Little Chef’s Project + Giveaway
I’m excited to share that I was selected as a contributor to “The Little Chefs Project: A Collection of Kid-Friendly Tips, Tricks and Recipes for Fun in the Kitchen.” The Little Chefs Project is a collaborative book about cooking with kids.
Chef Boyardee and The Motherhood have teamed up with a collection of awesome bloggers/mothers/writers to create this one-of-a-kind e-book that encourages parents to bring the family into the kitchen and get cooking. There are a lot of great tips, tricks and recipes that are all designed to bring kids and parents together in the kitchen.
I contributed to Chapter 4 – Family Time
My Tips for bringing the family together into the kitchen
- Assign everyone a task to help with dinner preparation.
- Let kids pick out new recipes and make them together.
How do you bring your family together in the kitchen?
Over the next few weeks join The Motherhood for a series of live chats: The Little Chefs Project Cook-A-Longs
Recipes
Check out this great collection of Chef Boyardee Recipes
Giveaway
Chef Boyardee is offering 1 reader the chance to win a Family Cooking Kit. Use the rafflecopter form below to enter the giveaway. Giveaway ends 10/30
Giveaway Includes:
- Kids’ kitchen measure and prep kit
- Kids’ recipe box
- Scrapbook album
- 2 Chef Boyardee chef hats
- Chef Boyardee adult apron
- Chef Boyardee child apron
- Chef Boyardee pizza kit
- Time capsule
- 2 coupons for free Chef Boyardee Beefaroni
- 5 Chef Boyardee recipe cards
Giveaway ends on October 30, 2012. The winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on this post. Entrants must be 18 or older. Winner to be chosen at random. Winner will be notified by email and has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. See giveaway rules for more information.
Disclosure: I received compensation in exchange for contribution to the e-book, sharing this information and hosting a giveaway. The opinions expressed in this post are my own and not influenced by the company.
we have them pick out the menu and shop for the ingredients, they get to use the measuring cups and our new reader gets to read out the recipe and helps the younger ones to pour the measuring cups
I try to give my children little tasks to keep them busy.
My daughter loves to help bake. She stirs and pours and tastes!
My boys love to help me cook dinner and set the table. They love to stir and taste test everything
I always let my oldest help set the table and to wash veggies or pour out ingredients so it is fun as a family
We make fun meals together, like pizza or spaghetti squash, something the whole family can be involved in. Thanks!
Mysonloves anything involving mixing,or adding spices,or cracking eggs…wait,really I couldjustturn him loose in the kitchen,except i’m afraid toilet him use a knife. My husband is great in the kitchen too so usually an invitation is all they need 😉
All of my grandkids starting learning how to cook with a microwave at an early age and now know how to use the stove too. So far we have made soups, cookies and pizzas together.
My kids help with ideas, stirring, getting ingredients and taste testing.
I let the kids help with some cooking and dishes.
I let my kids help when I am mixing or combining ingredients.
My daughter and I bake together
i would measue the ingredients and they would pour them in
I swear my kids will eat anything if they cook it. So I let them help with dinner as much as possible, so they are more willing to expand their palates!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
I try to involve the whole family and give each one a task to do.
My kids love to help crack eggs and mix up batter.
I get the kids to help me chop up things
Whenever I cook something new, I always make a point to explain at least one thing about the process even if I’m not going to teach the entire thing.
I let the kids help with peeling, mixing, measuring and pouring ingredients.
My kids help with washing veggies, getting ingredients from the pantry, etc
I let my son stir stuff up
My kids help with everything in the kitchen depending on their age.
I let my oldest daughter come into the kitchen and help cook dinner. She helps stir up things and makes our salads. We also love to bake cookies together for the holidays. Thanks so much for hosting this great giveaway!
furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net
From choosing what we will be making to helping put it all together and talking about the ingredients as we go along
I bake with my daughter during the weekend.