Teaching your children how to read through an ingredient list properly should be the first step in your skill-building process. Knowing the ingredients, quantities, measuring units and tools needed to make a recipe successfully will help ensure that their meal turns out a success. When walking your children through the ingredient reading process, explain the different units used in measuring and the abbreviations used for each.
While your children may be able to follow a recipe that they have baked with you before, that does not mean that they fully understand the process of the cooking terminology used in the recipe. Kids learn by being taught by you or by others explaining it to them. When cooking with your little one, explain each step of the recipe, the terminology used, and the reasoning behind it. After explaining the need to oil a pan before baking and showing your child how to do so properly, they'll be much less likely to forget. The result? A baked treat that no longer sticks to the pan.
If you have a little one in the kitchen and aren't ready to commit to a full-cooked recipe, try making this Green Machine Booster. Loaded with protein and fiber, it's the perfect kid-friendly meal that is easy to make. Whether you have your child help wash the ingredients beforehand or add them to the blender there are several different ways you can get your kids involved.
