{"id":23523,"date":"2010-06-22T01:10:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T06:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=23523"},"modified":"2010-06-21T23:41:04","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T04:41:04","slug":"healthy-summer-cooking-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/healthy-summer-cooking-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Summer Cooking with Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/healthy-summer-cooking-with-kids\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23894\" title=\"family-dinner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/family-dinner.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>During the school year your kids are working hard learning to read, write, multiply and divide. When school&#8217;s out, it&#8217;s time for fun and relaxation. There certainly is plenty of that to be had at the beach, the <a title=\"swimming workout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/topics\/swimming-workouts\/\" target=\"_self\">pool<\/a> or amusement park. But sometimes the weather has a mind of it&#8217;s own.<\/p>\n<p>On one of those extra hot and humid days, why not spend some time in the kitchen with your kids?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cooking skills are useful for kids and the time you spend together can help your child make better food choices all year long. Not only that, cooking <a title=\"fresh foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/find-fresh-food-at-your-farmers-market\/\" target=\"_self\">fresh foods<\/a> without cans or boxes is just downright fun. If you are a cook, you can definitely pass your skills on  to your children. But if you aren&#8217;t skilled in the kitchen, never fear &#8211;  you can learn together!<\/p>\n<p>Watching Jamie Oliver&#8217;s <a title=\"Food Revolution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/jamie-olivers-food-revolution-takes-on-americas-unhealthiest-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Food Revolution<\/a> sparked changes in many families, my own included. The Food Revolution website has some amazingly simple and delicious recipes; one favorite that I enjoyed preparing with my kids was this <a title=\"spaghetti and meatballs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamieoliver.com\/about\/jamie-oliver-videos\/ministry-of-food-spaghetti\" target=\"_blank\">Meatballs and Pasta<\/a>. Watch as Jamie gives step by step directions and let your kids prepare dinner tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the school year your kids are working hard learning to read, write, multiply and divide. When school&#8217;s out, it&#8217;s time for fun and relaxation. There certainly is plenty of that to be had at the beach, the pool or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/healthy-summer-cooking-with-kids\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[520,3196,345,2950,29],"class_list":["post-23523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-cooking","tag-food-revolution","tag-healthy-eating","tag-jamie-oliver","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23523"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23916,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23523\/revisions\/23916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}