This is not only a fun way to sneak some powdered milk into your kids but also a great way to use up the pineapple juice you drain off from your canned pineapple. Let kids cut the banana (age appropriate) with a plastic knife or a butter knife and add ingredients to the blender and watch it do it’s magic. The real treat is drinking it at the end! What a great idea for a hot summer day. If your kids start school today, whip this up with them when they get home and have a great conversation about their first day! Also, if you’ve ever wondered what the cooking abilities of your young children are (and I think you’ll be surprised at what they can do!) make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of this post.
Banana-Pineapple Freeze
1 C. Unsweetened Pineapple Juice (you can use pineapple juice that you drain from using canned pineappe just double check that the juice you drained off is unsweetened – you could also just use crushed pineapple)
1/2 of a Medium Banana, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 T. Dry Powdered Milk (non-instant)
1 C. Ice Cubes
Place ingredients in blender jar in order listed. Place cover on blender jar. Turn blender on and use the “Crushed Ice” setting.
For a nice variation: Omit ice cubes and use 1 C. frozen strawberries.
Makes two 8-ounce servings.
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Cooking Abilities of Young Children
From the California Department of Health
What activities your child will be able to help with will depend on her or his age. Keep the following in mind when including young children in cooking activities.
Two-year-olds are learning to use the large muscles in their arms. Try activities such as:
• scrubbing vegetables and fruits
• carrying unbreakable items
• dipping foods
• washing and tearing lettuce
• breaking bread into pieces
Three-year-olds are learning to use their hands. Try activities such as:
• pouring liquids into batter
(you measure first)
• mixing batter or other dry and wet ingredients together
• shaking a drink in a closed container
• spreading butters or spreads
• kneading dough
• washing vegetables and fruit
• serving foods
• putting things in the trash after cooking or after a meal
Four and Five-year-olds are learning to control small muscles in their
fingers. Try activities such as:
• juicing oranges, lemons, and limes
• peeling some fruits and vegetables (bananas and even onions)
• mashing soft fruits and vegetables
• scrubbing vegetables
(potatoes, mushrooms)
• cutting soft foods with a plastic knife (mushrooms, hard-boiled eggs)
• pressing cookie cutters
• measuring dry ingredients
• cracking open/breaking eggs
• beating eggs with an egg beater
• setting the table
• wiping up after cooking
• clearing the table after a meal
thanks for posting the macey’s sale stuff. I don’t live close enough to go every week, but if they have a sale on stuff, I head on over… but I never see the ads. Thanks! Have you ever used the powdered butter or margarine? – would that be a good thing or is it yucky?
thanks for posting the macey’s sale stuff. I don’t live close enough to go every week, but if they have a sale on stuff, I head on over… but I never see the ads. Thanks! Have you ever used the powdered butter or margarine? – would that be a good thing or is it yucky?
Great recipe . . . I swear that I stock pile pineapple juice like crazy! This sounds so good for a hot day like today expecially!
Great recipe . . . I swear that I stock pile pineapple juice like crazy! This sounds so good for a hot day like today expecially!
Hey! My wife and I just got back from the Macy’s sale. Cool. I love the pineapple juice / dry milk recipe. That’s going to fun.
I also love how you broke down a few things for kids to do in the kitchen by age. I just got done doing a whole month of blogging about kids in the kitchen, myself (shameless bit of self-promotion, I know). Maybe we’ve been riding the same mental wave. 😉
Hey! My wife and I just got back from the Macy’s sale. Cool. I love the pineapple juice / dry milk recipe. That’s going to fun. I also love how you broke down a few things for kids to do in the kitchen by age. I just got done doing a whole month of blogging about kids in the kitchen, myself (shameless bit of self-promotion, I know). Maybe we’ve been riding the same mental wave. 😉
My kids love banana milkshakes so i know they love this recipe. It is nice way to use the bananas that are too mooshy to eat plain.
My kids love banana milkshakes so i know they love this recipe. It is nice way to use the bananas that are too mooshy to eat plain.
Hi, Crystal! I knew your sister when she lived in Toronto. I followed a link to your site from her blog. Wow! Your family is so talented! I love your site. What to DO with Food Storage is the killer for me (thank heaven my husband isn’t lactose intolerant anymore) and you have clearly put a lot of work and thought into the things you share here. I LOVE the cookie play-doh recipe and will be using it on the kids from church who I used to watch. They have a brand new little sister and I’ve been meaning to give their mom a break but I didn’t know what there was in my house that I could do with the three-year old. Thank you!
Hi, Crystal! I knew your sister when she lived in Toronto. I followed a link to your site from her blog. Wow! Your family is so talented! I love your site. What to DO with Food Storage is the killer for me (thank heaven my husband isn’t lactose intolerant anymore) and you have clearly put a lot of work and thought into the things you share here. I LOVE the cookie play-doh recipe and will be using it on the kids from church who I used to watch. They have a brand new little sister and I’ve been meaning to give their mom a break but I didn’t know what there was in my house that I could do with the three-year old. Thank you!
Er, sorry, it was your cousin I knew, not your sister. 🙂
Er, sorry, it was your cousin I knew, not your sister. 🙂
This sounds really good. I love how you use food storage items in everyday cooking. I am learning more and more ways of how to use it!! 🙂
This sounds really good. I love how you use food storage items in everyday cooking. I am learning more and more ways of how to use it!! 🙂