1) We have to eat. We have to cook.
2) Cooking is a natural way to teach measurements.
3) Doubling a recipe is a great way to learn fractions.
4) I want to raise future-husbands who can cook. :)
While children's cookbooks provide easy to follow directions, the real reason I adore them is the colorful photos.I find that a picture of a new food is much more tempting to my young eaters than a simple list of ingredients.
My son read through the book, added the items we needed to our grocery shopping list, and led the charge on the night of our Vietnamese dinner. Our chosen entree: Vietnamese Fish Cakes.
And for our dessert (don't ever forget dessert): Banana and Pineapple Fritters.
A few months ago, another mom heard of our cooking adventures and asked: "You really like to cook?"
While I understood her assumption, I had to answer honestly: "No," I replied. "We just really like to eat."