![]() Next week the Picky Eater Project will focus on shopping, and how involving children in the shopping experience can open them up to new ideas of what they consider to be an “acceptable food” to try. Gentle and strategic nudges can invite children to grow and change The second you try toįorce anything on your own kid, they rebel.” That is true of healthful cooking and healthful foods - forcing and pushing never works. “I try to relay my passion for it in these ways. ![]() ![]() “It just becomes part of life - have them be around it, keep them informed - talk about it,” he said. As the chef Todd English told us “like anything, you don’t force kids to Hunter requested regular pancakes next time, and he’ll be getting them when the family cooks Buttermilk Pancakes with an assortment ofĬooking can excite children about food and tasting new things - if they’re interested. When we asked why they were all of a sudden so willing to try foods, both agreed: Cooking aroused their curiosity. Brooke and Hunter tried something new, even if it wasn’t a favorite. Both ate the pancake (although Hunter picked out the corn kernels) but both said they would not likely want to make Pancakes smell good, look good and taste really good - all factors that increase the odds the children will be willing to try them.īrooke was the primary mixer and pancake flipper, while Hunter read the recipe and cracked the eggs. Second, the recipe has just a few ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions. We chose the Double Corn Cakes carefully. (Flipping a thicker pancake would be easier than the typical buttermilk version). Brooke helped prepare the f ish tacos the children tried earlier in the project,Īnd then, because her goal was to “learn to flip a pancake,” we gave Brooke and Hunter a recipe for Double Corn Cakes With Fresh Corn. They’ve also been getting the children involved in the kitchen. Setting up dinner dates with adventurous friends and reorganizing the refrigerator and pantry, While Brooke and Hunter’s parents have been working to change they way they themselves approach meals with their children, learning how to nudge, not push them to try new things, agreeing on new family mealtime rules, Skills (working together to achieve a shared goal) and an important life skill (being able to throw together a balanced meal). ![]() Cooking promotes academic skills, like math (measuring ingredients), chemistry (fermentation, emulsification), and reading and following instructions (recipes), social Teaching children to cook can nudge them toward more healthful eating (young cooks quickly notice that many of the processed foods they’ve been enjoying include ingredients they don’t have in the kitchen),īut it also offers a lot of other benefits. Were willing at least to try to learn to try new things, but Brooke, in particular, was excited about one aspect of the project: She wanted to learn to cook. Their hope as parents was to help their children learn to enjoy more healthful foods and show more open-mindedness and interest in trying new things. To the children with multiple different meals. Their parents, Marlo and Corey, had been catering The dubious child knows exactly what is in there: four things he likes, combined in a new way, or one new ingredient and a lot of old friends.įor the past several weeks, the Picky Eater Project has worked with a family with two school-aged children, Brooke, and Hunter, both with very picky eating preferences. Cooking engages the senses (smell, sight, taste, touch) and engages curiosity as well. One way to get children who approach new foods with caution to try new things is to involve them in cooking.
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