Kenya has a lot of favorite recipes. The truth is, I think everything he does is brilliant and he thinks everything I cook is delicious. That is the quid pro quo of our relationship (wink, wink). One of Kenya’s all time favorite recipes that I make for our family is Red Beet & White Bean Hummus. It has a super creamy taste, a smooth texture and is delicious to eat. Parents magazine even wrote an article about weelicious featuring this recipe and we got tons of emails from parents saying how much their kids loved it too.

Kenya and I had so much fun shooting this video that I wanted to share it with you again. It’s a really fun and easy recipe to prepare with your kids (which will hopefully make them want to eat it even more!).

Every time I turn on the “cheesy” popcorn video for Kenya to watch, he just cracks up. He loves the beginning where we pop around like popcorn kernels getting popped. Even better than watching the video for this recipe though, is making this recipe itself. Kids and adults alike will empty bowl after bowl. It’s the perfect thing to make for an afternoon snack while you play board games, watch an old movie or cuddle up and read a good book.

We started shooting short cooking programs at weelicious when the site began a few years ago. It was a way for me to get into the kitchen with Kenya to demonstrate how to pull off fast, fresh and easy meals and show how involving kids in the kitchen gets them interested in eating a larger variety of foods. In my experience, when kids have a hand at preparing some of their meal, they’re much more excited about eating it.

Over the next few days, we’re going to highlight a few of our favorite video recipes from the past year. I tried to select the episodes that either generated the most feedback on the message board or that Kenya requested the most! As 2009 comes to a close, hopefully your life will feel a bit slower and easier this week so you can watch some programs with your family and be inspired to get into the kitchen together and make some fun meals!

Kenya loves Avocado Shake. It’s hands down his favorite video of the year (make sure to watch until the last few seconds to see why), so I had to put it up first! Today at the farmers’ market we bought 3 different varieties of avocado: Bacon, Hass and Fuerte. They were all super soft, creamy and delicious, so you can be sure we’ll be celebrating this recipe before 2010 gets here!

Happy holidays!