Kids love helping out in the kitchen and I’m proud to say that I’ve been making a concerted effort to bring my kids into the kitchen more to do just that. Yes, they make a mess, and yes it makes everything take longer – but there’s no denying how proud kids are when they feel they’ve contributed to the family meal like a big kid. To that end, Uncle Ben’s Canada has just launched an awesome contest called Let’s Get Kids Cooking!
Simply cook a meal using Uncle Ben’s rice products with your 5-12 year old, capture them sharing their enthusiasm on video with your phone, camera, etc. (criteria here), and upload it for your chance to win $30,000 CDN!
The $30,000 grand prize is shared at $10,000 for the winner and $20,000 to the winner’s child’s school for Healthy Lifestyle Initiatives! What an awesome way to help out the community too!
There’s also 4 Secondary Prizes consisting of $1000 CDN! Just for cooking with your kids and uploading a video sharing their joy in the kitchen?! I’m in!
I was sent this amazing package full of Uncle Ben’s Bistro products (Uncle Ben’s® Bistro Express®, Creamy Cheddar rice and Quinoa and brown rice) and kitchen essentials to help get the kids cooking with me! The best part, I have one to give away to my readers as well!
One of my Canadian readers is going to WIN an Uncle Ben’s prize package like the one above valued at $120! To enter to win, just use the Rafflecopter form below!
It’s great for both the parents as well as the kids to involve the whole family in the cooking fun!
great fun for the entire family
My daughter loves to bake. She is not so good and doing dinners yet but she will get there.
I think it’s great to let kids help in the kitchen.I’ve been letting my grandkids help,and the oldest one who is 12 can cook very good now.
me and my oldest daughter bake at least once a week. Dinners are a bit cr azy so my kids help out a bit
Great idea for kids to join in with cooking. Makes memories and builds skills.
Cooking with my kids is great for bonding moments and making memories
I love cooking with the kids..and my lil one loves helping in the kitchen
It’s a great idea for them to learn how to cook at an early age. Especially healthy cooking
my older son (9) really benefits from helping me cook sometimes, he’s more inclined to actually eat the food if he has helped stir in the seasonings or add the ingredients
My older son (5) really enjoys doing anything in the kitchen to help out.
I remember helping my mom bake home-made cookies, make home-made bread, help with turkey dinner, washing dishes, and lots more. I look at my 8 year old niece and she is nothing like me when I was her age. I could make myself Kraft Dinner at her age(with big sister as supervisor. I would also make her tea too lol)! I think teaching your kids in the kitchen teaches them simple, yet valuable life skills: how to cook, know cooking and food safety, organization, cleaning and it teaches them they can be independent. Set limits as well. At age 8, I was allowed to make myself KD because I was trusted that I could make it and not get hurt or make a mess. I was NOT allowed to make french fries because I was told it was dangerous. My mom actually scared me so bad with a french fry story, that I was terrified to make them(My aunt burned down their apartment, supposedly). I didn’t start making french fries on my own till into my 20′s lol. I make the best fries now, though lol.
I love it!!! My Mom wasn’t much for it so I am making up for all that lost time!! And all those cookies!!
the younger the better so they become comfortable working with high temps and sharp, pointy knives
I think it is wonderful… gets them involved and they learn to love it and really enjoy their creations.
Our teenagers get involved in the kitchen . My teenage son loves to make just about anything in a frying pan & My daughter is our baker. It’s very important to keep them involved not only with preparing the meals but also shopping for the groceries. It’s to educate our children with healthy food choices at a young age. Over the years I’ve learned the more the kids are involved & the more fun you make it the kids will want to be involved.
It’s great for both the parents as well as the kids to involve the whole family in the cooking fun!
They love it because it makes them feel grown up. Recently, I did a cupcake party gift box in pink for my niece, with oven mitt, spatulas, ingredients etc. The look on her face! You would have thought, I had given her a new bike.
My little girl and I love rule, and i another activity is great too.
I want to win, because my daughter is at that stage where you want her to start hanging around the kitchen to watch and learn. She is nearly ready to start cooking things like hot dogs and other things. This would be an amazing way to help get that started.
My son loves helping me out in the kitchen! I even got him his own easy bake oven so he could make some things of his own.
It is an essential life skill for kids to learn cooking with you in the kitchen! If you can let they have some free reign, even better. Try “Ratio” by Michael Ruhlman as a starting point for excellent learning in the kitchen for youngsters.