Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

How do you get kids fired up about cooking? You ask them to be in a flash mob! I just finished watching the latest episode of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and with the help of a choreographer, Jamie and students from Marshall University staged a cooking flash mob where they made a beef stirfry in the campus quad. See for yourself:



Granted, these are university-aged kids, so they're actually adults, but with ideas such as this flash mob, Jamie is helping people of all ages to see that cooking can be fun! As a result of this flash mob as well as many other efforts in Huntington, West Virginia, Jamie was able to achieve his goal of teaching this recipe to 1000 people in one week. If you have not yet had the chance to watch the show, I highly recommend you curl up on the couch with a hot cup of tea and get viewing!

Jamie wants you to have fun in the kitchen!

Photo via Flickr user beastandbean

Some of you may be asking yourselves, what is this revolution all about? Well, in a nutshell, the revolution is all about empowering others to learn to cook. In school we learn how to read and write, we learn many other important skills that will help us in our adult lives. What we don't learn are life skills such as how to cook! Jamie wants to change all of that by educating people about a healthy, seasonal way of eating that won't break the bank. He's on a mission and yes, his revolution is being televised! Jamie also has a book on the subject, as well as an online community where you can sign the petition to support the cause. (You don't have to be in the U.S. to sign it!) Want to know more? Click here.

Jamie and his wife have three lovely daughters of their own (and another child on the way), and it was his love for his children that helped ignite this mission. He's long been an advocate for quick and easy meals, healthy food and cooking from scratch, but now he's taking it to the streets to help others. Here on Little Foodies, we are very inspired by what Jamie is doing and we can't wait to share more of our ideas with all of you! Let's prove that cooking can be fun, and kids will get on board!

What are you cooking this weekend? I challenge you to make one meal this weekend that has no processed food in it whatsoever -- I'll make a meal of my own and post it on the blog so you can see what I've made :) If you choose to accept this challenge, take a picture of your meal and email me at littlefoodiesblog@gmail.com and I'll  post it up on the blog!

So let's tie up those apron strings and get cooking!

~Heather