Routine in the kitchen: there is also room for children – Italian Cuisine

Routine in the kitchen: there is also room for children


The little ones can help you cook, but also to tidy up and clean, as long as it's made as a game

Days at home with i children they seem infinite and spend slowly, especially in difficult moments like what we are experiencing.
But with the right spirit they can also become very fun and stimulating for everyone.
In kitchen routine for example – breakfast, lunch, dinner, preparing, tidying up – we can involve the whole family.
What can we do in the kitchen with the kids? Cakes and delicacies, of course, but also many other activities, not only useful to entertain them, but also to maintain order … in every sense.

Easter cleaning with children

Easter is upon us. It is time to cleaning!
They are called so because these are the right days to think about one very thorough cleaning of the kitchen and pantry.
Children will have a great time a empty drawers and shelves to put some order in the kitchen.
The activities to do are many and very stimulating and you will take advantage of it to take two birds with one stone.
Everything in its place, clean kitchen and happy children!

Everything in a jar

You will certainly have envelopes of dried legumes, pasta and cereals scattered everywhere and open.
You will also have many old jars of jam or maybe preserves to finish and jars to wash.
Once everything has been sterilized, use i glass jars as containers for all that lies in sachets closed with clothespins or with a scotch that does not hold.
It will be a lot of fun for children to empty bags and fill jars and order will reign in your pantries.

More labels I can't

Once the jars are placed, it is important label them, when necessary.
The pasta is easily recognizable, but the spices are not and the cereals are not always.
So take paper and glue, or some real labels if you have them, and write what you have in front of you: salt, curry, pepper, paprika, chilli pepper, quinoa, chia seeds …
Children who are still unable to write can to draw, then arm them with crayons and wax colors and let them create.

Clean pantries

Once the pantries have been emptied, before filling them again, clean them well, discard what is no longer edible and set aside in a more visible place what should be consumed as soon as possible.
Children can help you with one wet piece in hand for cleaning and a careful eye for Expiring dates.
In this way they will also learn the value of things and understand how important it is do not waste.

Great jobs in the refrigerator

Everything you have done for the pantry also applies to the fridge.
Empty it and occasionally clean it and classify what you have and what you need to consume, always having the children help you. Also teach them how to store exactly all the ingredients and help them do it.

Tasks for everyone in the kitchen

Once the kitchen is well arranged, make a nice poster on which you will draw a weekly calendar.
Thus you will write down day by day i tasks that belong to every member of the family.
The children will be in charge of the table to set and clear and also to preparation of some easy recipes to be planned week by week, while the adults will provide general cleaning.
On the calendar you can write down other types of homework and assign small stikers like prize for children who have been good.

One recipe a day

Always on the calendar you can write down all the recipes that can be prepared, especially with the ingredients that you have put aside because they are nearing their expiry.
Every day you spend an hour or two at preparation of a dish for the whole familyobviously with the help of children.
In this way you will spend precious time with your family, however you will carry out your daily activities in the kitchen, but with a different spirit and certainly with many more smiles.
The children will be serene, happy, stimulated and they will feel useful. This will certainly make them feel bigger and more responsible.
So here's how a game can become a moment of growth.

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