Cooking with Grandma

July 27, 2009 | Written By: Healthy Schools Campaign

By Mark Bishop, Deputy Director

Grandma (aka Nonnie) is getting into the cooking-with-Henry mode. Last weekend, she set him up as a little helper washing fruit and cracking and mixing eggs:

This is just another example of getting kids involved with simple food-related activities.

But for those keeping score, I have to admit: while he showed pride in the eggs (“I made those” he said), he refused to eat them at all. So my getting-Henry-to-eat-healthy-foods strategies aren't foolproof. Pretty good, but not perfect.