Cook For Kids
Fab, Fun and Full of Nutrition  
 

Plan for Nutrition
The 8 week program begins by introducing helpers to the nutritional needs of children. Using memory tools like the Rainbow of Fruits and Vegetables and the program’s battlecry “Fab, Fun and Full” it will be easy for helpers to visualise how to plan a child’s menu not only for nutritional completeness but also for variety and appeal.

There are other tools like the 70-30 Rule and Inside Out shopping list. We list the food for shopping not according to recipe ingredients but according to what our insides need! We discuss nutritional elements like food high in fiber, good cholesterols, Omega 3 sources, high energy foods, glycemicresponses, intelligent organic food buying and more. The result will be a well-informed, well-armed helper who will view food preparation for children with a healthy eating attitude.

Cook for Taste
Our little explorers are just now developing their sense of taste; their likes and dislikes.  Give them fresh and make it taste fabulous and we’ve got them hooked for life. All the recipes will pack flavor punch without packing the sodium and the sugar. Helpers will learn to extract and work with the natural flavors of food to maximum effect.

The cooking methods will focus on preserving as much of the food’s nutritional goodness. Microwave cooking is definitely out; baking, grilling, sauteeing, poaching, steaming are in! Helpers will be taught how to puree vegetables to create amazing soups and sauces, and use the same for tasty mashes or how to use light cheeses to make creamy dressings. We will continually explore how to inject vegetables in masterfully tasty ways!

Serve for Fun
Our little gourmands know how to have fun. Playful food have a good chance of enticing our children to become healthy consumers. They will associate the right food with fun!

Serve food the way children love to eat – with their fingers. We will explore finger foods like wraps, sandwiches, baked nuggets of chicken or fish, and fun colorful dips for cruditesand baked chips….

 Turn simple sandwiches into puzzle pieces! Design cars from wraps. Cruditescan be made into faces, flowers and animals with a few simple strokes. Imagine pink dips from the color of beetroot! It could be so much fun children will want to make their own food too!

The Menu -- Book it Now!

The 8 week program is structured along the menu below which allows for repetition of the more important skills. Each session is designed to either introduce a cooking skill or practice one already learnt beforehand. The participants will benefit most from completing the full 8 week course, however, attending even one session will allow the participant to prepare a complete menu for children.

Certificates are awarded after attending at least 4 sessions. Feel free to book 1, 2 or all the sessions.

Click the    Nov to Dec 2011 Menu and Booking Calendar.