Put a little fun in your meals

If you involve your kids in shopping, planning, and cooking, they may be more likely to want to eat the food they have helped prepare.

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Find ways to involve them in the cooking process

It’s no secret, kids love to be involved.

Let them explore

Help your kids create the dinner menu.

  • Show them how to pick out the ingredients
  • Let them help prepare the meal
  • Encourage their creativity

Take them shopping

When your kids are old enough, take them grocery shopping with you.

  • Plan in advance some meals you’ll prepare
  • Ask for your kids to choose between 2 different vegetables or fruits
  • Let them help decide which day to prepare “their meal”