It’s not hard to shop or cook healthy foods for a child – the trick is to get them to eat what you have prepared! In “Let’s Cook Together,” a cookbook/guidebook dedicated to helping today’s child to enjoy healthy, nutritious foods. The meals are not simply presented to the child – the child is very much a participant in the process.
As an Early Childhood Educator, I have seen pre-school children go hungry at lunchtime rather than to eat unfamiliar foods. Bernice Stock gives novel strategies to entice the child into the world of natural, whole, organic foods.
In a word? “Relax.” Introduce new foods little by little, and without comment. Eat your salad without discussion. Be creative: Serve snacks on doll’s dishes.
Ready to begin? Begin at the beginning. Stock advises you take the time to plan a shopping trip with your child to your local health food store, farmer’s market, or even a well-stocked supermarket. Once home, explore ways to prepare the food. Stock gives more than 50 recipes to cover breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with salad, snacks, and special treats. Each recipe lists ingredients and preparation instructions, as well as information on the nutritional value of the dish. The pages are decorated with charming, full-color illustrations by young children.
As an Early Childhood Educator, I have seen pre-school children go hungry at lunchtime rather than to eat unfamiliar foods. Bernice Stock gives novel strategies to entice the child into the world of natural, whole, organic foods.
In a word? “Relax.” Introduce new foods little by little, and without comment. Eat your salad without discussion. Be creative: Serve snacks on doll’s dishes.
Ready to begin? Begin at the beginning. Stock advises you take the time to plan a shopping trip with your child to your local health food store, farmer’s market, or even a well-stocked supermarket. Once home, explore ways to prepare the food. Stock gives more than 50 recipes to cover breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with salad, snacks, and special treats. Each recipe lists ingredients and preparation instructions, as well as information on the nutritional value of the dish. The pages are decorated with charming, full-color illustrations by young children.
In her first book, “The Smorgasbord of My Life,” Ms. Stock recounts the ways in which her upbringing, always centered around the Family, both nourished and starved her; in any case, it all came down to Food: the food she was fed; the food she cooked as a young wife and mother; and the food that nearly destroyed her body. Ultimately, though, it was through the thoughtful, intelligent way that she learned to regard food as a friend, not an enemy, and the balm which helped her heal.
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