Kid Krazy

Today I'm in the kitchen with my niece Lauren and my nephew Jordan and we're

cooking recipes that the kids are sure to love. Yum! First I've got some cute and

tasty porcupine balls. Does that look like a porcupine or what? A storybook

classic. Green eggs and ham. I know I'd like me some Paula I am. Mmm! Mmm! You

You want to know what we're making next? How about a super cheesy quesadilla

And for dessert, a special treat. Delicious and healthy yogurt pops. Has your auntie impressed y'all

Yes, ma'am. Yay. Well, listen, we are making one of Jamie and Bobby's favorite recipes

Porcupine balls. Yes. You know why it's called porcupine balls? because we are going to put rice in hamburger

and make them into, like, meatballs. And when we bake them, that rice puffs up

and it looks like porcupines. So let's get... That's cool, isn't it

Tell me about the sauce that you're going to make, Jordan. Tell all the kids out there

14.5 ounces of diced tomatoes. That's right. And 14 ounces of beef broth

Run, get your hamburger meat, sweetie. Get your hamburger meat out. And this is going to be so easy

Now, you can just dump that right in here. Lauren, you throw the hamburger meat in our bowl

How much meat is that, Lauren? One pound. So do y'all ever get in the kitchen and help Mama

Sometimes. Oh, good. All right, Jordan, put us a teaspoon of Italian seasoning

a teaspoon of minced onion, and a teaspoon of seasoned salt. All right, start just mixing that up with your hands, Lauren

All right, now, Jordan, what I want you to do here is put like three-quarters of a cup of rice

You got it, baby. You got it. What grade are you in now, Jordan

Eighth grade. Oh, my goodness. I can't believe it. Your mother and daddy's getting so old

All right, now stir that up. And, Lauren, I'm just going to measure out a half a cup of rice

You mix that in your meatballs. That looks good, Jordan. How old were you when you first started cooking, Aunt Paula

You know, believe it or not, Jordan, it was after I married

The first time I was married, before I married your Uncle Mike, I was just 18 years old

Wow. But that's when I started cooking. Can you believe that's just four years older than what you are right now

No, ma'am. Can you imagine getting married in four years? My parents would kill me

Ah, you know what? And I would help them. Now, look-a here

We're going to roll our balls about the size of golf balls

and we should be able to have nine of these. So, Jordan, if you'll help us start rolling

Okay. We've got two, four, six, eight, nine. Perfect. So what we're going to do is just nestle those down in that tomato juice and beef broth and rice

All right, so Lauren, you can wash your hands, sweetie. And while y'all are doing that, I'm going to put some tinfoil on it, and we're going to get this in the oven

So 350, y'all, for an hour. All right, let me wash my hands, and y'all move on down to the other end of the counter

Because we are going to fix us a dessert. So what do y'all think about some yummy yogurt pops

Give it to me for the pop. Give it to me for the pops. All right

Jordan, I need for you to take a fourth of a cup of orange juice and put it in all three of our bowls. Yes

We're going to make three different flavors here. And what I need for you to do, Lauren

is put a tablespoon of honey in each bowl. Okay? I'll help you squeeze

There you go. One tablespoon. Use your fingers, girl. Use your fingers

And then move right on down here to my bowl. There we go

Last bowl. Last bowl. Last bowl is a monkey who gets to the hole

All right, Lauren, take that to the sink, sweetie, and wash your hands

All right, Jordan, take your little whisk and just whisk up your honey and your juice together

That honey is going to naturally sweeten the yogurt and the orange juice

which is a good thing y'all won't be eating sugar. And I'm going to go ahead and do Lauren's for her

And then all you have to do now is take your yogurt and scoop it into our sweetened juice

And then we gonna whisk it again Do y ever watch your auntie on TV Yes ma Y do I didn know that

What's your favorite show? I think this one, because... This one? You're talking about the one you're on today

Yes, ma'am. That said like a true groover. You sound like your Uncle Mike

All right. Here we go. Three cups for you. Three cups for me

That's good. Three cups for me. It's good. You like it? Yes

All righty. All right. Now, you've got cherry, I've got pineapple, and you've got blueberry

Okay. So, in our cups, this goes. And then we're going to put them in the freezer

And we're going to let these get semi-frozen. And then we're going to pull them out

we're going to put our popsicle sticks because these are going to become popsicles

And it's probably going to take about four hours for these to freeze

All right, mine are ready. All right, I'm going to get us a pan, y'all

It tastes really good. You like it? Yes, ma'am. Good. We're going to just take our pan and sit them in here

All right, Jordan, go put this in the freezer. Yes, ma'am. And we're going to take a quick break from everybody

So look in there and tell everybody. We'll be back in a minute

We'll be back in a minute. Up next, a storybook classic comes to life

We have got green eggs, y'all. And later, there's another groover in the kitchen cooking up some quesadillas

Who is that? Uncle Mike. Uncle Mike, I love it. Hey, y'all

Welcome back. I'm in here in the kitchen today with my niece and nephew, Jordan and Lauren

And we're cooking from Paula Deen's My First Cookbook. So start on your toast, y'all

Start on your toast. You got a lot of work to do because we're fixing to make green eggs and ham together

Y'all, Lauren and Jordan are using some of my antique cookie cutters on some white bread

Jordan and Lauren are spelling out their name. All right, so how are y'all coming

Look, Lauren. All right, so we got the egg. Oh, I love the toast

So y'all be working on that. And I'm going to be coming down here, and I'm going to be working on your green eggs and ham

because I'm going to need to chop up our ham. and I'm using probably about eight ounces

Can you really make green eggs and ham? Of course you can

You know that we can. You've lived here your whole life, and you know how big St. Patrick's Day is around here, don't you

Here in Savannah, we have the second largest celebration of St. Patrick's Day

second only to New York City. So everything in this city turns green, including our grits and our eggs

So, I'm going to turn on our eye, and I'm going to let our pan start heating up

And how are y'all coming? Good. There we go. Look. L-A-U-R-E-N. I love it

Okay, Jordan, come on, buddy. Look at that. Isn't that cute? All right

So, I've got our pan getting hot, y'all. So, Jordan, are you through with your name yet

I got Jorda. Okay, we'll get you an in. And, uh, Lauren, you come down here and crack our eggs, sweetie

All right. I'm gonna put about two tablespoons of butter in our frying pan

And then I'm gonna put our ham in. So we're gonna cook that up

You've read, uh, green eggs and ham, hadn't y'all? Yes. Yes, ma'am

Did y'all like it? Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. You know, when Jamie and Bobby were little

I used to get them Dr. Seuss books. All right, Jordan, let's go ahead and get that in the oven

Okay. Because we're going to have to toast these off. Look at that

I love it. Lauren and Jordan, do you like it? Yes. Has your auntie impressed Joan

Yes, ma'am. Yay. All right, so in the oven it goes. All right, Lauren, give that to Jordan

And while he's beating, you add a little pepper and a little salt to it, okay

Come on, Jordan. Beat it, baby. Beat it. Beat it. Beat it

You take art at school. You've done the color wheel. Yes, ma'am

So tell me, Lauren, what colors do you need to make the color green

Yellow and blue. That's exactly right. We've got the yellow from the eggs, so we're going to add blue food coloring

How much? Oh, I don't know. I always say that you can add two, but you can't take out

So let start with just a little bit okay All right beat that up and see what you got And see if that the color you like You can make this as green as you want to

What do you think? Looks good. You think so? Okie doke. Whoa

Ha, ha, ha, ha! Our ham is talking to us. So we're ready for y'all to pour our eggs over our ham

we have got green eggs y'all alright now what we need to do

y'all come on over here so what we want to do is you see our eggs are starting to get done

so what you want to do is just pull them back from your pan

like that and let the raw part of that egg get down in there

so you do that Jordan I'm cooking Paul I'm cooking Yes, you are cooking

You're cooking with gas. And once you get the raw over on the edges

then you can kind of just toss them over. There you go

Those are looking awfully good. Yes, ma'am. All right, so let's turn that heat off

And we've got our plates over here. I'm going to dip us up some eggs

And there's our fork. Ooh, doesn't that look good? So I'm going to get our toast out

And I'm going to take this off the sheet for y'all because... Oh

Because our sheet is hot. J-O-R-D-A-N-L-A-U-R-E-N. And Annie will have a dog bone

So y'all taste and tell me what you think. Mmm. What do you think

You like it? Yes. Yes, ma'am. Mmm. They're delicious. Aren't they delicious

Y'all did a grand job. They're yummy. Good. Mmm, mmm, mmm. I'm so glad y'all are here with me today

Eat up, and then we're going to clean up. And do you want to know what we're making next

Coming up, we're making quesadillas with personality. Oh, I love that. He's got green eyes, y'all

And later, some sweet and healthy treats for my three sweets. You got a kiss for Auntie

Yes. So let's get started on those quesadillas. All right, now I want to show you something, Jordan

You're fixing to break the cheese. Okay. You want to take your cheese, hold it like this, and bring it down

The only thing you want to be careful is you don't get your fingers or your knuckles

Yes, ma'am. All right, Lauren, we've got our yogurt pops, and they have gotten kind of semi-hard

So all we're going to do is stick... Hey, y'all. Well, Uncle Mike, where have you been

I've been on my motorcycle. Have you? Yes. What, are you cutting the cheese

Yeah. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha. What are you making

Popsicles. We are making yogurt pops, Uncle Mike. Oh, good. And we're fixing to get these back in the freezer

You are going to love these because Uncle Mike's got a big sweet tooth, doesn't he

All right, let's put these back in the freezer, sweetie, in that bottom drawer. All right, Uncle Mike

Uh-huh. We're making cheese quesadillas. I know it. All right, I'm going to turn our griddle on

How are you coming with it? Oh, Jordan, you got it down. Perfect

You have got that down good. All right, Lauren, down here we have onions

We have pico de gallo sauce. We've got our sour cream. And we've got a wonderful guacamole dip

Do you like all those things? Yes. I do, too. How about you

You like all those? Yes, sir. All right. So what we're going to do, y'all, is we're going to take a little bit of butter

and put on our skillet. And I'm using our hoe cake pan

This is what I make Uncle Mikey lace hoe cakes on. All right, so what we're going to do is brown that off

And now, Uncle Mike, all you have to do is put some cheese on this side

and then fold it over. Okay, it's a deal. All right, these don't take long to make at all

You just want to lightly brown them long enough for your cheese to melt

Okay, I think this one's ready. Okay, pass us a plate. Lauren, can you grab a plate, sweetie

You ready? Yes. There you go. Let's see about this one. I need to flip this one. Yep, perfect

That looks easy. You think it's ready? It's ready? Yes. Okay, Jordan, let's do another one

We getting the hang of it now All right now Lauren you get to decorating your quesadilla So you want to see if you can make a face or something Yeah All right well you know what I bet you could use a popsicle stick

and paint with that. Okay. So go ahead. I want to see what you're going to paint

while Curly and Larry are down there cooking up something. Ha, ha, ha

She's making fun of us. I know. Oh, I love that. He's got green eyes, y'all

I think another one's ready, Jordan. Okie doke. We are coming right along

All right, Jordan, come on down here and let's see what you can do. Let's see how talented

you are in the art department. Oh, you gonna give him some green teeth, Lauren

Mm-hmm. I love it. Now, Jordan, what are you making of this

A face. I love it. Who is that? Uncle Mike. Uncle Mike, I love it

He sure does have a wide face. All right. Now, I'm going to take these, and I'm going to cut some into triangles

And I'm going to pile them up here. Let's see what I like

I think I like sour cream on mine. I love guacamole. I love some green onions

So what have you done? A side view of Uncle Mike. A side view of Uncle Mike

That means it's good. That's your ear. I love it. Mmm. Very brilliant, Paula

Oh, I'm so glad you like them. Thank you, too, Uncle Mike. That's because I made them. Mm-hmm

Couldn't have done it without Uncle Mike, could we have? Oh, ma'am

Coming up, our porcupine balls are ready for tasting. Great time of day, that's good

And we'll see if our popsicles get the Groover approval. Hey, y'all, welcome back

Uncle Mike just joined us. You know what? Uncle Mike has got a good habit of showing up when it's time to eat

We have cooked up some wonderful porcupine balls, Uncle Michael. So why don't you get those out of the oven for us

I'll do it. Come on, Jordy. All right, let's look. Let's look

Look! What'd I tell you? Does that look like a porcupine or what

Let me grab some pork. What do you think, Jordan? Yes, ma'am. I've impressed you, honey

Yes, ma'am. Why don't we take it down there, Michael? You want to

Yeah, let's take it down there by the bowls. All right. I'm going to stick it

So we don't have to worry about anybody getting burnt. So there we go

We'll need a spoon, and I'll dip us up a porcupine. All right, now we've got a little fresh grated Parmesan cheese you can put on it

A little parsley for color. What about it, Lauren? You love it

Yes, sir. Mmm! This is delicious. I'm so glad. Very good. Good

So you can impress Mom and Daddy one night and maybe cook supper for them

How about that? Well, Uncle Mike, you ready for dessert? I am. What have we got

We made some wonderful little yogurt pops earlier. Oh, yeah. They're so good

In fact, it's cold. All right. Now, this is blueberry. This is cherry

And this is pineapple. So choose your flavor. Tell them your name

What kind do you want? Cherry. What do you want, Mrs. Long? Pineapple

Ball? I'll take blueberry. Blueberry. I'll have cherry. Okay, so just take your paper cup

Peel it off. Tear it and peel it off. It's a deal

Is that a deal, Lucille? Mm-hmm. Look at that. Mm-hmm. This is a healthy snack

Mm, they're good, too. It's been fun today, hasn't it? Yes, ma'am. You got a kiss for Auntie

Yes. You got a kiss for Auntie? Do you kiss girls? How about Uncle Mike

We always send y'all love and best dishes from our kitchen to y'all's

We'll see you when we see you. Bye. Tell them bye, Lauren

Bye. Say cook with your kids. Cook with your kids. LAUGHTER