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COOKING WITH CHILDREN CAN...
- Increase language development
- Increases math and reading ability - Enhance fine motor skills
- Increase focus and attention
- Promote healthy eating
- Boost self-confidence
- Encourage family bonding
- Encourage trying new foods
POSITIVE SUBSITUTES FOR NEGATIVE FOODS:
- Ice cream = Frozen yogurt/sorbet - Fried foods = Oven baked
- Sweets = Dried fruits
- Potato chips = Kale chips
- White rice = Quinoa
- Butter = Margarine
- Breadcrumbs = Chia seeds - Vegetable oil = Coconut oil
HOW TO GET CHILDREN INVOLVED:
START THEM FROM YOUNG: Invest time to cook in the kitchen when they are young and expose them to a wide variety of nutritious foods
START SMALL AND BUILD UP: Start with small jobs (picking herbs, spinning salad leaves dry, mixing), giving the child decisions can empower them.
MAKE THE TIME: Make weekly plans (2 nights a week is cooking with children night) HAVE A HANDS ON ATTITUDE: Get the children to taste, touch and smell the ingredients
your cooking with, and explain that it is ok to not enjoy all foods, but to at least give it a try
REMEMBER TO WEAR...
- Your hair tied back
- An apron
- Closed in shoes
- No loose clothing sleves
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COOKING IN THE KITCHEN