Cooking together with children
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Every child can do something in the kitchen. From simple tossing to (almost) completely preparing a dish and everything in between. Before you know it you will have a star chef at home! An additional advantage: children who are now learning to cook can more easily put a healthy meal on the table later on. Involving children in meal preparation, such as cooking, tasting and then eating together, ensures that they learn how to prepare food and how to work hygienically in the kitchen.
The advantages of cooking together
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From all that chopping, cutting. weighing, baking and cooking give them more confidence in the kitchen. They are becoming more and more useful in these operations. And it contributes to the development of healthy eating habits. An additional advantage: children who have helped with cooking will often taste it faster. So profit on all fronts.
Your own assistant cook
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From small to large, all children can help cook. As a parent you can best estimate what your child can do. To a little Below is an assistant cook breakdown. Cooking with your child: what will your child do? Easy! Tasks for the little ones: To make a sandwich Egg peel Wash vegetables and fruit Cut and add herbs Mild. Tasks for the child who can do a lot: Stir and toss Grating, mashing, kneading Weigh or measure food Cutting simple food with a dull knife (such as cucumber and banana) Spicy. Tasks for the experienced child: Dealing with a heat source, such as a stove and oven Cutting food with a sharp knife See if meat and fish are cooked Using food processors such as a blender and hand blender
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11 minMain dishpeanut oil, tofu stir-fry cubes finely seasoned, stir fry sauce sweet and sour, thick noodles, carrot julienne, beetroot julienne, yellow bell pepper, watercress,rainbow salad with tofu -
45 minMain dishRed cabbage, mild olive oil, quinoa plus, forest outing, lemon, sesame oil, soy sauce less salt, Bio Today tahini white in pot, tap water,grilled red cabbage with quinoa salad -
30 minDessertBrie, Roquefort, port salut, gruyere, Camembert, walnut, garlic, thyme, honey, grape, baguette, Red onion, red grape, raisins, Red wine, Red wine vinegar, Brown sugar,generous cheese plate with onion marmalade -
30 minDessertFull Milk, whipped cream, macaroon, custard powder, vanilla sugar, sugar, protein, amaretto, almond liqueur, basic recipe cooking pears,macaroon pastry with casserole
Learn to cut
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You can teach older children to cut. 2 useful techniques: Claw technique In the claw technique, you make a claw of your hand and fold your fingertips inward. Your thumb is also inward. If you cut right you claw your left hand and if you are left your right hand. While cutting, your "claw" hand will move back a little bit at a time. Bridge technology Make a bridge with your thumb and your index finger. Place the vegetables you want to halve on the cutting board. Hold the knife in your right hand (if you are on the left, in your left hand) and cut the vegetables in half under the "bridge". With soft vegetables such as tomatoes, it is useful to first poke the tip of your knife in the skin for more firmness.
Small cooking tips
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3 tips: Nice names for fruit and vegetables or a dish make food even more attractive. For example wands for asparagus, mini trees for broccoli and monkey porridge for oatmeal porridge with banana. With ingredients in many different colors you ensure that the plate is a feast to look at. Complete the party with nice plates and napkins. Eating in fun shapes and making faces… you can play with food! Some more ideas: serve green beans in a french fries bag, thread different vegetables on a skewer or make a sun of carrot strips. Our recipe site contains recipes that are tasty for children. Tip: Our quick recipes often have few ingredients and are easy to make with your child.
Cooking without stomach ache
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Starting to wash your hands is part of cooking. Unwashed hands sometimes contain pathogenic bacteria and viruses that can get into your food. There can also be pathogens on vegetables, fruit and herbs. But if you wash your hands under running water before cooking, the chances of getting sick are small. Read more about preparing safe food.
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5 minDrink without alcoholbananas, cool fresh apple-pear raspberry juice, Soy drink vanilla,soy fruit shake -
20 minMain dishsauerkraut, sticking potato, liquid baking product, half-to-half minced, Spice meatballs, pineapple, olive oil, liquid baking product,gratin sauerkraut dish with minced meat -
40 minMain dishlemongrass, fresh ginger, Red peppers, onions, tomato cubes, fresh cod fillet, coriander, oil, ground turmeric (koenjit), coconut milk, salt,fish in creamy coconut sauce -
15 minSide dishsweet potato, soft goat cheese, egg, spring / forest onion,stuffed sweet potato with egg
Cooking with picky eaters
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When you make food together, children often taste and eat it more easily. Cooking together is therefore also a way to help fussy eaters eat better. And does a child already pick up some vegetables while cooking? Then he must have got it!
'The little kitchen helper': recipes for young and old
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The cookbook "The little kitchen helper, cooking with children" contains delicious recipes that are ideal for making together with children. Full of starters, main courses and desserts to enjoy. You can also read how you can let children help and everything about cutting techniques. Recommended. Go to the webshop to order the book. You can watch a preview with some tasty recipes below:
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The cookbook "The little kitchen helper, cooking with children" contains delicious recipes that are ideal for making together with children. Full of starters, main courses and desserts to enjoy. You can also read how you can let children help and everything about cutting techniques.