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"We are slowly forming a routine here: school, lunch, a bit of time outside, some indoor play, dinner, bath and bed. It&amp;#039;s so much easier to prepare dinner if the kids are involved in the process; otherwise, they&amp;#039;re inevitably chasing each other around, which almost always ends in tears. Pizza is a fun and no-fuss way to get them involved; we could have pizza every night of the week. Last night we used refrigerated pizza dough and cut shapes out of the cheese. We scattered Italian sausage coins over half the pizza, too.   I set the dough out to rest (it was a bag of Trader Joe&amp;#039;s dough, which is a lot like homemade). I also pricked Italian sausage links, broiled them for a few minutes, then cut them in disks. We floured our hands and work surface, patted and stretched the pizza out thin, spread on some tomato sauce and made pictures with the cheese. (I forgot to brush the crust with oil, which would&amp;#039;ve been a nice touch for a brown crust.) Ten minutes in a 450-degree oven and it was done.  Kids can help with stirring and assembly, or with cutting up fruit or soft cheese. Below, a few good food projects for young kids (with a parent handling the hot stuff, of course):  Chicken Tostadas  Pasta with Tomatoes and Mozzarella Fruit Salad with Yogurt Dressing \u2014 Kim Walker "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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