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Teaching Boys to Cook with Kids Cook Real Food
Teaching boys to cook is just as important as teaching girls! Let’s look at the benefits and some tips for teaching boys to cook. In our family, we have more boys than girls. Leah, number two in birth order, sobbed for 10 minutes when she found out baby number four wasn’t going to even the...
How to Teach Kids to Cook When You Don’t Like Messes
But my kids are so messy in the kitchen! If you can’t stand the mess your kids make in the kitchen and it’s stopping you from teaching them how to cook, you’re not alone! It’s one of the most common roadblocks to getting kids in the kitchen that I hear from parents. How can you...
The Best Cookbooks for Kids in 2026
I’ve always told parents that even having the best cookbooks for kids in the world won’t make enough difference if your kids don’t have any cooking skills. No one likes feeling frustrated! And when beautiful pictures in a kid’s cookbook get your child all motivated to cook, they pull out the ingredients and get started—and...
145: 5 Tips for Teaching Kids to Cook
Today I’m going through my top 5 tips to help you stress less while teaching your kids to cook! Don’t allow overwhelm to prevent you from connecting with your kids in the kitchen while you pass on valuable life skills! It’s the season for making memories with your kids in the kitchen! Use these tips...
Nervous About Kids in Your Kitchen? Here’s the Nudge You Need to Start Kids Cook Real Food!
Today, I have Jenna back to share some motivation with you! (Here she is talking about why she taught her kids to cook.) If you’re nervous about having kids in your kitchen slowing things down, you are not alone! Jenna will give you a little kick in the pants today to convince you to just...
How to Build Confidence in Kids (Authentically! No Empty Praise!)
One of the best feelings as a parent is watching your child come alive doing something they love. My kids have surprised me with what brings this to fruition. It hasn’t been standard things like soccer, or dance, or theater, or even academics. It’s been frogs, toads, and snakes. Planning parties for others. Climbing over...
Raddish Kids Review | Are Raddish Kids Recipes Healthy?
A while ago, I wrote a comparison between the Raddish Kids subscription box and Kids Cook Real Food™. Both services are definitely perfect for kids who love to cook, or kids who want to learn to cook. I don’t see us as competition but as complementary. Now that I’ve actually gotten my hands on a...
Teaching Your Kids to Cook For Their Future Health
Today, I’m sharing a member story from Jenna, mom of 4 who used Kids Cook Real Food™ to teach her kids to cook so that they wouldn’t be as clueless as she was as a young adult. If you want to set them up for a healthy adulthood, teaching your kids to cook is vital....
How to Get Started Teaching Kids to Cook | Just Jump In and Be Flexible!
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when you hear that I recommend that parents get started teaching kids to cook when they’re only about 2 years old! How do you get started teaching kids to cook that young? What if you don’t even feel confident in your own cooking, how will you teach someone else? If...
How Teaching Life Skills Kept This Family Afloat During a Crisis
One of our member families had an experience where teaching life skills (like cooking!) kept their family afloat during a rough season. Here’s Sara to explain how Kids Cook Real Food™ has impacted their family! My ultimate goal when we joined Kids Cook Real Food™ was to work on life skills. As a mom, you...