Easy Gluten Free Recipes to Make with Kids

Today’s recipes I chose to highlight are great for teaching kids how to cook. These recipes are great for ANY age, even teenagers! Take the time to show your kids how to measure ingredients, stir, and bake. These are the lessons they will always remember, not to mention the quality time you will share!

If you are feeling under the weather, my Grandma’s Homemade Chicken Soup From Scratch recipe is a wonderful recipe our whole family loves.

If you love to cook with kids as much as we do, you will want to try making some of my delicious gluten free chocolate recipes with them!

Tools for teaching kids to cook:

There are all sorts of fun gadgets that make learning to cook fun. Here are some of my favorites. This cookbook, 201 Gluten Free Recipes For Kids, has a lot of great recipe ideas as well!

• Grab a fun cutting board. It is handy for many kitchen tasks, but you can have a great conversation about cutting boards and cross-contamination of gluten at restaurants too.
• These handy measuring cups are great for measuring liquids.
• Dry ingredients need their measuring cups; teach kids why this matters!
• Measuring spoons are important for measuring salt, Xanthan Gum, spices, and more.
• You will love the safety features of this kids’ knife set.

Things kids can learn in the kitchen:

• Measuring – Use measuring cups, teaspoons, etc., and show them how to level these when measuring dry ingredients so that their recipes always turn out great!
• Pouring – Teach kids how to carefully pour things into measuring cups. Remember to use a liquid measuring cup for liquids!
• Ingredients – Kids who are gluten free need to know what ingredients are safe. Talk about the gluten free flours you use and how they work in a recipe.

Gluten free baking is like a science experiment!

Every gluten free flour blend is different, and the different combinations all perform differently in a recipe. Teach your kids:

• Coconut flour needs almost double the liquid because it absorbs so much for baked goods.
• Almond flour doesn’t absorb as much liquid. It also adds a protein boost and moisture to baked goods.
• Starches can make your baked goods denser…they are powdery and light.
• Some gluten free flour blends contain bean flour…do they like this? (P.S. These are great for savory recipes like eggplant parmesan!)
• Dairy-free milk substitutes all perform differently in a recipe. I find coconut milk to be the most unpredictable with gluten free flour blends. This would be a great experiment with kids!