StevePeterson
Assistant Cook
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- May 14, 2007
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Want to Make Cooking Fun For The Entire Family? Here's How…
In today’s world often we, as parents, don’t have the time or the energy to cook. Many of us work all day and the last thing we want to do when we get home is to cook a huge meal. We don’t want to spend time in the kitchen away from the rest of our family slaving over a hot stove. Cooking is just too boring and too time consuming.
Yet, we all watch the news and see how Americans are having problems with being overweight. Sure, we don’t want to take the time to cook a good meal but we can’t justify feeding our families something that isn’t nutritious and will only lead them a step closer to becoming overweight.
Involve Your Whole Family in Cooking
Luckily, there is a way to have the best of all worlds. The solution is obvious and very simple: Get the entire family involved in the cooking process.
When we involve the entire family – the kids and our spouse – cooking becomes a fun bonding experience. It also takes less time and can be a great learning experience for our children.
All Ages Can Help in the Kitchen
Even little kids can help with cooking meals. Of course they shouldn’t be near the oven or the stove but there are still plenty of things little kids can help with. For example, they can help mix-up salad, they can help stir ingredients into a mixture, they can set the table, they can pour in measured ingredients, and they can wash already dirtied pots, pans, bowls, and spoons.
Babies can even get-in on the fun. Just sit the baby in high chair or a play pen and give him/her a wooden spoon and a couple pots and pans. Or you can get down all the spices (in plastic bottles) and let the baby stack them like blocks. Just make sure the baby is kept away from everything that’s hot or sharp.
Older kids can be taught how to cook from beginning to end. You can give them the gift of knowing how to cook.
Create Lasting Memories
I’ll never forget how my grandmother used to make meals that her mother taught her 60 years earlier. She still remembered cooking with her mother. It was a time that she valued her entire life.
Wouldn’t it be great to have your children telling their grandchildren how you taught them to cook?
Cooking is Educational
Finally, cooking teaches a child fractions and measurements. It also allows a child to see that math is used in everyday life. If you’re using a cookbook (which you probably are) you’re child can also practice their reading comprehension skills.
Finally…
Cooking doesn’t have to be a lonely, boring experience. You can make cooking fun and family friendly. Get the entire family involved with cooking meals and instead of dreading coming home to the kitchen, you’ll spend your entire day looking forward to it!
In today’s world often we, as parents, don’t have the time or the energy to cook. Many of us work all day and the last thing we want to do when we get home is to cook a huge meal. We don’t want to spend time in the kitchen away from the rest of our family slaving over a hot stove. Cooking is just too boring and too time consuming.
Yet, we all watch the news and see how Americans are having problems with being overweight. Sure, we don’t want to take the time to cook a good meal but we can’t justify feeding our families something that isn’t nutritious and will only lead them a step closer to becoming overweight.
Involve Your Whole Family in Cooking
Luckily, there is a way to have the best of all worlds. The solution is obvious and very simple: Get the entire family involved in the cooking process.
When we involve the entire family – the kids and our spouse – cooking becomes a fun bonding experience. It also takes less time and can be a great learning experience for our children.
All Ages Can Help in the Kitchen
Even little kids can help with cooking meals. Of course they shouldn’t be near the oven or the stove but there are still plenty of things little kids can help with. For example, they can help mix-up salad, they can help stir ingredients into a mixture, they can set the table, they can pour in measured ingredients, and they can wash already dirtied pots, pans, bowls, and spoons.
Babies can even get-in on the fun. Just sit the baby in high chair or a play pen and give him/her a wooden spoon and a couple pots and pans. Or you can get down all the spices (in plastic bottles) and let the baby stack them like blocks. Just make sure the baby is kept away from everything that’s hot or sharp.
Older kids can be taught how to cook from beginning to end. You can give them the gift of knowing how to cook.
Create Lasting Memories
I’ll never forget how my grandmother used to make meals that her mother taught her 60 years earlier. She still remembered cooking with her mother. It was a time that she valued her entire life.
Wouldn’t it be great to have your children telling their grandchildren how you taught them to cook?
Cooking is Educational
Finally, cooking teaches a child fractions and measurements. It also allows a child to see that math is used in everyday life. If you’re using a cookbook (which you probably are) you’re child can also practice their reading comprehension skills.
Finally…
Cooking doesn’t have to be a lonely, boring experience. You can make cooking fun and family friendly. Get the entire family involved with cooking meals and instead of dreading coming home to the kitchen, you’ll spend your entire day looking forward to it!
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