
- Cook rice ahead of time. With a bit of extra water than usual, the rice should turn out slightly sweeter than normal.
- Put raisins in a bowl with warm water, set aside to plump up for a few minutes.
- Mix 4 eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon together
- Oil a medium pan and place on medium-low heat on burner
- Add egg mixture into warmed pan and cover. Keep on medium-low heat for about 25 minutes.
- Test ready-ness of pudding by sticking a knife in the center. If it comes out clean, it’s ready!
“We are great fans of both the class and the lunch menu. It is certainly a fabulously innovative and healthy way for our children to eat, and learn more about food. Titan is very much enjoying the classes. In fact Titan’s mum – Elissa, is also learning – now knowing how to blanch tomatoes, and poach pears.”
- father of a Butter Beans cooking class student
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