| A Kitchen Resolution ~ Make 2009 the Year of the Family Kitchen! |
2009 is here! Moms and dads everywhere begin to contemplate their typical New Year’s Resolutions: Eat healthfully. Spend more time together as a family. Save money by eating at home. This year, there’s one resolution families can declare that joyfully embraces all three. Kitchen Kid is urging families to support a “Kitchen Resolution”: a commitment to make dinner together one night each week. 1. Early in the week, choose a menu theme (Italian? Comfort food? No-silverware-needed finger foods?) that will excite your family chefs, and plan and shop for the meal. There’s no need to be overly ambitious – choose a simple menu that incorporates favorite ingredients and balances healthy food groups. 2. On the night of Family Kitchen, make sure each family member lends a hand. From washing vegetables and peeling garlic, to sautéing meat and chopping herbs, there are appropriate kitchen tasks for every family member. 3. Remember, this meal is much more about the process than the product. So take time, have fun, and enjoy your too-crowded kitchen -- and the meal you create together! If you get anxious just reading step 1, learn more about our What's For Dinner? Family Classes. Under the guidance of a culinary coach, your whole brood will be mixing and measuring family-friendly meals in no time. |
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| With a fatter wallet, a slimmer waistline, and a family that cooks-up fun together, a Kitchen Resolution is one New Year’s Resolution worth keeping. In the kitchen, children apply academic and social skills like math, reading comprehension, geography, and cooperation. Everyone experiences success and pride with a tasty, tactile, and practical accomplishment. And families create new memories and lifelong traditions. |
Why? Because meals made together just taste better! And because uniting families at the dinner table and kitchen counter is a proven tool for raising smarter, safer, and more secure kids. It’s also well-known that kids who participate in meal preparation are much more likely to expand their culinary horizons and eat what they make (which goes for veggies, too!) |
| Below are 3 simple steps to help you make a Kitchen Resolution in 2009. Show your support for a family kitchen by signing the national petition here. |
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