Kids in the Kitchen : weekly recipe link up - chicken soup

I join forces with my good friend Carrie @YoungLivingOilLady each

week to bring you this family friendly recipe link up. It is our desire to

encourage families to cook and eat together. Meals cooked at home

are healthier, and time spent together in the kitchen is good for families!

We use Cooking 101 as part of our family homeschool. I’m teaching

the boys to put together healthy family meals, life skills, and budgeting,

as well as teaching them tips for cooking in the kitchen.We encourage real food vs. processed food. Let’s bring the family, back to the table!

Homemade chicken soup is something we make frequently at our house. Instead of buying store bought broth or using bullion full of preservatives and junk, we make our own stock.

We love to use chicken bones, but this week, we only had boneless chicken available from the freezer. We threw 3 big pieces into a pot of water and let it boil. We added garlic, black and red pepper and a bit of salt for flavor. We also like to add celery stalks, but again didn't have any.

The boys went to work chopping up the veggies we had on hand:

 

They chopped potatoes, onions, and carrots with regular kitchen knives
we pretend they are as sharp as regular ones - to practice for the real thing



Once the chicken was cooked through, I pulled it out of the pot and, when cooled, pulled it apart. The boys demonstrate their technique in the picture left.


I added the veggies to the pot and cooked until soft and tender then added the pulled chicken.

It makes for a hearty, healthy, meal! You can make a lot of different varieties of soup from a basic broth such as this. From thick stews, to summer veggies - a basic broth is a great starting point.

I'm linking with these fine blogs: Titus 2 Tues The Better Mom   Try New Recipe   Happy LiL Hearts  Hip Homeschool Hop  Creative Mondays, Look what we did, Tasty Tuesday, TemptmyTummyTuesday, Domestically Divine Tuesday,welcome home wed AddictedtoRecipes, HomemakingWednesdays, LivingWellWednesday, NOBH,, Wisdom Wednesday , Favorite Things, Modest Mom, FullPlateThursday,  MeltinyourMouthMonday, ShowOffFriday Tuesday'sTable, LookWhatWeDid , Titus 2sday,  Mom's Monday Mingle, Monday Mingle, CraftySpices, CreatewithJoy, Thursday'sTreasures, TastyThursdays Wonderful Food Wednesday inandoutofthekitchen

Join us by linking up your favorite family recipes or tips for cooking with kids! Grab a button from below, on my side bar, or use a text link back to Adventurez. Please visit another participant or more to help encourage each other. I’ll be visiting and Pinning away on our Kids in the Kitchen Pinterest board here. It’s a wonderful resource for finding yummy recipes the whole family will love.

Enjoy your time in the kitchen this week!

Kids in the Kitchen - Nothing says summer celebration like watermelon - fruit kabobs

I join forces with my good friend Carrie @YoungLivingOilLady each

week to bring you this family friendly recipe link up. It is our desire to

encourage families to cook and eat together. Meals cooked at home

are healthier, and time spent together in the kitchen is good for families!

We use Cooking 101 as part of our family homeschool. I’m teaching

the boys to put together healthy family meals, life skills, and budgeting, as well as teaching them tips for cooking in the kitchen. We encourage real food vs. processed food. Let’s bring the family, back to the table!

From the archives: 

Kids can use an ice-cream scoop or a coffee scoop to dig out watermelon balls
Use regular wooden skewers and let them put apples, grapes and other fruits on the sticks to make their own kabobs. Plain yogurt mixed with honey makes a nice dip for the fruit! 

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Join us by linking up your favorite family recipes or tips for cooking with kids! Grab a button from below, on my side bar, or use a text link back to Adventurez. Please visit another participant or more to help encourage each other. I’ll be visiting and Pinning away on our Kids in the Kitchen Pinterest board here. It’s a wonderful resource for finding yummy recipes the whole family will love. Enjoy your time in the kitchen this week!

I'm linking with these fine blogs: Titus 2 Tues The Better Mom   Try New Recipe   Happy LiL Hearts  

Hip Homeschool Hop  Creative Mondays, Look what we did, Tasty Tuesday, TemptmyTummyTuesday, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Raising Mighty Arrows, AddictedtoRecipes, HomemakingWednesdays, LivingWellWednesday, NOBH,, Wisdom Wednesday , Favorite Things, Modest Mom, FullPlateThursday,  MeltinyourMouthMonday, ShowOffFriday Tuesday'sTable, LookWhatWeDid , Titus 2sday,  Mom's Monday Mingle, Monday Mingle, CraftySpices, CreatewithJoy, Thursday'sTreasures, TastyThursdays Wonderful Food Wednesday

Kids in the Kitchen - some of our favorite recipes!

I join forces with my good friend Carrie @YoungLivingOilLady each week to bring you this family friendly recipe link up. It is our desire to encourage families to cook and eat together. Meals cooked at home are healthier, and time spent together in the kitchen is good for families!

We use Cooking 101 as part of our family homeschool. I’m teaching the boys to put together healthy family meals, life skills, and budgeting, as well as teaching them tips for cooking in the kitchen. We encourage real food vs. processed food. Let’s bring the family, back to the table!

This week:

We are on the road! Traveling for Teach Them Diligently. We carry food with us to eat as many healthy meals as possible and to make traveling more affordable.

One of the things we bring along . . . steak "roll ups"

Check out that recipe and some of the other favorite recipes from our kitchen here.

Join us by linking up your favorite family recipes or tips for cooking with kids! Grab a button from below, on my side bar, or use a text link back to Adventurez. Please visit another participant or more to help encourage each other. I’ll be visiting and Pinning away on our Kids in the Kitchen Pinterest board here. It’s a wonderful resource for finding yummy recipes the whole family will love. Enjoy your time in the kitchen this week!

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Kids in the Kitchen - Chicken noodle casserole

I join forces with my good friend Carrie @YoungLivingOilLady each week

to bring you this family friendly recipe link up. It is our desire to encourage

families to cook and eat together. Meals cooked at home are healthier, and time

spent together in the kitchen is good for families!

We use Cooking 101 as part of our family homeschool. I’m teaching the boys to

put together healthy family meals, life skills, and budgeting, as well as teaching them tips for cooking in the kitchen. We encourage real food vs. processed food. Let’s bring the family, back to the table!

Chicken noodle casserole: 

Cook a pot of egg noodles, or another favorite -  boil chicken strips in separate pot of water 

Cut fully cooked chicken into bite size pieces - Make homemade frugal cheese sauce (Recipe Here) 

Drain noodles and add chicken and cheese sauce - stir together, put into casserole dish 

Top with crunchy onions (Durkey) - brown in oven at 350 degrees 

Onions and broccoli or other veggies can easily be added to this casserole 

 gluten free noodles can be substituted for egg noodles if needed 

*TIP - our little guys use regular table knives to chop onions and veggies. They are learning to 

treat them as if they are very sharp. When the time is right - they will be well practiced.

 Adult supervision is always important in the kitchen with kiddos! 

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Join us by linking up your favorite family recipes or tips for cooking with kids! Grab a button from below, on my side bar, or use a text link back to Adventurez. Please visit another participant or more to help encourage each other. I’ll be visiting and Pinning away on our Kids in the Kitchen Pinterest board here. It’s a wonderful resource for finding yummy recipes the whole family will love. Enjoy your time in the kitchen this week!