Cooking

Cooking at home 

Now that we spend so much time at home with our children, it's an ideal moment to cook together. Lets make a delicious pick-nick to spend in our own garden. Help yourself with those step-by-step guides and maybe you will be surprised about the cooking skills of your child. 

Skewer with fruit 

Melon, banana, strawberry, grapes and apple. Lets make a colorful caterpillars on a stick.

Vegetables 

Fresh vegetables cut into strips and florets.Wash the vegetables under running water. Peel the carrots. Cut the cucumber, sweet pepper and carrot into strips and the cauliflower into florets. Cut the mini tomatoes into two..

Cheese and tomato

Cut a large cheese block into small blocks. 

Cut cherry tomatoes in half. Then first prick half a tomato, then a cube of cheese and again half a tomato on the pricker. 

Potato salad

Cut the potatoes into cubes. Cut the pickles into thin slices. Mix the diced potatoes with the pickles and green beans. Mix the salad herbs with the mayonnaise and add these to the salad.

Egg salad

Shell the eggs. Peel the eggs with a fork. Mix this through the mayonnaise and add curry powder to your taste.

Pasta salad with vegetables and ham cubes

Make a sauce of mayonnaise, salad herbs and a dash of maggi, you can also add some yogurt or flat cheese to make it a little less fat. Peel and cut 2 apples into cubes. Cut half a cucumber in cubes. 

Cut 3 tomatoes into cubes. Mix all the vegetables, ham cubes, apples and sauce to the cooked pasta. 

My own experiences 

In my opinion cooking is important to teach children regardless of their age. Making healthy food and to teach them to try everything. They learn fine motor skills, follow a plan and  enjoy eating together and appreciating what they all made. I worked around the forest with my toddlers. In the beginning of the week I read a book about a Pick-nick in the forest. After the story I asked my toddlers "would you like to make a Pick-nick?" They loved the Idea and together we started to brainstorm about what we could make, what we needed, etc. on the and of the week we made a big buffet all morning. We started to cook in groups of 6. Their engagement was really high, they enjoyed it a lot. They learned new skills. When it was almost ready a couple of children startled to look for a nice spot in the grass and made it very cosy so we could sit all together and enjoy to be together and talk.