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Lessons Learnt When Cooking as a Family
By
www.greatinfosites.com
Cooking can be a chore for some, but if you add a little twist to it, and involve other members of the family, it can be less of a burden for mom and more fun for the kids.
Many mothers hesitate to invite children in the kitchen because they are afraid of it creating an even bigger mess to clean up. However, by involving children, thee are quite a few valuable lessons that you can teach without them even knowing
Healthy Eating Habits
If children are more involved with the and preparation of meals, they have a more up front chance to look and talk about different food groups. You can try a new color vegetable a week or explain the difference between whole grain and white bread or lean cuts of meat and other varieties. You can experiment with lighter versions of their favorite like using skim milk in mac n cheese rather than whole milk and because they helped prepare it, they will never say that it doesn’t taste good.
Cultural Sensitivity
You can also give a social studies lesson in different ethnicities by foods from different parts of the world. If you experiment with Chinese food one day and Mexican specialties the other, you can take it as an opportunity to talk about the geography of that country, and a little about their culture and traditions so that children start looking behind their own comfort
vegit v vegan
i was once a vegan and it seemed to me that the effort to keep it up was huge
coupled with a serious loss of strength
any way a serious viscious cicle evolved
so im know a vegit n eat milk n eggs erm i luv pudding defeated me
im a b
Thursday March 18, 2009
0:33 spin
360 cal
154.6 lbs
The weight is slowly coming off...just gotta stay away from the Sun Chips.
Wednesday Mar 17, 2009
1:30 Badminton
...resulting in a jammed ring finger (can barely type), two scraped elbows, a bruised hip, and barely being able to stand up.
03-18-10 Thursday
B - bean burrito, tea
L - a repeat of last night's dinner: three sisters stew and a salad
S - carrot-raisin muffin
D - yet to be decided on . . . .
03-17-10 Wednesday
B - small cup of coffee w/coconut milk, carrot-raisin muffin
L - pbj sammie on ww, carrot and celery sticks (my lunches aren't normally so boring and small - I guess I wasn't really hungry today as I found it very satisfying)
S - carrot-raisin muff
2 books
I'm alternating between two books right now:
"The Practice Of The Wild" by Gary Snyder
"The Story of Stuff" by Annie Leonard
Tuesday March 16, 2010
0:47 spin
501 cal
14.8 mi
155.4 lbs
My weekend of Thai food got the better of me. Darn that sticky rice.
vegan resident
we got a new resident at the nursing home where i workwho is a vegan so now my boss has to buy vegetarian foods like vegie burgers and stuff and im so happy so theres something i acn eat there besides just vegies all the time.
The new 'Choices' video
Dear all,
I hope you are all doing great. I am a new member here and already posted a video about scientific evidence for a mind-matter connection into the scientific section.
I have just finished producing new video that I called Choices and i
I'm new here.
Hi! I'm new here as well as new at becoming vegetarian, possibly on my way to becoming vegan. I have always preferred to eat other things than meat, but cooked a lot of meat because of my husband. I recently educated myself on the meat industry in th
zone and begin to accept people even if they look a little different than they do.
Math & Reading
You can sneak in a mini math lesson by letting your children help you measure ingredients. You can test their skills by asking them to half a recipe or double it to make two batches of brownies. Children can practice their reading by reading out recipes aloud and then looking for those ingredients in the pantry or spice drawer.
Safety
You can even teach children about safety when with them as you can explain what kinds of dishes can go in the microwave and what cannot. You can also talk about turning pot handles inwards and always using oven mitts and other safety precautions.
Bonding
Over and above all these lessons, you can use as a family bonding experience and get the children's input at every stage, from menu planning, grocery shopping, sorting things in a pantry, preparing the meal, serving it – and helping clean up afterwards too!
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