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To tell you the truth, I don’t particularly care for scrambled eggs that are cooked in the microwave. However, MacGyver, who is 8 years old, thinks they are fabulous! He can get out of bed and cook himself scrambled eggs with absolutely no help from me. Moms you gotta love that! And he thinks he is well on his way to becoming a professional chef! FREE printable recipe guide at the end of this post.

MacGyver follows the recipe below with one exception. Since he’s a growing boy, he now scrambles TWO extra-large eggs.

  • Egg Cracking Tip: I’ve taught my children to gently tap the side of the egg on the counter-top. It still gets a bit messy, but it is easier than trying to break the egg on the side of the bowl.

Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp butter
  • 1 tsp. water
  • pinch of salt
  • ¼ cup grated cheese

Tools

  • bowl
  • fork
  • teaspoon
  • ¼ measuring cup

Step 1: Use the back of the teaspoon to spread the butter inside the bowl.

  • We have found that a soup bowl works best for microwave cooking.

Step 2: Gently whisk together the egg, salt and water.

Step 3: Microwave egg for 1 minute and stir again.

Step 4: Top with cheese and microwave 30 seconds.

  • Adjust cooking time to cook egg through.

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Pancakes: FREE Printable Recipe Guides for Children

February 14, 2012 at home
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I grew-up with a mother who was a health-nut, long before eating healthy was the in-thing to do. She made me eat some seriously un-tasty foods like dry, thick, dense buckwheat pancakes. My mouth is pastey just thinking about them. Way on the other end of the spectrum, she made these healthy, cottage cheese pancakes [...]

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Easy Valentine Heart Shaped Pancakes

February 7, 2012 at home
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How about serving-up some heart shaped pancakes this Valentine’s Day. My kiddos thought I was immensely talented when I surprised them with heart shaped pancakes. But they’re actually quite easy! You don’t need any special gadgets, griddles or molds. If you have a tablespoon you’re all set . . . Use a tablespoon to make [...]

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Easy Party Pumpkin Cake with Orange Glaze: FREE printable recipe guides

October 11, 2011 at home
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Every week my husband and I get together with a group of friends to play a casual game of cards. The gracious host and hostess share a dessert with all of us card players. Here’s the problem; I’m NOT a baker. Our sister Jennifer got all the talent for baking-up sweet treats. When we have [...]

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I Loooove the Green Pasta!

March 22, 2011 at home
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When we go to our local Farmers’ Market on Saturdays, the children beg for two things, fruit popsicles and GREEN pasta. Yes, GREEN pasta. The Children constantly request the healthy pasta’s made locally by Gourmet Texas Pasta. We’ve tried most of their flavors, from Artichoke Heart to Szechuan Orange Spice. They make almost 20 delicious [...]

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Easy Hot Cocoa Mix: FREE Printable Recipe Guide for Children

January 12, 2011 at home
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I’m a bit of a fuddy-duddy when it comes to sweets in our house. Enter the picture my sisters. Aunt Jennifer and Aunt Joyce treat my children to all kinds of delicious sweets. On a visit to Aunt Joyce’s house last winter, MacGyver was served instant hot cocoa. MacGyver has been dreaming of hot cocoa [...]

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Easy Trail Mix: FREE Printable Recipe Guides for Children

December 14, 2010 at home
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Watch-out Fun Math Lesson Ahead! Have we ever mentioned our family is close?! That closeness extends to our mother’s family. Every year we still celebrate Christmas together. Growing-up, these Christmas celebrations included some delicious traditions: Aunt Gladys’s Upside Down Pineapple Cake, Aunt Leatrice’s Snickerdoolde Cookies (made especially for Jeannine) and Aunt Leatrice’s Trash Mix. You [...]

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Easy Birthday Cup Cakes: FREE printable recipe guides for children

November 11, 2010 at home
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For Miss Enigma’s Halloween Birthday party we decided to keep the cupcakes simple and go a little bit healthier. I say a little bit healthier because we did start with a boxed cake-mix; however, we stuck to our two ingredient Deviously Delicious and Easy Pumpkin Muffins and Easy Spice Pumpkin Muffins. If you haven’t tried [...]

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1, 2, Easy Spice Pumpkin Muffins: FREE printable recipe guides for children

October 27, 2010 at home
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We first tried this Devilishly Delicious and Easy pumpkin recipe with Devil’s Food Moist Cake Mix. The chocolate and pumpkin combination was so yummy it got our creative taste buds going. This time around we traded the Devil’s Food mix for a Spice Cake mix. Once again we’ve hit the jackpot on easy and delicious. [...]

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Devilishly Delicious and Easy Pumpkin Muffins: FREE printable recipe guides for children

October 6, 2010 at home
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These muffins are so easy two little kiddos can make them. No seriously, they’re that simple. And they even taste good. But we won’t tell the kiddos that the pumpkin is actually good for them! I dare everyone not to take a taste while whipping up these muffins! Look for the FREE printable recipe guide [...]

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6 Lessons Children Learn from Cooking

September 27, 2010 at home
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1. How to cook. I know that sounds like a ridiculous No. 1 but I know many people who proclaim, “I don’t know how to cook.” The only way children will learn their way around the kitchen is by getting their hands dirty cooking in the kitchen. They learn kitchen safety, how to use kitchen [...]

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Easy Cheesy Spinach Quesadillas: FREE printable recipe guides for children

September 15, 2010 at home
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Raise your hand if you love spinach. Raise your hand if your children love spinach. Okay, I raised my hand high on the first question. I looooooove spinach. My children, not so much. It’s green and healthy so their picky pallets say, “I don’t like that!” However, we put together these spinach quesadillas and they [...]

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Quesadillas: FREE printable recipe guides for children

July 21, 2010 at home
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We’re boldly moving ahead with our homeschool cooking 101. Yes, MacGyver knows how to sort his laundry on laundry days and he knows how to bake-up some cheesy quesadillas for himself and Miss Enigma. You’ll find a FREE printable link for MacGyver’s quesadillas at the end of the recipe. Ingredients:  Tortillas, Refried beans, Shredded cheese, [...]

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Turkey Sandwich: Printable Recipe Guides for Children

July 14, 2010 at home
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You’re going to be shocked at how brilliant this recipe actually is. Okay, it’s not brilliant. But just like our personal pizzas of last week, these traditional sandwiches are simple and kid tested. MacGyver can assemble all of the ingredients himself and “cook” lunch for both himself and his little sister Miss Enigma. I usually [...]

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Recipe Guides for Children: Personal Pizzas

July 8, 2010 at home
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When we began first grade homeschool, I decided it was time for MacGyver to learn how to cook and sort his laundry. Now if you’ve never met my Man of Steel, let me just say he is a wonderful husband and father. However, domestic he is not! When he went off to college he didn’t [...]

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