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Cook: the children's issue

  • Cover of Forest Feast for Kids by Erin Gleeson

    Ready, set, cook! Four course cooking for kids

    Extract: An illustrated four-course feast from Erin Gleeson for intrepid under-10s to get stuck into
  • Fried noodles with sliced veg and leftover chicken

    Three child-friendly Vietnamese recipes

    Cooking with kids: Even fussy kids can be excited by a dish they have a hand in making. These Vietnamese-inspired ideas offer plenty of opportunities to get involved
  • Schoolchildren and teachers at the allotment for the Marlborough School in Cornwall

    ‘If the children grow it themselves, they’re more likely to eat it’

    School meals: Since taking control of its own catering, a Cornish community primary school has enthused pupils with a love of fresh produce, putting food at the heart of their education
  • scotch pancakes raspberry jam raisin buns

    Scotch pancakes and raisin bun recipes your kids can make

    King of puddings: Pancakes and buns are quick to make and always turn out right, so ideal for making with inquisitive youngsters.
  • Kids often love doing this – I am convinced small, nimble fingers do a better job of coating.’

    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for Sicilian-style chicken in breadcrumbs

    Rachel Roddy recipes: Breadcrumbs are everywhere in Sicilian cooking. This triple-dipped chicken is a family favourite: golden, crunchy and moreish, and easy for little hands to master ...
  • a child friendly tagine recipe being eaten at the dinner table by three children

    Anna Jones’s toddler-friendly tagine recipe

    The Modern Cook: Small changes to familiar flavours will encourage kids to open up to a more exciting range of recipes. Try a toddler friendly tagine and build-your-own tacos to spice things up
  • children eating a meal at a table

    Four recipes to get your kids eating more veg and less sugar

    More veg, less sugar: We asked four writers to cook a working week’s worth of healthy breakfasts, packed lunches, snacks and dinners for the toughest of critics: their own children. Here are their verdicts ...
  • ‘Not elaborate, not expensive, just easy and delicious’: Claire Thomson’s yoghurt, lemon and cardamom chicken wraps.

    A hit with kids: Claire Thomson’s chicken wrap recipe

    A taste of home: When dishes are flexible and the kids are involved, mealtimes need never be a battleground. These fragrant chicken wraps are a perfect example
  • Herbie Heritage

    We operate a feeble 'what he eats, we eat' mealtime policy

    Cooking for kids: Unless it’s one of his five favourite meals, any dish Herbie is given meets an undignified end. Visions of a varied diet have been splattered over the cold, hard kitchen floor of reality – but not all is lost ...
  • Easy pici and fun for kids: hand rolled pasta with cheesy pesto.

    Easy pici: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for hand-rolled pasta with pea and ricotta pesto

    Rachel Roddy recipes: Hand-rolling pici pasta is an easy, fun way to keep the kids entertained while teaching them something and piquing their interest in cooking. Matched with a pea and ricotta pesto, it’s family food without the need for labels
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