Healthy Kids in the Kitchen with Picture Book Starters

I have a serious chef in my house.  He’s only nine years old, but the boy can cook! When I see a natural motivation like this in one of my children, I make sure there are plenty of opportunities to foster its growth. So…he cooks.  Because our goal is to have healthy kids in the kitchen, he cooks healthfully (most of the time.)

I allow him to experiment with ingredients as often as I insist that he follows a recipe. I allow him to do as much of the chopping and stove work as he’s ready to handle. He’s just so darn cute standing on his stool while doing the truly serious work of a real chef.

He’s been my kitchen helper since he was old enough to sit in a Boppy chair. All that side-by-side work proved to teach him not only a love for cooking but all the safety precautions and general knowledge about food prep are second nature to him.  Because we’re already way beyond basic cooking classes, he’s been transitioning from my helper to completing recipes mostly on his own for quite some time now.

Why Healthy Foods for Kids?

Over the past two years, our family has been making some major shifts in our food and drink lifestyle.