Nursery World - Take a bite

Making simple cookery a priority in your club can also lead to healthier eating, advises Fiona Hamilton-Fairley. it is not often that I meet a child who doesn't like cooking. I can still remember the first fairy cakes I made and the shepherd's pies we often made as a family for tea. When given the choice, children usually leap at the prospect of cooking something that they will end up eating themselves (and tasty food is one of the priorities that children want from an out-of-school club, see the research featured in 'Comfort and joy' on page 10). Cooking with children also helps promote good healthy eating habits and to break some of the bad ones they have fallen into, such as eating foods with a high content of sugar, salt and fat. As we all know, eating large amounts of these food products can lead to health problems later in life.

it is not often that I meet a child who doesn't like cooking. I can still remember the first fairy cakes I made and the shepherd's pies we often made as a family for tea. When given the choice, children usually leap at the prospect of cooking something that they will end up eating themselves (and tasty food is one of the priorities that children want from an out-of-school club, see the research featured in 'Comfort and joy' on page 10). Cooking with children also helps promote good healthy eating habits and to break some of the bad ones they have fallen into, such as eating foods with a high content of sugar, salt and fat. As we all know, eating large amounts of these food products can lead to health problems later in life.

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