5 Recipes the Whole Family Can Cook

No bake recipes are a great option when you’re cooking with little ones, as you don’t need to be keeping one eye on them and the other on the oven. This recipe from Well Worn Whisk is easy, tasty and can provide kitchen activities for two days. Not only can your kids help mix the flapjacks, they can then decorate them the next day when they’re set. Of course, this does mean you’ll need to clean up twice!

Get your kids involved in making their own lunch or dinner with this great recipe for kabobs from Fork and Beans. Combine vegetables, tortilla wraps, cheese and meat to create tasty kabobs that look great and are sure to be fun to eat. You could even serve up all the elements for kabobs separately to allow everyone at the dinner table to make theirs up then and there, which is sure to be lots of fun.

Get everyone’s hands dirty with this delicious and healthy recipe for veggie burgers from The Healthy Family and Home. All you need to do is measure out all of the ingredients and tip them into a bowl, then your children can get their hands in to mix it all up and shape their burgers. You can even use plastic cookie cutters to create fun and different shapes.

Cupcakes are always a winner when it comes to cooking with kids, as they can get involved with the mixing, decorating and tasting. While standard cake recipes are great, you can get your little ones even more excited about baking if you combine cake with something else they love. This is why this custard cream cupcake recipe from Jane’s Patisserie is sure to be a winner – with big kids as well as little ones.

Making your own pizzas is sure to be a lot of fun and ensures everyone gets a personal pizza they’ll love or a great range of different ones to try. While you can pop almost anything on a pizza, from savoury and sweet ingredients – maybe not together – you need the dough to make the base first. Check out Mel’s Kitchen Cafe‘s simple recipe for pizza dough that will help make homemade pizza night a firm family favourite.