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Father’s Day!

The Flowers are out, the birds are chirping, summer has arrived and it’s time to celebrate Father’s day! Father’s Day is this Sunday June 14th and it’s time to honour all the Fathers and Fatherly figures for all that they bring to our families. At Kids & Company we want to make sure all of our Kidco Dads feel extra special. From June 9th – June 13th all of our Kids & Company locations across the country will be hosting a special Father’s Day celebration, to remind our Dads just how special they are. Make sure to check with your Site Director for the specific date if you have not done so already.

I’m sure we’re all trying to come up with ideas to celebrate the hard work of our Dads!  With FIFA World cup starting Thursday why not have the kids make a Flag or T-shirt for Dad supporting his favourite tea?! All you’ll need is a plain T-shirt, some fabric paint and whatever other craft supplies you want.

Now, what’s the best gift you can give Dad on Father's Day? A full (and satisfied!) stomach of course. If the weather allows it set up an outdoor dinner, with a table cloth and fun plates and glasses.  This Father’s day Kidco Kitchen suggests you and your kids create our Kidco Mini Sliders at home with either ground beef, ground turkey, or veggie burger! If you want to kick it up, try this delicious BBQ sauce recipe. It will become your new summer favourite add on, so we suggest you make extra!
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Kidco Kitchen Mini Sliders

Sauce

Burger
  • ¼ cup diced onions
  • 1 bay leaf
  •  ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • pinch paprika
  • 1 tbsp. water
  • 1 tbsp. vinegar
  • pinch pepper
  • 1 tsp oil

 
  • 1 pound Ground Beef
  • 1-2 Garlic Cloves
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • ½ tsp. Pepper
  • 8 Whole Wheat Mini Hamburger Buns

 

 

 

 

  1. In a small saucepan, combine the first 10 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Set aside 1 cup barbecue sauce to serve with burgers.
  2. Serve on buns with toppings of your choice and reserved barbecue sauce.
  3. Enjoy!
  1. Form small 1.5 ounce patties (about 3 Tbsp.), mixed with garlic, salt and pepper. (Onion and fresh herbs, like oregano and parsley, can be added to the beef mixture for some added flavour!)
  2.  Barbeque until browned and fully cooked (No pink inside).

 

For dessert why not bring the kids into the kitchen to create a very special Tie Cake! You can customize these anyway you like, and make them as fancy or simple as you want. Betty Crocker’s website gives great instructions on how to create this awesome dessert! Click here to find out!

 

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Cheers,

Chef Lisa Ruscica

Chief Food Ambassador

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Wednesday June 11th, 2014

Posted by: Lisa Ruscica

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