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"Grown-ups aren't the only ones hoping to change their eating habits in the New Year. Children also have some interesting ideas about what they'll be ingesting come 2014\u2014including applesauce, broccoli, and even alligator! Learning how to cook new dishes also tops the list of kids' food resolutions, so Mom and Dad take note: Maybe your resolution should be to let the kids mess around in the kitchen more. I want to get really good at cooking. I already know a lot. This past summer, my grandma and I made my mom really healthy dinners when she came home after tiring days. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kinds of things did you make?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; A bunch of different salads, quiche with very fresh ingredients never from a can, and gluten-free stuff because my mom doesn\u2019t eat that. She has diabetes. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you consider yourself a healthy eater, too?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Yes. I feel better when I eat healthier and I\u2019m more proud of myself. Plus one time I had a burger and fries at McDonald\u2019s and I felt like I was about to puke. I couldn\u2019t even finish it. I hope to learn a lot of new recipes. I started cooking when I was about 10. Now me and my friend Mallory do cupcake sales for charities. &lt;strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"&gt;&lt;em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"&gt;Which ones? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Mostly &lt;a href=\"http://reecesrainbow.org\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Reece's Rainbow&lt;/a&gt;, which helps orphans with special needs. We\u2019ve also done lemonade stands and cookie sales. One of my main New Year\u2019s resolutions is to learn some Bulgarian recipes because we\u2019re adopting a little 8-year-old girl from there in 2014. &lt;strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"&gt;&lt;em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"&gt;Wow, that must be very exciting! Any particular dishes you\u2019re planning to make? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;I have a vegan Bulgarian cookbook, so something from that. We\u2019re not vegan; it\u2019s just the cookbook I happened to come across. I\u2019m kind of addicted to fattening food so for the New Year I\u2019d like to try to cut down the sweet stuff to once a week. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are you only obsessed with sugary treats?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Well, I really like bacon, too. I really just want to be healthier. My dad is pretty strict about what I eat, but my mom kind of like goes with the flow. For next year I want more of Grandma Moosey\u2019s applesauce. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is that a brand?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; No, Moosey is my grandma! We had her applesauce on Thanksgiving and it tasted great. I also want a mini refrigerator in my room so I can have Grandma Moosey\u2019s applesauce whenever I want. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;What else would you put in your fridge?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Pickles and cake and other sweets, too. I had pickles and cake today! I\u2019d like to do more on my school\u2019s Cooking Crew. We get to make different snacks for the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades every Friday. We\u2019ve made ham-and-cheese muffins and corn pudding. One time we tried to make custard tarts, but in the end we just cut madeleines and put custard in them. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do you cook at home, too?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, but I\u2019d like to do more, especially make up my own recipes. Once I mixed garbanzo beans with yellow squash and dill and chili flakes in a pan. It was really good! My New Year\u2019s resolution is to try more foods because right now we\u2019re having a competition in my family. Whoever tries the most new foods wins a trip to Build-a-Bear! &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who came up with that?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; My parents. They were sick of me and my sister and brother being such picky eaters. My sister is in the lead, but maybe I can catch up.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Have you tried anything new that you really liked or hated?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I liked shrimp. I\u2019d have that again. But I hated mustard. I don\u2019t like anything spicy. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are there any foods you\u2019re looking forward to try?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Yes: Alligator. I know there are people who eat it, but I don\u2019t know if my mom\u2019s ever going to make it. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I hear you\u2019re beating your sister in the new foods competition.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Yes. I\u2019ve tried 24 new foods! I liked bacon and chicken and mashed potatoes and stuffing. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anything you didn\u2019t like?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Banana. I only ate one bite. It was disgusting.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; So do you see more new foods in your future?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Yeah. I think I\u2019ll keep trying new foods even if I don\u2019t get a trip to Build-a-Bear every time. I want to practice more baseball, football, basketball, and hockey in the New Year. And it\u2019s very important for an athlete to be a healthy eater, too. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do you help out with any of the cooking at home?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; No, because I have too much homework and tests to study for! But once I cooked with my cousin Cole. He\u2019s in middle school and reads &lt;em&gt;Bon App\u00E9tit&lt;/em&gt; and all the cooking magazines. We tried to make monkey bread, but my cousin Jeff was with us and he\u2019s not the greatest of the cooks so we ended up burning it. I like to read food containers because I want to learn what\u2019s in different kinds of food. Like I learned that in ketchup there\u2019s two sugars! That surprised me. I thought it was just tomatoes.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; So in the New Year, more reading food labels for you?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Yeah. And cooking with my dad. We make pancakes and I mix the batter. And we make pizza and bread, too. My mom\u2019s usually not the cook. I want to try a lot more new foods. Not just eat them but cook with them too. I\u2019d love to have a whole day when we could just stay home and cook.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Is cooking a big thing in your family?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Yeah, my parents met at cooking school and both worked as chefs. They make all kinds of different dishes for us, so when I see something that\u2019s new and different, I think it looks appetizing. I think the reason why a lot of kids say \u201Cugh\u201D when they see veggies and stuff is because their parents only feed them junk food. If they started to give their kids good, healthy, fresh food at a young age their kids would like everything, like me. My mom is a vegetarian and she cooks Brussels sprouts and roasts cauliflower, and they\u2019re so good! I\u2019d like to eat better foods in the New Year. I\u2019m always eating cheeseburgers and my mom and grandma keep telling me they\u2019ll make me fat. But I go ahead and sneak them anyway. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;So\u2026 are you really planning on eating healthy foods in 2014?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Yeah, because I\u2019m cheerleading now. I definitely have to eat more salads and vegetables. I want to eat healthy and not junk all the time. Like, if I have a choice between broccoli and a candy bar, I want to know that I should choose broccoli. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sounds like you\u2019ve made this New Year\u2019s resolution before. How\u2019d it work out for you?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;At the beginning of the year, like in January and February, I did great. Then I forgot about it during the summer. But then I started doing it again when I was back in school because I was reading &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/The-Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History/dp/1594132054\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;The Omnivore's Dilemma&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt; I learned all about how processed foods aren\u2019t good for you, so it kind of reminded me of my resolution. In 2014, I also want to learn how to cook more. Because when you know what goes into something you have a better idea of what you\u2019re eating. Like if you see how they make a Jolly Rancher you\u2019ll probably never want to eat one again. I\u2019m a picky eater. I only like pizza, spaghetti, ice cream, mozzarella sticks, and chicken nuggets. My parents always say I need to eat more vegetables so I think that\u2019s something I should do in the New Year. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don\u2019t you eat any veggies now?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Only potatoes. I don\u2019t like green vegetables. Maybe I\u2019ll try some. My favorite foods are mushrooms and mangoes, so I want more of them in the New Year. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you only like foods that begin with M?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; No. I like dessert, too. And I hate McDonald\u2019s. Why? It\u2019s gross. The chicken nuggets have hair in them."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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