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Kids Cook Build-a-Book – Get your Kids’ Kit!!!

November 20, 2023 by Laura 2 Comments

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We’ve put this Kids Cook Build-a-Book Kit together just in time for Christmas!

I’m pretty excited about this project – probably because it’s something I would have loved receiving as a Christmas gift when I was a young girl. :)

This year, we decided to discontinue our Junior Chef Club and instead offer you something similar that is new and improved!

Kids Cook Build-a-Book Kit

This fabulous kit will provide you with:

  • 104 printable pages filled with 52 ALL BRAND NEW Super Fun Recipes and 52 Serving and Sharing Ideas that are perfect for kids
  • 6 printable Build-a-Book cover page options
  • 5 printable Build-a-Book divider pages
  • Simple Shopping List of suggested add-ons that you can pick up at the dollar store to inexpensively complete your awesome Kids Cook Gift Kit!

When you purchase our kit:

  • You can print off all the pages you think your kids and your family will enjoy in their Kids Cook Build-a-Book.
  • Next, you can pick up the Simple Shopping List items (like a binder, measuring spoons and cups, a mixing bowl and spoon, etc).
  • Then, you can package it all up for them to open at Christmas. What a FUN gift that will offer greatness for weeks and months and even for years to come!

Click the arrows below to look through this flipbook to see a tiny sample of what your Kids Cook Build-a-Book can look like:

In total, your kids’ books can include up to 108 pages full of recipes and fun!

Get your kit here:

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Your kids are going to love our Kids Cook Build-a-Book Kit!! Grab this to supply them with all they need to build a super fun cookbook!

We provide you with:

  • 104 printable pages filled with 52 Super Fun Recipes and 52 Serving and Sharing Ideas that are perfect for kids
  • 6 printable Build-a-Book cover page options
  • 5 printable Build-a-Book divider pages
  • Simple Shopping List of suggested add-ons that you can pick up at the dollar store to inexpensively complete your awesome Kids Cook Gift Kit!
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Brand New Junior Chef Club This Year!!

November 20, 2022 by Laura 2 Comments

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Last year’s Junior Chef Club subscription was a huge hit and it’s time for round two! I have gotten great feedback on this program and I’m so grateful. Now we’ve got 52 brand new recipes ready for your Junior Chefs!

What is the Junior Chef Club?

The Junior Chef Club is a weekly cooking subscription just for kids! (Bonus: Parents get to enjoy all the recipes and food too, and maybe even a night off!) Here’s how it works:

Each week, we’ll send a brand new Recipe Printable Packet to your inbox. You can print this packet and turn it over to your Junior Chef! It will share simple prep instructions for a brand new recipe plus a Grocery List, a Kitchen Supply List, and a bonus page with Serving and Sharing Ideas.

We suggest that you print the pages each week and let your Junior Chef add them to a 3-ring binder as they build their Junior Chef Cookbook.

This makes an awesome Christmas gift that gives to your kids all year long!

Here’s a sample of what your Junior Chef Club Member will receive each week:

This year’s recipes are all brand new!

If your Junior Chefs enjoyed last year’s cookbook-building experience, they’ll love getting this year’s even more! And if you’re new to this club, you’re in for a huge treat! We have a new theme for this year’s recipes:

All 52 recipes included in this year’s subscription can be made quickly and easily. Here’s a peek at some of the recipes:

  • Bacon Green Bean Bundles
  • Chicken Cheeseburgers
  • Cookie Crackers
  • Corndog Pie
  • Pizza Pinwheels
  • Very Berry Toast Tower
  • Smores Cake
  • Shh! The rest are a surprise!

Cost for the Junior Chef Club?

Your Junior Chef will receive an email packet of recipes and printables every single week. What a super fun gift that keeps on giving! Here are the pricing options:

To make it easy, we have options to make it work for your budget. What works best for you?

    • $2.00/week ($104/year) or
    • $5.00/month ($60/year) or
    • $36.00 $26.00/year (INCREDIBLE VALUE!)

Yearly Subscribers also receive a Big Bonus for joining!

We want to encourage you to save money with our yearly subscription fee, plus we want to set your Junior Chef up for success!

If you choose to jump in for an entire year, you’ll save a lot of money AND receive the following printables right away so that you can get your kids set up with a fantastic 3-ring binder and begin to Build a Cookbook. Check out the freebies that come with the 2023 Yearly Jr. Chef Club subscription:

  • Set of 30 fun, printable gift cards your kids can use if they are making food to deliver and share with others
  • A 32-page Fun With Food activity and game book to help your kids have fun learning about grocery shopping and meal planning
  • 18-pack of printable recipe cards that are photo size that you can print and turn into a Recipe Flipbook!
  • Eight brand new cookbook cover pages to pick from, plus a packet of new, fun category divider pages (main dish, side dish, desserts, etc) to help your Junior Chef build a cookbook!

Here’s a peek at the eight cookbook cover pages to choose from:

Your child can pick any they like as they begin to build their cookbook! And here’s a look at this year’s cookbook binder/divider pages:

These gifts are worth an additional $36, but yearly subscribers get them for FREE!!

Free Gifts with Subscription

You’ll receive all of these freebies when your subscription automatically renews or when you sign up with a new subscription this year. We suggest that you print off all of these bonuses you think your kids would enjoy and use them as stocking stuffers and additional gifts for your kids!

 

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These bonuses add $36 to the value of the subscription. Ready to sign up your Junior Chef?

Let’s review!

  1. Subscribe to our Junior Chef Club
  2. Yearly subscribers receive a big packet of bonus materials to help their Junior Chef get started with an amazing cookbook binder.
  3. Every week, beginning December 21 we’ll send you a packet of Recipe and Serving Ideas Printables to print and give to your Junior Chef. They can add it to the 3-ring binder Junior Chef Cookbook they are building and they can have a blast trying new recipes!
  4. This offer officially ends Friday, December 9, and will not be available again until November 2023.

Questions?

Let’s see if we can answer them for you!

When will I receive the free Bonus Pages? If you choose to become a yearly subscriber, we’ll email you all the bonuses right away.

When will my Junior Chef start to receive new recipes? We figure a lot of you will plan to give this subscription as a gift to your Junior Chef at Christmastime! Therefore, we will begin emailing the Recipe Packets starting Wednesday, December 21. 

So the printables to get started will hit your inbox immediately after purchase, as described above. But the year’s worth of recipes won’t start coming in until right before Christmas. When your Junior Chef opens the Cookbook Binder on Christmas morning, you can explain what they’re getting, and you’ll have a starter pack of recipes waiting for them in your inbox to get them going!

What if I have more than one Junior Chef in my family? Awesome! We allow the printables to be used for more than one person IN YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

For what age is the Junior Chef Club appropriate? You know your kids best but I’d say ages 7 up through teenagers.

Sign up your Junior Chef here!

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Junior Chef Club – JOIN US!! (This Makes a Great Gift!)

November 3, 2021 by Laura 23 Comments

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Our brand new Junior Chef Club is a perfect way to help your kids have fun learning in the kitchen! We can’t wait to include all of your kids in this!

What is the Junior Chef Club?

The Junior Chef Club is a weekly cooking subscription just for kids! (Bonus: Parents get to enjoy all the recipes and food too, and maybe even a night off!) Here’s how it works:

Each week, we’ll send a brand new Recipe Printable Packet to your inbox. You can print this packet and turn it over to your Junior Chef! It will share simple prep instructions for a brand new recipe plus a Grocery List, a Kitchen Supply List, and a bonus page with Serving and Sharing Ideas.

We suggest that you print the pages each week and let your Junior Chef add them to a 3-ring binder as they build their Junior Chef Cookbook!

Here’s a sample of what your Junior Chef Club Member will receive each week:

Cost for the Junior Chef Club?

Your Junior Chef will receive an email packet of recipes and printables every single week! What a super fun gift that keeps on giving!

To make it easy, we have options to make it work for your budget! What works best for you?

    • $2.00/week ($104/year) or
    • $5.00/month ($60/year) or
    • $36.00/year (BEST VALUE!)

—> And check out the additional huge Christmas Coupon below that we’re giving you! <—-

Yep, there’s more…. :)

Yearly Subscribers receive a Big Bonus for joining!

We want to encourage you to save money with our yearly subscription fee, plus we want to set your Junior Chef up for success!

If you choose to jump in for an entire year, you’ll save lots of money AND receive the following printables right away so that you can get your kids set up with a fantastic 3-ring binder and begin to Build a Cookbook. Check this out!

These bonuses add $15 to the value of the subscription. And guess what else?

We’ve got a Christmas Coupon for you!

YES. That means that if you hurry, you can sign up for just $26 for the entire year!!! AND, the $10 coupon will be re-applied year after year, so your subscription will always be $26 instead of the regular $36. Woooo!!!! What a fantastic gift for your kids!! Are you as excited as I am?!

COUPON CODE: LASTCHANCE10

This offer is only good through Friday, December 3. After that, registration will not open again until next November. GET IN WHILE YOU CAN!

Let’s review!

  1. Subscribe to our Junior Chef Club – hurry to use the coupon (LASTCHANCE10) to get a super great discount on the entire year’s subscription!
  2. Yearly subscribers receive a big packet of bonus materials to help their Junior Chef get started with an amazing cookbook binder.
  3. Every week, we’ll send you a packet of Recipe and Serving Ideas Printables to print and give to your Junior Chef. They can add it to the 3-ring binder Junior Chef Cookbook they are building and they can have a blast trying new recipes!
  4. This offer officially ends Friday, December 3, and will not be available again until November 2022.

Questions?

Let’s see if we can answer them for you!

When will I receive the free Bonus Pages? If you choose to become a yearly subscriber, we’ll email you the Cooking and Baking Basics eBook, the Cookbook Cover pages packet, and the Cookbook Divider page printables just as soon as you sign up. We’ll also email you a certificate that you can print and include with your gift which helps explain all the fun to your Junior Chef!

When will my Junior Chef start to receive new recipes? We figure a lot of you will plan to give this subscription as a gift to your Junior Chef at Christmastime! Therefore, we will begin emailing the Recipe Packets starting Wednesday, December 22. 

So the printables to get started will hit your inbox immediately after purchase, as described above. But the year’s worth of recipes won’t start coming in until right before Christmas. When your Junior Chef opens the Cookbook Binder on Christmas morning, you can explain what they’re getting, and you’ll have a starter pack of recipes waiting for them in your inbox to get them going!

What if I have more than one Junior Chef in my family? Awesome! We allow the printables to be used for more than one person IN YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

If I only want to pay per week or per month, will I still get the freebies? No, those are only free for yearly subscribers. But you can purchase that packet here for just $15 if you’d like!

Let us know if you have more questions!

 

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When You Adopt a Five Year Old and Start Teaching Him to Cook…

March 7, 2019 by Laura 9 Comments

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I taught all of his brothers. It was well worth the effort as now our 14, 17, 19, and 21-year-old sons are quite proficient in the kitchen. It only makes sense then that we would take our 5-year old Bonus Boy into the kitchen and start teaching him to cook.

About the time I started counting down to the empty nest years, as I joyfully started to say “that’s the last time I’ll ever need to XYZ for one of my kids,” while I was beginning to eagerly look into the very near future of life with no more intense parenting requirements, God showed me that He clearly had other, better plans. He provided for us a Bonus Boy. This one with chocolate brown eyes and a giggle that fills our entire house with laughter.

I’m learning to balance the needs of my adult and teen children with the needs of a little one. I find myself juggling two seasons at once, paying college bills with one hand while wiping a nose with the other. Somewhere in there, I’m squeezing in Government and History lessons with my high school and middle school aged sons.

Once again, I have found myself pulling up the stool in the kitchen for the little guy, showing him how to crack eggs without getting it all over the…oops. Too late. Let’s clean it up and try again. Meanwhile, my high schooler is scrambling his own eggs over at the stove. He used to be the one smashing eggs onto the countertop. Now he is capable and resourceful – and if I need him to, he’ll make an entire meal for the family.

Aww, it’s our little Malachi. The same Malachi who now shaves and is taller than me. Here he is now —>

I know this will be the outcome for our newest one too. So I patiently clean up the egg slime with Bonus Boy and we practice again cracking an egg without making a mess. I show him (again) how to stir the muffin batter without flinging the…oops. Let’s clean up the flour mess on the countertop and try again.

The messes? They are worth it. The effort and time and energy it takes to teach a child how to cook? My adult and teen sons prove that it absolutely is all worth it.

Here’s our Bonus Boy, getting in on the Homemade Applesauce action last fall!

I never thought I’d again be teaching a little one to cook, but well, never say never. God’s plans are much bigger, much wiser, and much better than ours. My chocolate-eyed boy proves this to me daily, filling me with wonder at what else God has in the works.

I’ve said it many times but I’ll say it again: Teach your kids to cook.

Even if it’s just the basics, give them the know-how they need to be comfortable in the kitchen. It’s good for them, but it’s even BETTER FOR YOU!!! With all the major changes in our lives (fostering and adopting kids!), if my big kids didn’t know how to cook, there would be days we would be scrambling to eat because my time is so limited right now.

Need some resources to help you know where to start?

We have this great eCookbook package that is a huge help!

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Better yet,  I highly recommend this incredible Kids Cook Real Food eCourse! We used it with Malachi and it was a lifesaver!

Our foster and adoption journey

As soon as I’m able, I’ll share more details about how God has brought us to this surprising and beautiful time in our lives. My writing time is extremely limited now, and for some very sweet and tiny reasons. Whatever you do, don’t make plans. God makes plans. We simply get to learn to trust and obey Him as we walk our daily journey with Him!

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Peaceful Mealtimes: Kids with Knives (Yes, Really!)

February 21, 2018 by Laura Leave a Comment

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Here’s a fun kitchen freebie for you this week! After this, you’ll be able to hand your kids knives and enjoy peaceful mealtimes too. Knives and peace? Why, of course.

I’ve been checking out some tips from the teacher behind the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, an online cooking class for kids. She’s got so many ideas about strategies for peaceful dinners, fostering healthy eaters, and dealing with picky ones, and she’s sharing them all in a (free!) live online event this week!

Join this free webinar

Katie Kimball, who is a teacher and mom of 4, will show you:

  • 7 Proven Strategies to Make Family Mealtimes Peaceful (even if you have picky eaters)
  • 3 Choices to Give Your Kids That Will Make Healthy Food a Reality in Your House — but They Still Think They’re in Control
  • 2 Way-too-common Ways Parents Sabotage Dinner Without Even Realizing it
  • The Snacktime Rule that will be your new best friend
  • The Biggest Mistake Parents Make when inviting their kids into the kitchen…and how to avoid it.
  • How to Make the Clean Plate Club Totally Unnecessary
  • How to Teach Kids to Use Sharp (or dull!) Knives Safely
  • Plus WHEN YOU ATTEND LIVE, you’ll get access to a free video teaching kids to use knives safely — for children of ANY age. Be ready for your kids to exceed your expectations!

Sign up for this fun, free webinar

Bonus Freebie!

For attending, you’ll also get a free knife skills video from Katie’s Kids Cook Real Food eCourse that you can use to teach your kids (of any age!) how to use dull and sharp knives safely, in a fun and kid-friendly way. (This video is usually part of a $20 set of 5 videos)!

I want peaceful mealtimes! When’s the webinar?

There are 4 times to choose from. Which one works best for you?

  • Thursday, Feb. 22nd, at 1PM Eastern (10AM Pacific)
  • Tuesday, Feb. 27th, at 7PM Eastern (4PM Pacific)
  • Tuesday, Feb. 27th, at 10PM Eastern (7PM Pacific)
  • Saturday, March 3rd, at 4PM Eastern (1PM Pacific)

It will be recorded and signing up is the only way to get the replay!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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My 17-Year Old Confesses How He Really Feels About How I Make Him Cook

June 20, 2017 by Laura Leave a Comment

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Remember this kid?

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Oh my goodness, this guy!!

At his very core, our Justus is the same motivated, hard working, creative, g0-getter that he has been since he was little. Now he is 17 and getting ready to be a senior in high school. Ahhh, the senior year! Here we go again…

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Recently, Justus and I were working on lunch together in the kitchen and out of no-where he said, “When I have kids, I am totally going to teach them to cook like you taught us. Why do people think this is hard?”

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I’m not exactly sure what inspired his proclamation as it came without prompting somewhere between the steaming of the green beans and the grating of the cheese. But he went on with, “So many of my friends think cooking is hard, and I’m like, ‘Not really. It only takes 5 minutes to make scrambled eggs.'”

It hit me then that cooking with my kids from the time they were little became such a natural thing that they didn’t even know they were learning. To Justus, cooking is just cooking…a normal part of any day. There’s nothing hard about it for him because it’s just a fact of life.

Justus' Cooking Confessions

Sure it takes effort, and sure at any given time my boys would rather sit on the couch playing a video game. But when I say, “Justus I need you to brown the meat for dinner; Elias please make Guacamole; Malachi head on in and get the veggies ready…” they just do it.

What started with me “letting my boys help” in the kitchen has turned into my ability to turn them lose. During this on-the-run season in our lives, I’m really not sure how I would keep them all fed if they didn’t pitch in and help.

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Be still my heart.

Hearing these words from my 17-year old meant a lot to me. He gets it. He understands that the reason most kids think cooking is difficult and that eating out is the only option is because they haven’t been taught how simple it is. And apparently he’s on a mission to tell his friends, “Dude. Learn how to scramble an egg. It’s not even hard.”

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My turn for a confession: I found it easier to naturally teach my older three boys to cook, but my youngest kind of got the shaft. Why? I think because by the time Malachi was old enough to truly be of help, I already had three bigger boys doing the jobs I needed done. Then when the older boys got busier and didn’t have time to help as much, I didn’t have as much time to focus on teaching Malachi the basics. Oops.

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All that to say, I encourage you to try and make it natural to teach your kids to cook. Pull them into the kitchen with you as much as you can so they learn without even knowing that they’re learning. But if that doesn’t work or it isn’t coming naturally, consider doing what I did with Malachi…

He and I sat down together and went through the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse together. That was the magic bullet for both of us as it finally inspired him to want to get in the kitchen and gave him all kinds of confidence! And it helped me because the course did most of the teaching so my overloaded brain didn’t have to think so hard or work so hard. Why reinvent the wheel, right?

Check out the wonderful Kids Cook Real Food eCourse your entire family can enjoy together. Malachi and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

A Kids Cooking Freebie for All

Want a freebie? Get a FREE Kid-Friendly Real Food Snacks Recipe download. This is a lot of fun, and a great way to motivate your kids to get into the kitchen with you this summer. And it’s free, so why not?

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If you get the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, Malachi said he would be happy for me to email you a free copy of his cookbook. :) As you can see, it’s full of his favorites. (I promise he gave a big thumbs down to any recipe he didn’t totally love as I suggested various ideas –  ha!)

Here are a few of the recipes my kids like to make on a regular basis:

  • Easy Guacamole
  • Cream Cheese Salsa Dip
  • Crustless Pizza Pie
  • Homemade Tootsie Rolls
  • And of course, lots of scrambled eggs :)

What are ways you’ve found to make it easier to teach your kids to cook?

Be sure to get the Healthy Kid Friendly Snacks Freebie here!

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Sometimes I Sit Around While My Kids Cook for Me

April 4, 2017 by Laura 52 Comments

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Last week, my three younger kids (17, 15, 12) arrived home from events of the day at 7:45 pm and a weird thing happened. We realized that we were all home and that the rest of the evening was free.

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This happens so rarely these days that we all just stared at each other for a moment, trying to remember what we were supposed to do at a time like this. I thought going to bed early sounded like a good idea. But for some reason, no one agreed with me. Spoil sports.

We chose a movie to watch together but then everyone realized how hungry they were (as in, popcorn just wouldn’t cut it). As is the norm, they all looked at me. Unfortunately for them, I had clocked out of the kitchen, and most definitely forgotten which way was upright. From my comfortable position in my recliner, I offered hearty snack suggestions and said, “Go for it!”

Typically, my kids (who are awesome, but also normal) will choose the easiest options (like opening a bag of chips and a jar of salsa). But somehow, all three of them kicked it into high gear and decided to go all out and make a big snack buffet. Within fifteen minutes:

  • Justus had made Cream Cheese Salsa Dip
  • Elias sliced smoked gouda cheese and summer sausage
  • Malachi had made Homemade Fudge Sauce for pretzels

Matt and I made them get out the baby carrots and eat at least six each (because we care about them enough to be cruel like this). Malachi went all out and set up a table with juices and individual bowls of dipping sauce.

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While all this was happening, I just sat in my chair and watched. After all, I’d put in my time that day. It was my turn to eat their food.

We fixed our plates, then the movie night began WHICH I STAYED AWAKE FOR – please be amazed and proud.

The next morning, we decided to make Super Mama Waffles (which means instead of just waffles and syrup, we have waffles with sliced berries and whipped cream). I loved the idea, but said, “If that’s what you want, I’ll make the waffles while you guys do everything else.”

Man, having kids that can cook is awesome.

  • Justus washed and sliced berries.
  • Elias made whipped cream, then scrambled cheesy eggs.
  • Malachi warmed up his Homemade Fudge Sauce from the night before, deciding that would taste awesome with strawberries and whipped cream on a waffle. No one argued with this plan.

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I promised if I took a picture of our team-made breakfast, I would not include their bed-heads.

Well, I say all this to once again encourage you to teach your kids to cook. Nothing they made here was difficult, but for me, the best part is that they are all at a point now that I didn’t have to walk them through how to make any of it.

Oh the years of taking them through all the cooking steps, reminding them to crack the eggs carefully over the bowl (instead of down the front of their brother’s shirt), and helping them understand the difference between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. I no longer cringe when they use a knife or the stovetop.

Young moms, you too can enjoy this some day. Eventually, they won’t just make messes. They’ll make dinner. (And messes, but let’s just focus on the dinner.)

For everyone with kids, no matter their age, I encourage that you work with your kids to help them get around confidently in the kitchen. The extra work it takes has a huge pay off in the end (so says the mom who sat in her chair while her kids made her favorite dips).

Pull your kids into the kitchen with you, as much as possible.

Help them learn. Help them appreciate the work you do to get food on the table for them every day.

If you’re intimidated about the whole idea, have no idea where to start, or just need a kick start – I highly recommend the Kids Cook Real Food course. We used it for Malachi, our youngest, because I really did need a kick start by the time this task came around to the baby of the family. He knew some basics, but he definitely needed to know more. However, I was in the middle of graduating our oldest and I was dealing with some personal health issues, so the KCRF course was just what I needed to help Malachi finally become confident in the kitchen and actually like cooking.

You can check it out here. It is incredibly well done.

Here’s some extra good news: I got my hands on a free All-Access Membership to Kids Cook Real Food that I’m giving away to one of you this week. Who wants to win? Sign up in the Rafflecopter below. I’ll draw a random winner on Tuesday, April 11. Watch for an email telling who the winner is!

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Pssst! I just found out about this!

The creator of Kids Cook Real Food just came out with a brand new free download: 10 Snacks Your Kids Can Make! I just downloaded it for my boys. Go get yours!

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