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Recipe by Busy Mom's Cookbook:
1/4 cup oil
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 1/4 cup water
2 lg. eggs
1 (3-oz) pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix
1 Cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
whipped topping or frosting (optional)
Adult Help: with oven
Pour oil into a 9 x 13-inch pan. Put cake mix, water, eggs, pudding mix and chocolate chips into pan in that order. Mix the ingredients thoroughly with a fork. Spread the batter evenly in the pan and bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 mins or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to completely cool before unmolding or serve warm from the pan with whipped topping.
Jaden Review:
Awesome, awesome, awesome! Lots of chocolate. I loved it! Not to hard to make either. 5 stars +
Mom Review:
The only thing I found strange about the recipe is that they want you to mix the ingredients in the pan and they do not ask you to grease the pan other than maybe the small amount of oil that you first put in but that is not going to grease the pan. So Jaden followed the directions which is what we want to do. The cake I have to admit taste awesome. Very moist and chocolate and easy to make. The mix it in the pan thing saves on dishes, but the lack of greasing the pan now has me dreading having to wash the pan. It will need some scrubbing. Next time we try this recipe we will be greasing the pan first. Other than that I have no complaints on the taste! It was awesome! I give it 5 stars also.
Cleanliness:
The mixing all in one pan saved on dishes and clean up. That is a plus. Our Clean O'Meter Willow on the other hand was a mess after eating the cake, but what child isn't when you serve cake?
Recipe from Kids in the Kitchen:
1 3/4 cup herb-seasoned crumb stuffing mix
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
3 Tablespoons Margarine, melted
1/4 Cup lowfat buttermilk
1/4 tsp pepper 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced
1. Place stuffing mix into a resealable plastic bag. Seal and crush crumbs with a rolling pin.
2. Add Parmesan cheese. Reseal bag and shake mix
3. In a medium size bowl, Place margarine, buttermilk and pepper; stir well.
4.Dip each chicken piece into buttermilk mixture, covering all sides. Place 3 pieces at a time into bag of crumbs. Seal bag tightly and shake until chicken pieces are evenly coated with crumbs.
5. Place coated nuggets on an ungreased baking sheet.
6. Bake at 450 degrees for 4 minutes. Remove from oven and turn each nugget.
7. Return to oven and bake 4 - 5 minutes or until golden brown.
Serving size 2 to 3
Adult help: Assist with dicing chicken and using oven.
Jaden Review:
This one was slightly difficult because of the coating. It was icky feeling to touch the chicken raw then put in the liquid, then in the crumbs. I managed to do all of it but the dicing of the chicken but was a little tired by time it was done. It tasted really good other than a little funny aftertaste which mom and Jerry said was the Parmesan cheese. Overall really good though! 4 Star
Mom Review:
Some parts were slightly difficult for kids to cook, especially young kids, but Jaden at 11 did really well AND the end result was Awesome! Jaden did not care completely for the Parmesan but I thought it was great. The chicken was very tender and from a moms perception everyone ate it without real complaint! I give this one a 5 star!
Cleanliness:
Ok, lets look at this recipe realistically! Do you think it was clean when being made by a child? Stuffing crumbs, buttermilk mixture, and raw chicken being shaken don't make for a clean kitchen so be prepared mom! Jaden is being taught how to clean up the cooking mess, but really? I had to come back in and sweep and scrub. As far as eating it though, our Clean O' Meter Willow, age 2, only had problems with the sauce making a mess and she actually ate it!!! Willow never eats meat! This goes to prove that this recipe could work for adults to cook also!
Recipe from Kids in the Kitchen:
1 slice bread
1 egg
2 tbs butter
salt & pepper, to taste
1. Lightly butter both sides of bread.2. Make a hole in the bread by stamping out a circle using a drinking glass or a round cookie cookie cutter.
3. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet and place the bread in the skillet.4. Crack egg into the hole of the bread.
5. Fry until egg is firm, then flip. Salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 1 serving
Adult Help: Assist with using the stove.
Jaden Review:
This was easy other than the flipping part. They also did not say what to put temperature of stove at so mom said try about a medium. At first I though the egg should be scrambled so I tried that and was ok, but bread burnt before egg cooked when we had to flip it. Then we tried another one without scrambling egg and that turned out much better, but the yoke in the middle was still soft and I don't like that to well. Over all tasted good. I give a 3 star.
Mom Review:
I really thought the name they gave this was cute and got the kids' attention, though I have always known it as egg in a basket. I agree with Jaden on this being a simple recipe other than I did have to flip for her but I am guessing she could do it next time she tries the recipe. The first way she did it I knew was wrong but sometimes we have to allow mistakes, you never know what new recipe you can get from a mistake. The first one was actually not bad, just tasted like french toast. The second time it was done correctly and I would definitely like her to make it again for us sometime. I personally like my eggs over easy so I give this a 5 star in my book.
Cleanliness:
Easy clean up for this recipe and our Clean O' Meter Willow, age 2, was not a complete mess by the time she got done eating hers.
