Here at Little Cooks Co HQ we try to see the positive and remain unruffled by most of life’s events, but we found ourselves distinctly ruffled when one of our little cook’s schools announced they were running a cake sale every week until the end of term. Our philosophy is always about moderation and of course we want to support the school’s fundraising, so sent our little cook in with some money to buy a cake. Little did we know that the left-over cakes are discounted and his friends gave him extra money…4 cakes and some sweets later we collected a rather sickly little cook. Bake sal ..read more

It’s that time of year again so we wanted to share our favourite recipes with you for some inspiration - all loaded with as many nutrients as we could squeeze in! Traditional pancake recipe:  If you are wanting the traditional pancakes to add toppings too, then it’s a simple mix of: 110g plain flour 2 egg 275ml milk Sift the flour into a bowl, make a well in the middle, crack the eggs and pour in half the milk and whisk together to make a thick batter, then stir in the rest of the milk and let it stand for 10 mins before cooking your pancakes (it makes around 10). Breakfast pancakes: Th ..read more

Knowing how to feed ourselves is one of the most important skills we’ll ever learn! Food is our fuel. Just as a car needs petrol to run, we need food. But not all food is equal – some food helps the body grow strong and healthy, some food does not. One of the best and most simple ways to decide if a food is going to help your body, rather than hinder it, is to apply the test – is it ‘real’. Is the food as close to its natural state as possible, rather than food that has been processed – for example, a strawberry rather than strawberry sweets. REAL FOOD  PROCESSED / REFINED Fruits and ..read more

Cooking with your little cook should be fun for both of you! We've set out our top tips to help make the most of this special screen-free time! Get all of the ingredients and implements out before you start. Ask your child to help you count how many items you need if relevant to the recipe (e.g. 2 bananas, 5 carrots) to practice their maths skills. Read through the whole recipe before starting so you know what’s involved Make washing hands a habit - before you cook, when you handle food and after cooking. Make it fun! Many studies have shown children learn best through play and this inc ..read more

Happy New Year from all of us at Little Cooks Co. We hope it brings you much joy, and that your little cooks enjoy lots of food adventures this year! Whether growing their own food, learning new kitchen skills, or making mess and fun cooking up a storm with you, all of it serves to empower children with confidence in the kitchen and an ability to nourish themselves when they are older ? To help, and to give you some inspiration for some healthy meal planning, here are 10 of our favourite family meals that little cooks can also get involved in cooking (if time permits!). Click th ..read more

A few recent activities in our kits can be decorated with paint (making a leaf silhouette, making Christmas tree decorations etc), so we created an eco-friendly homemade paint recipe! It's super simple and made from kitchen cupboard ingredients.  This recipe makes 300g of eco paint. You can make it all in one colour, or make smaller amounts of different coloured paints by dividing the paint into smaller pots before adding your colouring. YOU’LL NEED: Water (100ml+) Plain white flour (70g) Salt (150g) Food colouring, or try ingredients from your kitchen (add extra water for p ..read more

We love baking with our little cooks. Seeing happy little faces watch as cakes come out of the oven and then the excited little jigs they do whilst waiting for them to cool is a lovely sight. Whether you’re baking cakes, biscuits, muffins or brownies we bet your children love to get stuck in with the helping and the eating too. Many recipes that are fun to bake with your children can mean they end up consuming loads of sugar though. If you are looking for some easy things to bake for kids that are healthy and nutritious, then look no further. At Little Cooks Co, all our recipes have been desig ..read more

Have you noticed how much kids love playing cooking games? They sieve and mould at the sandpit, they make mud pies in the garden, and bubble cakes in the bath! They are always imitating the people they see around them who are preparing food, and they’re learning as they watch. But wouldn’t it be amazing for us to raise a generation who really understand how to cook and how to choose healthy foods? We have put together a small selection of some really fun cooking activities for kids to get them started in the kitchen. These recipes will spark their interest and soon your little cooks will be he ..read more

Its been a bit of a shock to the system (albeit a happy one) returning to play dates! After so long separated from friends we have been so excited to get back to catch-ups in the garden, even if it's a bit cold at times! As ever with kids, after 5 minutes play they are always starving! So here are our winning ideas for play date food, tried and tested on our little cooks and their most discerning friends. Recipes that double as an activity! The best food for play dates are those that keep them entertained. Set up a table in the garden like a real-life mud kitchen and let them help prepare the ..read more

We're a few weeks into the new term, our little cook's initial excitement has faded and the tiredness has set in. We can't be with them all day, encouraging and motivating, but we can ensure that the foods we give them helps their concentration. What we eat directly affects our energy and how we feel.  Food is our only fuel.  If you put watered down petrol in a car it wouldn't run properly and similarly if we put food that is nutritionally watered down into our bodies we don’t run optimally. A normal school day is  demanding - not just the focus they need to learn, remember and ..read more