Margaret Brooker has republished an updated version of her popular 2010 cookbook The Kids Turn to Cook. She talks about why cooking is an important life skill for kids to learn and shares easy recipes for cupcakes and Bircher muesli.

Teaching kids to cook can be challenging, but also a lot of fun.

Picky eaters are likely to be less suspicious of food they've cooked themselves - especially if they've had a hand in choosing the ingredients.

This year foodie and author Margaret Brooker is republishing an updated version of her popular 2010 cookbook The Kids Turn to Cook.

She tells Kathryn Ryan cooking is an important life skill for kids to learn.

Listen to Margaret Brooker on Nine to Noon.

Margaret shares her recipes for a couple of easy classics:

Bircher Muesli

Cupcakes

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/summer-days/audio/2018628774/kitchen-science-fire

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201854445/vanessa-baxter-on-the-benefits-of-kids-cooking

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details