Hey there, parents and guardians! Does your child want a food break from chicken nuggets and mac and cheese? Our cooking adventure will teach your children kitchen skills so they want to join you in the kitchen. Learn how to make fun and nutritious dishes that children will truly enjoy eating instead of “Yuck!”
Why Cooking with Kids Rocks?
Learning how to make food points us to several valuable benefits when teaching our children to cook.
- Children learn about good food habits when they participate in cooking sessions.
- They will consume food once they see how their own efforts produced it
- You enjoy quality time together and nobody can resist that!
- It builds confidence and independence
Setting Up for Success
To create a child-friendly kitchen start by arranging child-size appliances and tools at their elbow level.
- Keep young cooking tools at the same level as your children. They can reach their plate from the countertop without using dangerous monkey behavior.
- Establish a healthy snack section your kids can access both in their fridge and pantry. Giving young ones easy access to baby carrots, cheese sticks and portioned yogurt. Your kids can reach fresh foods and snacks directly from a home kitchen storage area.
- Begin with easy kitchen skills including stirring and adding ingredients before showing children how to handle advanced cooking skills. Through practice they will learn to turn pancakes as skillfully as a professional chef.
Breakfast Bonanza
Begin your day by preparing breakfast treats that make kids wake up energetic.
- Yogurt with Cherries: This one’s a breeze! You can serve yogurt with frozen cherries in any quantity you want. No washing or chopping required. Children can try their own combination of fruits and nuts to create their favorite parfaits.
- Blueberry Chia Pudding: Chia pudding shows two benefits when cooked – it becomes both a nourishing breakfast and teaches scientific principles. Boil chia seeds in milk overnight then enjoy their pudding texture in the morning. Add some blueberries, and voila!
- Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies: Making peanut butter cookies with older children serves as an entertaining cooking activity. They offer a cookie breakfast option that every child will appreciate. They supply protein and fiber benefits to your diet. People will love the hidden vegetable elements in their sweet dessert treat.
Snack Attack
Prepare these simple snacks as soon as craving hits hard
- Homemade Trail Mix: Forget the sugary store-bought stuff. Allow your children to select which dried fruits and nuts go into their trail mix and sprinkle in chocolate chips if they want. Preparing food cookies is both entertaining and yummy experience.
- Popcorn Mix: Prepare elevated popcorn for movie night with custom homemade seasonings. Your kids can select their preferred seasonings while including nuts and dried fruit. Your hands will feel the explosive taste of every bite.
- Clementines and Nuts: Simple, but oh-so-good. Little children can peel Clementines easily and enjoy them with nuts as a good snack choice. The natural equivalent of cheese sticks with crackers now exist.
Conclusion
Your cooking experience with kids should give them good times and precious moments to hold onto. You must accept the inevitable mess in these cooking activities because it is what makes this process enjoyable. Your child may become the next MasterChef Junior if you continue cooking lessons together.
Ready to turn your kitchen into a kid-friendly culinary playground? Check out our cooking classes for more fun and nutritious recipes that’ll have your kids begging to be your sous chef!
