The document is a kid-friendly recipe book promoting children's involvement in cooking as a way to develop life skills and healthy habits. It includes various creative recipes, such as fudge, spice rubs, and snack ideas, aimed at easy preparation with common ingredients. Additionally, it highlights the mission of c4k555.org to enrich creative thinking for at-risk children through arts and crafts.

1. C4K555.org Recipe Book Kid- Friendly Recipes Children helping in the kitchen is not only a wonderful life skill but also promotes independence and healthy eating habits. Recipes Contributed by: Shelley Janson, Janson Food Events

2. 2 Layer Fudge 8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk 4 oz. chopped walnuts 1 tsp. vanilla 6 oz. white chocolate Method: 1. Microwave semi-sweet chocolate and ¾ cup of the milk in microwavable bowl on HIGH for 2 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 minute. Continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted. 2. Add walnuts and vanilla. Mix well. Spread into foil-lined 8 inch square pan. 3. Repeat same process with the white chocolate with the remainder of the milk. 4. Spread evenly over semi-sweet chocolate layer. 5. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Cut into 48 pieces Tip: If you want you can omit the nuts. Instead, add in ¼ cup crushed peppermint candies into the white chocolate mixture.

3. All-Purpose Dry Rub 1/3 cup coarse salt 1/4 cup paprika 2 Tb. ground black pepper 2 Tb. dried oregano 2 Tb. dried thyme In a small bowl combine all ingredients. You can adjust this recipe to use your favorite herbs; such as replacing the oregano for sage. You can even make it a bit sweeter by adding ¼ cup light brown sugar. This spice rub makes about 1-1/4 cups.

4. Barbecue Dry Rub 2 Tb. thyme 3 Tb. cayenne 3 Tb. paprika 1 Tb. nutmeg Mix all dry ingredients together. Add a little olive oil to create a paste. Use on chicken or pork.

5. Holiday Popcorn ½ tsp. salt 12 cups warm air popped popcorn 4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate 4 oz. butter 40 Jet Puffed marshmallows Method: 1. Preheat oven to 275. Sprinkle ¼ tsp of salt over large bowl. Set aside. 2. Melt chocolate and butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows. Cook until completely melted, stirring frequently. 3. Remove from heat and add in remaining ¼ tsp. salt. 4. Spread onto greased baking sheet. 5. Bake about 15 minutes, stir midway. Cool on waxed paper.

6. Lemon Herb Rub 1 Tb. dried tarragon 1 Tb. grated lemon zest 4 dried bay leaves, crumbled 1 Tb. dried minced garlic salt and pepper to taste Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. This can be used as a dry rub or can be made into a paste by adding a little olive oil. This is a great rub for chicken, turkey, or fish; such as halibut, white fish or snapper.

7. Pear and Cranberry Bellini 1 cup pear nectar 1 cup cranberry juice 1 bottle Sparkling Water Combine pear and cranberry juice. Pour ¼ cup of mixture into glasses and add Sparkling Water.

8. Potted Herbs Go to your local nursery and buy a 4” pot of herbs; such as: thyme, oregano, chervil, rosemary, or sage. (Basil becomes too leggy, and is not a good house plant.) Transfer from the plastic container to a clay pot and fill in the edges with additional soil. Water immediately and keep moist. Take off the flowers from your herb plant and mix with olive oil, salt and pepper and make it into a paste. Use it on chicken, pork, or beef.

9. SPICE RUB FOR TURKEY 2 Tb. coriander seeds 2 Tb. cumin seeds 2 Tb. dried oregano 1 Tb. dried Anaheim Chile, seeds removed 3 Tb. sweet paprika 3 Tb. coarse salt 1 Tb. black peppercorns In a dry pan, toast the coriander seeds and cumin seeds about 2 minutes. In a spice grinder, grind the oregano, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, Anaheim Chile, paprika, salt and peppercorns into a powder. Rub spice mixture over entire bird. Make sure bird is dry for rub to adhere to skin. This rub is for a 16-18 pound turkey.

10. Sweet & Spicy Almonds 2-1/2 cups unblanched almonds ¼ cup sugar 1 Tb. honey 1 tsp. olive oil 1 tsp. cayenne pepper 1-1/2 tsp. coarse salt Preheat oven to 350. Spread almonds on a rimmed baking sheet and toast for about 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine sugar, salt and cayenne pepper. In a large pan, heat the honey with a little water with olive oil and stir to combined. Add in almonds. Toss to coat. Transfer nuts to sugar mixture. Cool.

11. Toffee Candy 4 oz. butter (and some extra) 1 cup sugar ½ tsp. salt ¼ cup water 4 oz. chocolate chips sliced almonds, optional Method: 1. Rub top of a microwavable mixing bowl with the extra butter. Place butter into bowl. Pour sugar directly over butter. Add salt and water. Cook approximately 7-8 minutes in microwave. Mixture will boil. (Candy is done when it is the color of a Heath bar or brown sugar.) 2. Pour mixture over sliced almonds on a buttered cookie sheet. Don’t scrape the bowl! Spread mixture evenly. Top with chocolate chips, let sit for a minute, then spread chocolate over the top. Let cool 15-20 minutes. 3. Break into pieces.

12. C4K555.ORG Crafter's 4 Kids (C4K) mission is to enrich the lives of all children through creative thinking, one craft at a time. C4K is dedicated to promoting arts and crafts to at-risk, underprivileged children. We do this by helping non-profit organizations obtain the arts and craft supplies needed to conduct crafting workshops for children of all ages, while helping families, even those with parents who believe they are creatively challenged find craft projects that they may complete simply with their children. The C4K web site provides for parents and organizers to share and download project ideas that are inexpensive and simple, most costing under $5 and take less than 5 minutes to make. The goal of these projects is to create simple and inexpensive projects. Most of which cost under $5 and take less than 5 minutes to make, thus enabling parents to easily find the time and finances to create projects with their children.