cooking matters for kids

       Cooking Matters takes a cooking-centered approach to nutrition and household budgeting.  Each class includes hands-on meal preparation led by a chef who teaches participants that cooking healthy foods can be simple, enjoyable, delicious, and affordable. The courses cover basic nutrition, food safety, and food budgeting so that participants are able to plan and prepare low-cost nutritious meals for themselves and their families. Cooking Matters for Kids teaches children ages 8 to 12 about healthy eating and provides simple recipes children can prepare themselves.

Help kids have fun and learn about healthy food at the same time.

Cooking Matters for Kids presents a series of short colorful handouts chock-full of fun activities and recipes for elementary-school aged kids. Each class has a different theme focused on healthy eating and cooking. These are great activities for parents, teachers, caregivers or anyone to use with the children in their lives. You can download the handouts as a PDF here.

Check out some Kid-Approved Recipes!