Kids Cook Real Food Course Review

Heather Dessinger

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Me: Hey guys, you need to go clean your playroom and then you can do whatever you want until Levi wakes up.

Micah: We can play with sharp knives !?!!?!?!?

Me: . . . .

Maybe it’s just me, but the thought of giving my kids knives makes me cringe a little. Unless you count “baking” a potato in the microwave along with a few other – ummm, skills? – the reality is that I didn’t really learn to cook until after I got married.

I can’t pull from personal experience about what helped me learn as a child, so I’ve struggled a lot with trying to figure out where to start and what’s age appropriate.

And yet, MY KIDS REALLY NEED TO LEARN . . . for their own good and my sanity!

That’s why I was so excited when my real-life friend Katie from Kitchen Stewardship gave me behind-the-scenes access into her new class, Kids Cook Real Food.

If you don’t already know Katie, she’s a former teacher who totally gets how to break things down for kids (and their parents.)

We’re still in the process of completing the course, but we’ve already made so much progress that I wanted to share it with you. (Also, there’s an update at the bottom of this article with more of our experiences.)

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Why Kids Need To Learn To Cook Real Food

There are so many reasons, really. It can help with:

  • Math (measuring ingredients, tracking cook times, etc.)
  • Developing fine motor skills (cutting bananas, peeling carrots)
  • Teaching responsibility (my personal goal is for my kids to make breakfast at least one morning a week)
  • Building self-confidence

Here are a few of my personal reasons for going through this class with my kids:

  1. I’ve noticed that the they’re more willing to try foods that they’ve helped prepare, so by welcoming them more into the process I’m helping them learn to love real food. Not just a handful of ingredients, but a huge variety that changes with the seasons . . . and their mama’s mood.
  2. I want to send them to college with a good understanding of how to care for themselves, both in solving everyday problems and taking care of their bodies. Teaching them to cook is fundamental to that.
  3. I can really use the help, provided it’s actually help and not just my preschooler rubbing butter in my hair.

That’s why I love this class. It’s practical and doable, and there suggestions for children of all skill levels. With Katie’s help, I’ve been able to keep my toddler busy with a simple task while I work with the older kids on more advanced techniques.

We’re all getting more comfortable using knives – turns out I needed to work on my technique as well!

2020 Update

Whoa, this course inspired some big things in my house. Inspired by Katie’s message that cooking is an essential life skill that every kids needs to learn, I’ve really focused on it in the past few years.

In that time, my daughter Katie (and Katie’s Kimball’s son Paul) became so passionate about cooking that they authored a cookbook together with some of their friends.

My second born is now the reigning Master of Sunny Side Up Eggs because he’s so patient and rarely breaks them. He now makes a variety of different breakfasts for us several times a week.

My littlest loves helping in the kitchen and thinks it’s totally normal to be there because his siblings are.

So much of this can be traced back to the Kids Cook Real Food Course. I really loved the video demonstrations and how well thought-out and organized everything is.

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About HEATHER

Heather is a holistic health educator, herbalist, DIYer, Lyme and mold warrior. Since founding Mommypotamus.com in 2009, Heather has been taking complicated health research and making it easy to understand. She shares tested natural recipes and herbal remedies with millions of naturally minded mamas around the world. 

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