Kids Cook Monday- fun recipes and ways to encourage healthy nutrition

Encouraging your kids to be involved in the kitchen is a great way to have fun, connect children to food in a positive way, provides hands on learning, a sense of accomplishment to share their creations, and gives kids opportunities to understand more about nutrition!

Many parents are starting a new weekly traditions to have Kids Cook on Mondays- kids can even make up little menus and will enjoy sharing their culinary creations with the family!

'Kids Cook Monday' support parents with tips, recipes for kids from age 4-15, and a new Kids Cook Toolkit- Download PDF The toolkit explains the benefits of cooking with kids, gives tips on turning meal time into family time, and provides fun kids' cooking activities, kitchen safety tips, plus great kids recipes, videos and resources for parents.

"The Kids Cook Monday is a weekly opportunity for families to take health into their own hands. As Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children™ celebrates its 10th year encouraging parents and kids to set aside one night to eat together, The Kids Cook Monday can help you keep up the family dinners year round.  We offer kid friendly recipes and video demonstrations along with nutrition and safety tips – making it easy for families to cook and eat together every Monday."

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Evidence links family dinners to healthier life choices:

• Research from Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse suggests that kids who eat family dinners get better grades in school, develop communication skills and are less likely to try drugs.

• The American Dietetic Association found women who cook regularly consume a more nutritious diet than those that eat out often.

• Pediatrics found kids who ate dinner with their family regularly were less likely to be obese.

Related Resources

Way kids can help with food- from making grocery lists to reading food labels by Nourish Interactive

Eatdinner.org a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families make the commitment to eat dinner together on a regular basis

Want Healthier Children? Go for Family Dinners!

Kiwi Magazine Loves Kids Cook Monday

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Family Dinners Reconstructed NPR