A minor cook-up for the kids! (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
small fry
'the kids' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'a minor cook-up' is the wordplay.
'a minor' becomes 'small' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cook up' becomes 'fry' (frying is a type of cooking. I am not sure about the 'up' bit.).
'small'+'fry'='SMALL-FRY'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for small fry that I've seen before include "Insignificant people" , "Unimportant people or things" , "young children" , "people of little importance" , "Tiddlers - trifling things" .)