Comments on: 4 Great Reasons to Cook with Your Kids http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: What’s Cooking Blog » Blog Archive » Include Your Kids in Meal Planning: 6 Ideas To Try http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23071 What’s Cooking Blog » Blog Archive » Include Your Kids in Meal Planning: 6 Ideas To Try Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:19:37 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23071 [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy: 4 Great Reasons to Cook With Your Kids [...] [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy: 4 Great Reasons to Cook With Your Kids [...]

]]> By: Michelle Stern http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23069 Michelle Stern Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:58:33 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23069 You should be proud that your daughter is developing so beautifully that her former teacher noticed. It means you are doing something really well :-) Hmmm - our most popular dishes to cook with kids? Great question. They love doing recipes where they can really use their hands. One of our favorites is to make Asian spring rolls with rice paper wrappers. They love to see the transformation of the wrapper as they soak it and it becomes pliable! Thanks for visiting and for the comments :-) You should be proud that your daughter is developing so beautifully that her former teacher noticed. It means you are doing something really well :-)
Hmmm – our most popular dishes to cook with kids? Great question. They love doing recipes where they can really use their hands. One of our favorites is to make Asian spring rolls with rice paper wrappers. They love to see the transformation of the wrapper as they soak it and it becomes pliable! Thanks for visiting and for the comments :-)

]]> By: Mrs Green http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23068 Mrs Green Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:45:02 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23068 Hi Michelle - congratulations to you! What a great title "Cooking with kids expert" :) I love your reasons for cooking with kids. When my daughter was at school (she is home schooled now) she had a cooking class and the teacher took me to one side and told me that it was clear she was the only child in the class who had ever been allowed in the kitchen. She was the only one who could name the fresh fruit and veg and the only one who knew what a sieve was. I found that so terribly sad. I love your third reason. My daughter feels so good and looks all grown up when she has been making food! She loves offering it to her Dad with a flourish of her hand! Which are your most popular dishes for cooking with children? I'd like some inspiration :) Hi Michelle – congratulations to you! What a great title “Cooking with kids expert” :)

I love your reasons for cooking with kids. When my daughter was at school (she is home schooled now) she had a cooking class and the teacher took me to one side and told me that it was clear she was the only child in the class who had ever been allowed in the kitchen.

She was the only one who could name the fresh fruit and veg and the only one who knew what a sieve was.

I found that so terribly sad.

I love your third reason. My daughter feels so good and looks all grown up when she has been making food! She loves offering it to her Dad with a flourish of her hand!

Which are your most popular dishes for cooking with children? I’d like some inspiration :)

]]> By: Michelle Stern http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23067 Michelle Stern Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:26:28 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23067 Hi Rachel, I don't think there is a certain age for knowing if a person likes food or not - it seems to be more of an evolution. Some days kids like something and them suddenly they decide they don't. Nutritionists say that sometimes it takes 15-20 exposures of a new food before it can be liked or even tolerated... so parents need to be patient and keep on trying! Part of it is how their peers or dining companions react to the same food... I completely agree with you that parents have to put on a happy face when they try new foods. Mealtime is not the ideal place for parents to be hypocrites! But nutrition worries parents and they often react in ways they wouldn't normally. Thanks for the comment! Hi Rachel,
I don’t think there is a certain age for knowing if a person likes food or not – it seems to be more of an evolution. Some days kids like something and them suddenly they decide they don’t. Nutritionists say that sometimes it takes 15-20 exposures of a new food before it can be liked or even tolerated… so parents need to be patient and keep on trying! Part of it is how their peers or dining companions react to the same food… I completely agree with you that parents have to put on a happy face when they try new foods. Mealtime is not the ideal place for parents to be hypocrites! But nutrition worries parents and they often react in ways they wouldn’t normally. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: personal finance, health, time management, stress management | Love: The Element http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23066 personal finance, health, time management, stress management | Love: The Element Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:35:11 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23066 [...] What’s Cooking Blog gives Four Great Reasons to Cook with Your Kids [...] [...] What’s Cooking Blog gives Four Great Reasons to Cook with Your Kids [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23065 Rachel Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:56:57 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23065 Congratulations on your upcoming food-casts! Teaching kids to grow, taste and cook their food is so important and unfortunately seems to be happening less and less as we rely more on takeaway food and eating out. Perhaps the financial crisis will encourage more people to cook at home to save money - this will have so many flow on benefits to health and family too! You mention kids choosing not to eat certain foods (and I think that is a great attitude to pass on - that you should try different foods and sometimes won't like them) - but as a non-parent who loves her friends' kids - at what age do they start to really know whether they like something or not (as opposed to not wanting to eat for a multitude of other tanty-inducing reasons)? The other thing I think is important is to set a good example. I've seen parents pile up plates with vegetables for their kids - and don't eat the veg themselves! Personally, my favourite memories of my childhood were of time spent in my grandparents' garden and kitchen. The things I learned there will stay with me forever. I wrote about that a little while ago at http://beyondbeeton.com/weight/the-gift-of-joy-in-food I was thinking about printing it out and giving it to them but I'm not sure as yet! Thanks again for a great post - I really think that this is a game-changing issue. Congratulations on your upcoming food-casts!

Teaching kids to grow, taste and cook their food is so important and unfortunately seems to be happening less and less as we rely more on takeaway food and eating out.

Perhaps the financial crisis will encourage more people to cook at home to save money – this will have so many flow on benefits to health and family too!

You mention kids choosing not to eat certain foods (and I think that is a great attitude to pass on – that you should try different foods and sometimes won’t like them) – but as a non-parent who loves her friends’ kids – at what age do they start to really know whether they like something or not (as opposed to not wanting to eat for a multitude of other tanty-inducing reasons)?

The other thing I think is important is to set a good example. I’ve seen parents pile up plates with vegetables for their kids – and don’t eat the veg themselves!

Personally, my favourite memories of my childhood were of time spent in my grandparents’ garden and kitchen. The things I learned there will stay with me forever. I wrote about that a little while ago at http://beyondbeeton.com/weight/the-gift-of-joy-in-food
I was thinking about printing it out and giving it to them but I’m not sure as yet!

Thanks again for a great post – I really think that this is a game-changing issue.

]]> By: The More News & Views Cooking Blog http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23064 The More News & Views Cooking Blog Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:28:18 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23064 [...] Original post:  What’s Cooking Blog » Blog Archive » 4 Great Reasons to Cook with … [...] [...] Original post:  What’s Cooking Blog » Blog Archive » 4 Great Reasons to Cook with … [...]

]]> By: Gina http://whatscookingwithkids.com/2009/04/07/4-great-reasons-to-cook-with-your-kids/#comment-23063 Gina Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:35:07 +0000 http://whatscookingblog.com/?p=746#comment-23063 I can't say enough about the importance of cooking with kids. I truly believe that it's the #1 way to introduce them to new foods, which will likely evolve to a love for good food...foodies in training! We also use cooking & baking with our kids as lessons in math, reading, science, history, and agriculture. Thanks for doing this! I can’t say enough about the importance of cooking with kids. I truly believe that it’s the #1 way to introduce them to new foods, which will likely evolve to a love for good food…foodies in training!

We also use cooking & baking with our kids as lessons in math, reading, science, history, and agriculture.

Thanks for doing this!

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