I'm pretty sure many of us have seen it, or at least heard of the successful sitcom "Married with Children" that dominated television for many years and is still shown in syndication in many markets around the world. There are some wonderful ideas that are represented by this often dysfunctional family and a few pearls to bring in their daily lives. The same is true when it comes to cooking with children.
There is little on this earth that can teach you about yourself and how your children to see easily how to cook with your kids. Of course, this is the perfect opportunity for many of us let our hair down a bit, relax and have fun in the kitchen. Unfortunately, if you're like me, this is a difficult process to say the least. I am a little "a control freak in my kitchen. It s my domain or sovereign territory so to speak. For this reason, it is difficult to give up the little control and hand the reins to either of my children.
On the other hand, I know they are learning important skills that honestly need to know in life. This knowledge, of course, makes it less difficult when I'm scraping of tomato sauce the places he never would have thought to discover yourself. If you are thinking about cooking with children you need to make sure you have the right ingredients on hand before you begin. Certainly not want to be caught without the cup full of patience is required or desires need to leave in the middle of things running in the local supermarket to pick up the missing ingredients.
Another important rule to follow when it comes to cooking with children is the KISS rule. Keep it simple stupid. This rule will help more important than ever. First, most children have relatively short attention span. While willing to learn and help my mother, but I do not have enough time to get bored with details. Use simple recipes for cooking with children and the chances of success will be much more intense than with overly complicated recipes or ingredients.
As if that was not enough to absorb another very important rule when it comes to cooking with children is as clean as you go, whenever possible. Trust me on this. While there is a part of you want to postpone the task of cleaning up the mess it got late, or wait until the end and only clean once, this allows the possibility of dining to layer and compound themselves. Constantly clean throughout the process to obtain the best possible results. You must register children in the cleaning process as well. While it may be easier to do for yourself is much more important to teach the basics of cleaning up. I remember one day you will more than likely to invade your kitchen while you are looking for.
Cooking with children can be an incredible way to have a fun day if you are able to release the control that too often have more than cooking. Give the keys to the kingdom for a day of fun and frolicking among the flour and sugar and see how you can make memories with their children on the road.
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