Often it seems mum’s seem to dominate the kitchen space in most homes and dad rules the garage. This of course is a broad generalisation and of course if you are a single dad you soon have to pick the slack in the kitchen otherwise you will be surviving on takeaway food or TV dinners.

What ever your situation is though, kids love to mess around with food in the kitchen and this is a great way to spend some quality and useful time with them. Whatever the age there are recipes to suit. We don’t really want to get the toddlers too close to a raging deep fryer used for cooking doughnuts or fish n chips, but for a teenager, its crucial they get used to the more , lets say risky forms of cooking. Toddlers can have fun with other types of food preparation though. Making Pizza is one recipe that spans all ages.

I’m a single dad of two kids 5 and 6, and pizza night generally co-insides with the end of the week and more often than not a movie rental.