(Please forgive the awful iPhone pics! I have been pretty bad about remembering my camera lately.)
A couple of weeks ago we went to a birthday party for Jace's good buddy Gabriel at Young Chefs Academy. We had never been and I am SO happy that we got a chance to check it out. First wonderful thing was that the kids all went into the kitchen with 2 Chefs while the parents ate lunch and got to visit in the next room! Hello! Second wonderful thing, my son totally discovered his love for cooking!!
Jace got to help measure the ingredients...
Roll the dough...
Top with his favorite toppings...
And enjoy his masterpiece!!
He loved it so much that we went back today, with his buddy Marco, for a Mommy & Me cooking class. When I saw that we would be making homemade pita chips and fresh fruit dip I was a little worried. I knew Jace would enjoy the cooking, but this child is NOT into eating any sort of fruits or veggies lately. I have heard before that if a child helps prepare the meal, he is more likely to eat all of it (even those fruits and veggies), but I really didn't think Jace would fall for that little trick. After getting to chop up the fruits all by himself he TOTALLY ate it up! I did not hesitate to buy the handy dandy kids safety knife (like this one , but only $5 at Young Chef's Academy) on our way out! After dinner tonight I had him help me chop up fruits to put into muffins for the morning. He LOVED it!
Here he his mixing the batter for our muffins...
I am beyond excited that Jace is so into cooking!! It's something that I love to do and it is something really special that we can do together. (You are welcome future daughter in law!!) I am just as excited that this may be the key to getting him to eat his fruits and veggies. No doubt I now have the cutest little sous chef that a mommy could ask for!!
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