tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736674783883169980.post3010911585566747282..comments2024-03-18T09:51:32.320-07:00Comments on Karyn in the Kitchen: Cooking with your kidsThe upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736674783883169980.post-28340775153573167432011-01-18T02:17:42.865-08:002011-01-18T02:17:42.865-08:00@Jane I have a few kiddies' cookbooks, too. On...@Jane I have a few kiddies' cookbooks, too. One of them is brilliantly designed to be able to stand up on its own. Such a clever idea. <br /><br />The kids used to use them for inspiration, and sometimes followed the recipes. But they also took recipes out of my 'adult' cookbooks, asked me to give them the recipes for my own creations, or just made stuff up. <br /><br />My younger son in particular, liked to make up recipes and give them weird names. One dish, which involved chicken, orange and lettuce (and several other ingredients I can no longer remember), was called 'click-clock'. Go figure! Both of them went on to do food tech as their chosen design/technology subject for their GCSEs.The upsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736674783883169980.post-66264247537180496272011-01-17T05:02:13.925-08:002011-01-17T05:02:13.925-08:00I think this is just wonderful! The idea of giving...I think this is just wonderful! The idea of giving them a budget and having them plan and shop for a meal is brilliant. I remember my mother letting me cook even when I was small, and I must have made terrible messes. More parents should realize there is a point, if you can catch them when they're young enough, that kids think 'work' is 'fun'. (I liked vacuuming, too, although to this day I'm not especially good at it.) BTW there's a great "Betty Crocker Cookbook for Boys and Girls", still in print, that has recipes for 'real' food. I still have mine.Jane Bozarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179488095482056918noreply@blogger.com