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The reality of cooking with kids

March 12, 2017 by Molly 4 Comments

Love or hate cooking with kids, the reality is it’ll be a situation you’ll encounter sooner or later as a parent. Children love to cook, fact. Or, rather, children love to “help” to cook (by which I mean, in my case, making a mess and walking away before it comes to washing up time).

I’m going to lay my cards on the table here and say that, unsurprisingly, I’m not a huge fan of cooking with kids. I do it regularly, because they love it, but as soon as they ask to “help” I have an inner sigh of desperation because I know what lies ahead. Namely, utter chaos, much hilarity from their point of view and me, an hour later, still cleaning up.

Still, we do it, because my children enjoy nothing more than getting involved in the kitchen. Seriously, they’d choose cooking over play doh or any other messy activity any day of the week. Which is why I love it when my mum (above) gets the kids involved in the kitchen because it gives me at least a couple of days breathing space in my own home!

If you’re a novice to the mayhem of cooking with kids or if, like me, you’ve been there, got the t’shirt AND had that same t’shirt covered in flour and flying egg debris, then this is the post for you. Organix have come to the rescue for desperate parents like us with some very handy tips for how to survive and – quite possibly – enjoy cooking with kids.

Here goes:

It’s good to see I haven’t failed completely at the cooking with kids thing. I mean, we always manage to create lots of mess, plus the kids enjoy dressing up with their aprons and chef hats. Having mini utensils is also a good way to avoid the often calamitous situation of little toddler hands trying to wield adult sized spoons. We also tend to choose what to make together (Frog is often keen to try to recreate something really ambitious from some random YouTube video she’s seen – which I then inevitably spend ages trying to find online, to no avail).

Things I’m not so good at: the planning. This is a biggie. For a completely successful kids cooking session you need to be a pro at organisation. Considering much of my cooking with kids scenarios happens on the fly, this is something I fail at big time. I don’t pre-measure ingredients, I never have the key items prepped and ready to go, which means I end up trying to multi-task while two small, impatient people bark orders at me and I get more and more flustered. This is often when flour goes flying or eggs go breaking. Oops.

Watch this if you don’t believe me. Actually, this is a great example of what NOT to do if you want to achieve success when cooking with kids…

Ultimately though, it’s all about having fun – which is something I definitely need to remember. It’s about the PROCESS rather than the end result. The memories, the experience and the laughter, rather than the Pinterest-perfect, Instagrammable foodie creations which just don’t happen in our house.

 

 

For more ideas, advice and recipe inspiration, check out the Organix website.

 

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Thanks to Organix for working with me on this post. I’m an Organix ambassador and will be working with them throughout 2017 to share fun, real and creative ways to get kids involved with eating good food. Check out my Work With Me page for more information about how I work with brands. 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: FOOD Tagged With: cooking, cooking with kids, Kids, Parenting, weaning

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Comments

  1. Katie @mummydaddyme says

    March 16, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    Oh Molly, their little faces on the thumbnail of your video when they are looking at each other- just so cute! I must admit I am not very good at cooking with the girls, we got a bit better then Wren was born and we have just got out of the habit. It’s something I really need to do more cause they love it. x

    Reply
    • Molly says

      March 18, 2017 at 2:21 pm

      It’s chaos isn’t it?! But they LOVE it, so we continue to do it. I’m a glutton for punishment!

      Reply
  2. Gill Crawshaw says

    March 14, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    I don’t think there’s many more things that can get quite on my nerves like *that* than cooking with children! No idea why.

    Reply
  3. Alison says

    March 13, 2017 at 1:44 pm

    I’m trying to be better at cooking / baking with G – reminding myself that it’s the process and fun that matters not the end result. It’s easier said than done though!

    Reply

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Hello and welcome! I'm Molly Forbes - blogger, YouTuber, journalist and presenter with a passion for positivity, confidence and body image chat. Regularly writing and vlogging about empowering female issues from a motherhood angle, I also cover lifestyle and fashion topics for like-minded mums who want to rediscover themselves after having children. Thanks for stopping by! Read More…

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