My youngest one, now, when we’re making something, she’ll know, she knows what nutrition is and what’s good for you. And she’ll tell me there has to be vegetables with the meal. She’s right into the nutrition thing now. If it’s not nutritious, she won’t eat it. --- parent
I want to learn Canadian recipes. The other moms, they can’t read English, so this is how we learn to make Canadian foods. -- parent
Money’s tight at home so it’s great when there are leftovers to take with us. It’s nice to be able to contribute, and help feed my kids. -- grandmother
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Can you tell me, the kids in other schools why would they want to come to this program. What’s it like to come here, what do you get out of it?
- It’s fun, like, because, not a lot of people get a chance to cook with their family and stuff like that, so it’s a good chance to spend time with your family and have dinner with and it’s fun to get to try recipe and you get to bring them home, you get to cook at home too.
Have you tried something here that you thought that maybe you weren’t going to like it but then you were surprised, maybe something you really never had before but it was really good?
- I haven’t really had curry before. I didn’t think I would like it but then I really did. Hear Clip
You know, what I think would be really interesting, is if you know other school in rural areas of BC would they want to start with the program, what do you think would be a good idea for other parents to be involved?
- I think it would be great because there’s a lot of learning and it would be good for their children and when they bring their cooked food home and it’s something different from what they usually eat. And it would be a good way for other moms and dads to interact with other moms and share recipes and communicate, get to know each other and chat around, like a group, but you are learning at the same time. And there are other schools that want to know how we did this, and I don’t know how to put it in words, like, how did we manage to get all the other moms involved - because other schools have tried, and they don’t know how to pull them in to get involved. And it’s more like just getting really involved with your kids and showing your kids that you care and that you are willing to learn as much as they are willing to learn. So, I think that would be a good way of putting it through other parents and schools. Hear Clip
I have my own book at home, I keep all my recipes together, organized in plastic coverings, all ready to go. We are willing to try them at home. Second year I think, she’s the second cook, the first cook was Tish and we did a lot with her too and I used a lot from hers. They are really easy if you listen, measure things properly and things like that.
This is what we don’t have back home, where I come from. What they are trying to do is have the parents get involved. This is different and I always wanted to learn new recipes for the kids and maybe I can carry on to them and friends too. Hear Clip
