Talk to Plum about cooking with your DCs and you could win a Plum Snowdrop Interactive Kitchen worth £99.99 NOW CLOSED

[AngelieMumsnet]

Plum, the active play specialists want to know what MNers love to cook with their children. What tasty treats do you try and make together? Whether it’s savoury snacks, heavenly cakes or delicious dinners, let Plum know.

Plum says “Cooking with your little one can be so much fun. We’ve launched the first ever Interactive Kitchen Range for children aged 3+ offering a fresh and exciting way to play that will whip up your little ones imagination into a cooking frenzy. Mini-Mary’s and pint-size Paul’s can take the challenge and cook up some mouth-watering meals in their very own, beautifully crafted wooden play kitchen. Sprinkle on a huge dollop of fun and bring the kitchens to life by simply inserting a tablet into the kitchen’s secure compartment and downloading the free Plum app for lights, fun and baking action! Blending tradition with technology, there are three kitchens to choose with four different foods to cook including popcorn.”

So, tell us your favourite recipes for cooking with your DCs, and maybe get some inspiration from other MNers.

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a Plum Snowdrop Interactive Kitchen worth £99.99.

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MNHQ

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I've only let her try easy things like cookies with cutters, she has already tried helping me with sandwiches for lunch which was very interesting. She also helped me bake a birthday cake for her grand dad by helping to sift the icing sugar- cue a massive cloud of sugar!!

I want to keep up the tradition as I remember my mum teaching me how to cook and from a young age I helped in my parents' kitchen as they own a food outlet. I remember helping to peel prawns, chop vegetables and take all the meat off a chicken!!

We did do fun things as well like baking cakes, I used to love making cakes as you know there's something yummy to eat after and my daughter is starting to realise this!!

Mine love making biscuits because they love using my fancy cutters. I have collected loads in all shapes and sizes over the years never thinking we would have such fun using them.

Lots of cakes for Daddy (ahem..) - DS is a little young to be much (any) help but he likes to watch & hold things like the wooden spoon for me! I'm hoping this will inspire an enjoyment in good, home cooked food later on

too young to get fully involved in the kitchen, but more than happy to roll pastry into sausage shapes and rub cake mix everywhere!

I love cooking with my little girl. We make a hugs variety of things, but mainly she likes helping me male cupcakes, pasta bake and her morning eggs. She loves her food :)

Love getting the kids into the kitchen, has to be fun

My DS loves to stir things, but as he is still a bit young for standing over a hot stove, I get him to stir things first without the heat then I take over. He loves it and also cleaning up!

DD1 is 2.5 and for about a year now whenever I bake I talk her through what I am doing and show her each step of the way. More recently I have started to let her help by stirring the mix. I am hoping that she will inherit my love of baking.

Chocolate crispy cakes because even I can manage them!
Seriously I'm terrible at baking so I am very grateful that there are cakes to make with only two ingredients :)

I love cooking with my daughter, 3.5. She cuts veg ( with a blunt knife), beats eggs, eats the cookie dough but her absolute favourite is decorating cupcakes!

We love baking together, its great to start with little fairy cakes as I find all children just love decorating them once they are cooked. I like to encourage them to join in, so that when they are grown up they will have enough skills to be able to cook some basic meals.

DS1 (4) loves getting involved in the kitchen. Cakes, banana bread and flapjacks are the usuals. But I can sometimes persuade him to help with casseroles etc. He loves prepping and chopping veg (except onions because they make his eyes sting!). Now DS1 has started school, getting DS2 (2) involved in the kitchen is on the 'to do' list!

My almost 3 year old daughter loves to help make breakfast in the morning. She pulls over her little stool so she's at the right height . I add her porridge and milk and she stirs before we put in microwave.
My mum watches her in the afternoons whilst I work and my dd helps out with dinner. My mum talks about how she really enjoys those 40 mins or so as they have a good chat about anything and everything while dd 'supervises' her gran . Her favourite thing is to help grate cheese as she gets to eat all the bits that don't make it into the bowl

My dd (3) loves the kitchen and is miss independent so normally is bossing me about!

Since 18 months she's got her own breakfast (porridge or cereal in cupboard, I put milk in jug and she pours in) and more recently she's used her own imitative to grab the step from the bathroom and bring it down stairs to use in the kitchen so she can up to the work top to "help" me make her a sandwich. She spreads butter on bread and can slice simple foods like toast, cheese etc.

She loves baking and if I measure out ingredients she will stir / whisk really well.

My ds1 (3yo) loves cooking absolutely everything! He loves to get involved with all meals and cooking (even better if he can do tasting as well), cakes are probably the favourite though

Start simple, letting your kids join in. My daughter is 8 and she can make anything by following a recipe. Wish the same could be said for my husband!

I think its a great thing to do with kids, they enjoy the process of making things and its a good way to learn. My son enjoyed making things even if it was something he wouldn't eat, we made some fancy pasta meals from scratch but he wouldn't have liked the end result. I always found that his enjoyment ended when it was time to clear up afterwards, and that could take a while!

Kids love decorating biscuits but fifteens are the quickest and easiest recipe for kids of all ages to make

We like to make flapjacks on a friday for the schools cake sale!

We love baking, biscuits, cupcakes, we try doing healthier options aswell such as crisps made from apples. My daughters love experimenting with different ingredients.

I make things with my children which we can share out - amongst grand parents, neighbours or if friends are coming round. They love presenting others with what we've made and are proud to hear others like it. We often make cakes but I don't add as much sugar as recipes suggest or we use honey instead. We often make lemon and raisin cakes, muffins with cheddar cheese, feta cheese and spinach, beetroot and dark chocolate cakes, cookies with sunflower seeds, raisins, oats and cherries and banana muffins with raisins and cherries. We also enjoy making apple crumble when neighbours have left apples outside for people to take. We enjoy having a walk to find enough apples and then making the crumble. I was proud recently when my mother in law commented on how well my 4 year old could crack eggs, we discuss weighing the ingredients and how to stir them in as well as portioning out the mixture. Cooking together is a lot of fun and with valuable lessons to learn too.

I made a birthday cake (Victoria sponge) with 2 yr old DD at the weekend. It was also the first time that I'd let her lick the spoon before we washed up. She was delighted. :)

I really enjoy cooking with my DS and feel it is an important skill for him to learn. He loves it too - probably because it usually involves mess!!
Cup cakes are a favourite at the moment, he loves joining in with the mixing and decorating - and the eating of course!
Usually when I'm cooking, whether it be a pasta dish, casserole, or cheese on toast I tend to let him in the kitchen so he can watch and hopefully learn. I think it's important he knows what we're eating, where it comes from, how it's made etc.
When he is older I'll be encouraging him to make things for himself (and us!) and hopefully he'll grasp a passion for it as well as a skill for life.

My 4 yo gets very enthusiastic about the thought of baking but then rapidly loses interest. He wants to add, stir and then eat the raw mix. He has no time to wait for things to bake or to cool down. He may make a re-appearance at the end when it is time to decorate but again the level of interest is low and he is just wanting to eat eat eat

My 3 year old loves baking bread with my husband. He has a very short attention span but for some reason can knead dough for hours on end! Also, as with every child throughout the ages with baking, licking the spoon after mixing cake batter is a must!