Kids Spaghetti Sauce Garden

Kids love spaghetti sauce, and they get excited to plant a garden with a goal to make their own spaghetti sauce. Kids can make a garden plan with tomatoes in the back with a tomato cage around each plant. In the United States more tomatoes are grown in backyard gardens, pots, and patios than any…

Kids Pizza Garden

Kids can make a garden in the round shape of a pizza with different pizza ingredients planted in slices. The winter is the best time to dream about the spring garden. Kids can plan and draw a map of the Pizza Garden, putting eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, and tomato plants in different slices and the…

Kids Pizza Muffins

Kids can make pizza muffins for a delicious and nutritious snack easily and quickly. Organic whole wheat or multigrain English muffins can be cut in half. Top each muffin half with three slices of organic Roma tomato, fresh cut basil leaves, and a sliced mozzarella cheese stick and pop it in the oven at 350…

Kids like Bruschetta

Organic garden fresh vine ripened tomatoes are delicious in this Italian classic that kids can make. Mix one large chopped tomato, 2 minced garlic cloves, 3 chopped green olives, ¼ cup chopped fresh basil, ½ tsp chopped fresh oregano, ¼ tsp sea salt in a bowl and set in refrigerator for ½ hour. Drizzle organic…

Gazpacho for Kids

Are tomatoes ready to harvest in your garden? Kids can make Gazpacho, a classic Spanish cool and refreshing soup to please the whole family. Pick organic veggies and herbs fresh from your backyard garden. Rough chop one large tomato, ¼ seeded Anaheim chili, ¼ pealed cucumber, ¼ yellow bell pepper, 2 slices red onion, 1…

Kids like Growing Tomatoes

Kids find it fun to grow tomatoes, like Gabrielle at the Thousand Oaks Community Garden. Tomatoes are easy to grow in the backyard garden, on a patio or balcony, are used in dishes internationally, and are excellent for our health. There are entire cookbooks devoted to tomatoes, as they are delicious fresh, cooked or dried,…

Backyard Garden Salsa for Kids

Kids love growing organic veggies they can make into yummy treats, like this salsa. They can cut 2 large tomatoes, 1/2 green pepper, and 4 green onions into small pieces with a serrated knife, which is not too sharp but will do the job. Mix in a bowl with one finely chopped garlic clove and…