Last night my little girl sauntered into the kitchen where I was in full-on dinner production mode, and announced, “Grown-ups LOVE to feed kids.”

I took this as her cue that she was hungry, and pulled up a chair so she could help me crack eggs and see what we would be eating. Willow loves to help out in the kitchen, and I’ve noticed that she’s a lot more likely to try new foods that she helped prepare than ones that just suddenly appear on the table. She’ll even eat “that slimy green stuff (retching noise)” so long as I let her scoop out the avocado.

And in the summertime, she will eat whatever comes out of the garden. At age 5 now, she could spend hours playing with worms and bugs and sneaking bites of baby carrots and peas.

So this morning, it was a treat to read about the Good Food Store selling copies of “The Helping Hands: Lowell School Garden Project Family Cookbook” to help fund the school’s garden. Copies are just $10, and you can find out more by calling Lowell School at 542-4040.

- MM