On May 16th, for the 3rd year, the Food Revolution Day campaign will be held. It is a world-wide movement to encourage kids, family, everybody in school, organization, everywhere to eat healthy and cook from scratch.
As a mother myself, I totally agree with the message that Jamie Oliver is trying to spread. It is our duty, as parent, to teach the basics to our kids: how fruits and vegetables grow and understanding nature, learn how to cook and bake and enjoying healthy meals and snacks.
I encourage you to go and visit www.foodrevolutionday.com and pick what you will do to be part of it! You can do something with your co-workers, at school or at home, it can be a recipe, discover a new vegetable.
To be part of the campaign, I will dedicate a few posts to it until May 16th. To start, I want to share with you what my husband and I choose to do with the kids: A little garden!
Since, it is the kids’ project, for this year, we started small. My husband, El Cubano, prepared a nice space to grow a few veggies my son picked.
Our 3 and half year old was actively helping to make the little holes, putting the seeds and watering. Our girl is younger (18 months) so she does not have the same involvement but just by watching her brother, she wanted to do the same!
They are really looking forward to eat the cucumber, carrots and peas from THEIR garden!
#FRD2014 how will you be part of the Food Revolution Day?
6 Comments
Pecan-crusted chicken breasts #FRD2014 | Bon Appet'Eat
July 17, 2014 at 1:48 am[…] and fruits really come from. As a contribution to Jamie Oliver’s campaign, I have shared our little garden (and we will keep you posted on that once the first pod of peas will be ready to be picked. Also, […]
Colorful healthy skinny snack: Creamy avocado dip #FRD2014 - Bon Appet'Eat
September 17, 2014 at 1:59 am[…] Understand where food comes from: We made a small area in the backyard dedicated to a garden, the kids planted vegetables seeds and have been watering it every single day since. – Involve your children in the kitchen; My […]
Interview of a 4-year old for Food Revolution Day
May 15, 2015 at 10:29 am[…] year, I wrote a few articles for Food Revolution 2014: – Grow your food – Get them involve: Meat balls with the mini-chef – Healthy dinner on week days, yes! Pecan-crusted […]
Irresistible vegan hemp dates bites
March 23, 2018 at 10:34 am[…] involved more often because I’m guilty as charged! I do try to involve them in prepping and cooking but it’s easier said than […]
My French influence: 6 tips to get kids to eat everything - Bon Appét'Eat
March 25, 2019 at 10:48 am[…] My little Princess loves to crack the eggs when I do a quiche, it’s simple and a good help actually. Mini Chef is starting to like to chop veggies or be in charge of the pan. (or below he is making meatballs for Food Revolution) […]
Effortless 2-ingredient Red Currant Jam - Bon Appét'Eat
July 28, 2019 at 3:05 pm[…] I got the kids to help and make it a family affair. After all, they actually are the one consuming most of the jam in the house. In Spring, they got so excited seeing the bush get his first leaves and see the red currants going from white to bright red. As you know, I really think getting kids involved is important with their relationship with food. I talked about it here and here. […]