2 easy 5-ingredient-or-less recipes for kids

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Fruit rockets and rainbow pizzas? Yes please! These are just two quick-and-easy recipes for kids that your kids will love to make and gobble up afterwards. Packed with fruit and veg, these colourful recipes to make with children are healthy too, encouraging them to eat their five-a-day.

So if you’re looking easy recipes for kids to make by themselves, we’ve put together these two recipes that are great for snacks, parties and picnics. While these are all recipes kids can make, we recommend that a responsible adult cuts the fruit and veg in advance, leaving the fun part of assembling and decorating to your children.

rainbow pizza | fruit rockets

Recipes for children: rainbow pizza

Here’s one of the easiest rainbow pizza recipes for kids, to make getting their 5-a-day both fun and tasty.

Takes about 30 minutes

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Place the cheese and tomato pizza on a baking tray.
2. Start making the colourful rainbow by placing a spoonful of chopped red onion in the middle of the pizza.
3. Next, add a ring of chopped cherry tomatoes around the red onion.
4. Then add a ring of chopped green pepper around the cherry tomatoes.
5. Finally, add a ring of sweetcorn around the green pepper, and bake in the oven for around 10-15 minutes.
6. Now for the food magic that young children will love. Remove from the oven, and cut the pizza in half to make two rainbows, or into wedges. Once cool enough to eat, serve the pizza on some kitchen paper.

Recipes for kids: fruit rockets

Our healthy and tasty fruit rockets are one of the best recipes kids can make for summer picnics and parties.

Takes about 30 minutes

1. Help the kids carefully thread the triangular rocket-tail-shaped pieces of pineapple onto the skewers.
2. Next, cut the cantaloupe melon into a square chunk and thread onto the skewer.
3. Then add a similar sized piece of watermelon.
4. Follow with a chunk of green kiwi fruit.
5. Finally, add a whole strawberry to the end of the skewer, and serve with a sheet of kitchen paper to catch any juices while the kids eat.

These colourful recipes to make with children are the perfect way to help nudge the kids into independence in the kitchen. You can make snacks that are healthy, tasty and fun at the same time, all made with quick and easy recipes for kids to get involved with.