Kids Cooking and Cookbook Blog

Why are rabbits part of the Easter celebration? This might be a question children ask. They may equate Easter only with candy, toys, colored Easter eggs, and rabbits. But many will know it has an important religious significance. A large part of the world will celebrate the glory of the Resurrection and share the joyful news of the Risen Christ.

In the book How the Rabbit Became the Easter Bunny, the people in Oohs and Ahhs land also had questions over the celebration of this day. Other holidays had various traditions, but there was none that would show the special significance of Christ’s resurrection into heaven. So they asked the Wise Man what to do.

Kids cooking and eating patterns change with the seasons. During springtime they are more apt to want lighter and brighter foods.

Author Amy Houts, in her book Cooking Around the Calendar With Kids — Holiday and Seasonal Food and Fun, offers a wide choice of foods that deliver springtime flavors.  For May Day, Mother’s Day, Independence Day, and just about every occasion in-between, these recipes will get kids in the kitchen whipping up their creations.

Poppy-seed kolach

Early recollections of Easter dinners bring back memories of coloring Easter eggs and making kolaches. We looked forward to sweet treats because those were given up for Lent. Usually we had a few apples that were wrapped in newspapers to help keep them from shriveling. These made up into delicious apple-filled kolaches.

This is a yeast bread that is filled with any number of fruit and other fillings. There are many variations but a couple of my favorites are the apple-filled kolaches and poppy seed kolaches, shown here.