Grandma Food

Our Grandma Food section features easy recipes to make with kids or for kids. Cooking together is a wonderful way to connect with the grandkids and to support healthy eating habits. We continue to update this section; check back for new recipe ideas.

Thai Curry Beef

Food Shopping for the Novel Coronavirus

By Grandma Sandy | March 19, 2020

Try these shopping tips and recipes if you have to shelter in place for the novel coronavirus.

Monster cupcakes are made with strings of frosting and candy eyes.

Cupcake Decorating: Cute Monsters

By Grandma Sandy | February 26, 2020

These super-cute monster cupcakes are made with cake mix, canned frosting and candy.

A tasting of pho, made from a frozen broth concentrate

Food for Kids: At the Fancy Food Show

By Grandma Sandy | January 22, 2020

A grandma’s look at hot specialty foods found at the Winter 2020 Fancy Food Show.

An Easy Recipe for the Chinese New Year

By Grandma Sandy | January 15, 2020

Anyone can celebrate Chinese New Year with my simple spare ribs recipe and a few festive props.

A three-year-old child can help to make pizza for an after-school snack.

How to Make Pizza Dough for Kids

By Grandma Sandy | January 8, 2020

Children as young as three can help to make pizzas for their after-school snack or their lunch box.

Thanksgiving Leftovers–10 Sandwiches

By Grandma Sandy | November 27, 2019

Pumpkin pie for breakfast; turkey sandwiches for lunch. Choose from 10 tasty sandwich options.

Creepy Fingers, olive spider and tangerine jack-o-lantern make up this themed bento lunch for kids.

Halloween Snacks for Kids: Creepy Fingers

By Grandma Sandy | October 23, 2019

Easy Halloween snacks: cheese fingers, deviled egg spiders, and a tangerine jack-o’-lantern.

Make Elmo Cupcakes for a Birthday Party

By Grandma Sandy | October 2, 2019

Elmo Cupcakes, with marshmallow eyes, chocolate mouths, and coconut fur, will delight a child.

Crisp Grandma's Peanut Butter Cookies cool on racks.

Grandma’s Peanut Butter Cookies

By Grandma Sandy | September 11, 2019

Kid-pleasing peanut butter cookies are easy enough for a three-year-old to shape and bake.

Tips for Making a Kid’s Bento Box Lunch

By Grandma Sandy | August 28, 2019

Make school lunch fun by packing a kid’s bento box lunch. Start with a few bento tricks.