Comments on: The kitchen is a classroom http://raisingsuperchild.com/nutrition/cookingwithkids/the-kitchen-is-a-classroom.html Raising Super Kids for the Super Future Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:32:06 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: admin http://raisingsuperchild.com/nutrition/cookingwithkids/the-kitchen-is-a-classroom.html/comment-page-1#comment-33 admin Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:05:02 +0000 http://raisingsuperchild.com/?p=168#comment-33 Thanks for your comment Rosa. I do not deny that kids will not be in your way while in the kitchen. That's why I said we have to be patient with them. If we get angry at them when they are in the kitchen, kids will not come back in the kitchen. For kids to develop interest in the kitchen, will be a gradual process and we can teach them about weights, measurements under supervision before asking them to do it themselves. Also thanks for the suggestions from Betty Crocker. Please keep writing back, your comments are very valuable for us and the other readers. Thanks for your comment Rosa. I do not deny that kids will not be in your way while in the kitchen. That’s why I said we have to be patient with them. If we get angry at them when they are in the kitchen, kids will not come back in the kitchen. For kids to develop interest in the kitchen, will be a gradual process and we can teach them about weights, measurements under supervision before asking them to do it themselves. Also thanks for the suggestions from Betty Crocker. Please keep writing back, your comments are very valuable for us and the other readers.

]]> By: roaa http://raisingsuperchild.com/nutrition/cookingwithkids/the-kitchen-is-a-classroom.html/comment-page-1#comment-32 roaa Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:20:35 +0000 http://raisingsuperchild.com/?p=168#comment-32 Having kids in the kitchen during meal preparation is usually a bit of a hindrance, because parents have to find a way for the kids to be useful without over-measuring, under-stirring, or adding unwanted ingredients. There are several complete meal kits that provide a decent-tasting dinner, and they are simple to prepare and make. Betty Crocker Complete Meals If parents set out the cooking supplies and take care of oven duties, kids who can read, measure, and follow step by step directions can make this meal. Most 10 year olds could do this, and they would like the opportunity to help in the kitchen. The meals have the same basic elements: a can of progressive soup-like meat and vegetables sauce/seasonings/toppings the pasta/bread component of the meal Kids can easily follow these directions. For example, with the Betty Crocker Chicken & Buttermilk Biscuits meal kit, kids need to be able to do the following: preheat the oven open a can with a can opener pour the contents of the can into the baking dish heat and measure a cup of water cut and open the seasoning mix mix the seasoning mix into the baking dish measure 1/2 cup of water cut open biscuit mix stir water and biscuit mix drop the biscuit mix onto the contents of the baking dish Parents should put the dish into and take the dish out of the oven. The precision does not have to be exact; if the biscuits get a little too much water, or the seasoning gets lukewarm water, the meal is forgiving. The biscuits do not have to be perfectly lined up; they can be dumped in and it still tastes like chicken and biscuits. Rosa Mohamed Having kids in the kitchen during meal preparation is usually a bit of a hindrance, because parents have to find a way for the kids to be useful without over-measuring, under-stirring, or adding unwanted ingredients. There are several complete meal kits that provide a decent-tasting dinner, and they are simple to prepare and make.
Betty Crocker Complete Meals
If parents set out the cooking supplies and take care of oven duties, kids who can read, measure, and follow step by step directions can make this meal. Most 10 year olds could do this, and they would like the opportunity to help in the kitchen.

The meals have the same basic elements:

a can of progressive soup-like meat and vegetables
sauce/seasonings/toppings
the pasta/bread component of the meal
Kids can easily follow these directions. For example, with the Betty Crocker Chicken & Buttermilk Biscuits meal kit, kids need to be able to do the following:

preheat the oven
open a can with a can opener
pour the contents of the can into the baking dish
heat and measure a cup of water
cut and open the seasoning mix
mix the seasoning mix into the baking dish
measure 1/2 cup of water
cut open biscuit mix
stir water and biscuit mix
drop the biscuit mix onto the contents of the baking dish
Parents should put the dish into and take the dish out of the oven. The precision does not have to be exact; if the biscuits get a little too much water, or the seasoning gets lukewarm water, the meal is forgiving. The biscuits do not have to be perfectly lined up; they can be dumped in and it still tastes like chicken and biscuits.

Rosa Mohamed

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