Planning meals Ask your kids what they would like to eat next week. Better yet, ask them more detailed questions about which ingredients they would like in the next week's meals. You and your kids can look up recipes together in cookbooks, or on the Internet, or choose some of your family's favourite recipes and decide together on which meals to make. Encourage your child to [...]
This is the second book that I chose to review as I learned many useful and practical lessons from reading it. If you missed the first book review, please go here where I reviewed […]
Sitting down together to enjoy a meal is sometimes hard to do, but it is worthwhile in the long run. My husband and I have not had a completely quiet meal with our children since 5 years ago when our first one was born. Kids and meals are far from being a quiet and relaxing combination. However we keep at [...]
Allowing children to spend time with us in the kitchen is a great way for them to see, touch, taste, and smell different ingredients before they are made into prepared meals. Kids become familiar with what is going on in the kitchen and they might be more willing to try new foods. I am not saying that they will like [...]
You might have noticed that the subtitle of my website is Nourish and Love, as I believe that we have a responsibility towards our children to show them our love not only by nourishing their bodies, but also through other means. Today I would like to tell you about a book called “The 5 love languages of children”. This book [...]