Knowing A Little More About Preparing food with Little ones

By Karri Owens


I'm fairly certain that most of us have either seen or at the very least heard of the hit situation comedy "Married with Children" that dominated television for quite some years and is still shown in syndication in numerous markets around the world. There are some wonderful insights which are shown by this often dysfunctional family and a few pearls to bring into your every single day lives. The same can be said when it comes to cooking with children.

There is little change on this earth that can coach you on about yourself and the way your children view you as fast as cooking with your children. Obviously, this is the perfect opportunity for most of us to let our hair down just a little, relax, and have fun in the kitchen. Unfortunately, if you are anything like me, this is a difficult process understandably. I am a bit of a control freak in my kitchen. It is my domain or sovereign territory as we say. For this reason it is difficult to give up that little bit of control and hand over the reigns to the one of my children.

On the other hand, I understand they are learning important skills they honestly need to know in life. This knowledge of course doesn't make it any a lot easier when I'm scraping tomato sauce from places I would never have thought to discover it on my own. If you're considering cooking with children you should make sure you have the proper ingredients readily available before beginning. You certainly do not want to be caught without that cup full of patience you will be requiring nor does one wish to need to leave in the heart of things for a run to the neighborhood grocery store to pick up the missing ingredients.

An excellent rule of thumb when it comes to cooking with children could be the KISS rule. Keep it simple silly. This rule may help out more than you ever realize. To begin with, most children have relatively short attention spans. While they want to learn and help mommy out, additionally, they do not want to have enough time to get uninterested in the details. Use simple recipes when cooking with children along with your chances for success will be much in excess of with overly complicated or ingredient intense recipes.

Just as if this wasn't enough to absorb another very important rule when it comes to cooking with children is to clean as you go whenever possible. Trust me on this. While there is part of you who will want to put off the task for cleaning the messes that are made until later, or wait till the end and only clean once, this gives the opportunity for messes to layer and compound themselves. Constantly clean throughout the process for the best possible results. You ought to enlist your children in the cleaning process at the same time. While it may be easier to do yourself, it is far more important to teach them the basics of cleaning as you go. Remember some day they will more than likely invade your kitchen area while you're not looking.

Creating meals with youngsters is usually an incredible way to have a fun day if you're able to let go of the control that you simply too often hold over the kitchen. Give over the keys to your kingdom for a day of fun and frolicking among the flour and sugar and see how many wonderful memories you may make with your little ones along the way.




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