“I helped!” → “I made that.”
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Real jobs, real choices and gradually more responsibility.
A cookery course for both of you
Dad, can you
come and play?
Not right now. I’m cooking your dinner.
And that got me thinking…
What if making dinner didn’t have to mean saying no to time together?
Same dinner. Two different lessons.
They learn to cook. You do too.
No card. No pressure. Three proper dinners.
REAL FAMILY PHOTO GOES HERECooking together.
Not posing together.
Not posing together.
It’s not just dinner.
It’s time together that counts.
It’s time together that counts.
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Fits real life
Clear timings, shortcuts and “Running late?” options.
Builds skills
Real progress for both child and adult.
More than a recipe
Games, questions, choices and shared jobs.
Still counts
Five minutes together counts. Shortcuts count. Ugly dinner counts.
The idea
More than a kids’ cookbook.
Pea On The Table is a proper cookery course for a child and an adult, learning side by side through the same family dinner.
They start with pouring, squishing, choosing and tasting. You work on heat, seasoning, texture and timing. Over time, both of you take on more.
The point isn’t to turn dinner into a lesson. The point is to make the ordinary thing you already have to do feel like time together.
How it works
Start simple. Build your skills.
Become confident cooks.
There are two journeys happening at the same time — and a third one you build together.
“Dinner’s done.” → “I can really cook.”
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Useful technique, explained without fuss or chef-school posturing.
COME AND HELP→COOK WITH ME→WHAT SHALL WE MAKE TONIGHT?
Start here
Your first 3 missions are free.
Not a teaser PDF. Three complete dinners so you can see whether Pea actually works for your family.
1
The Mash Volcano
Sausages, mash, peas & gravy
Them: mash, count, pourYou: seasoning & texture
Easy first win.
2
Cheesy Pasta Bake
Measure, mix, assemble
Them: measure & buildYou: sauce & timing
A little more ownership.
3
Pizza Your Way
Make it. Choose it. Own it.
Them: prep, choose, createYou: dough & heat
Now it starts to feel like progress.
Coming shortly
Get the first 3 missions.
Leave your email and we’ll send them when they’re ready, plus one useful Pea note each week.
- Three proper family dinners
- Child jobs and adult skills
- Running Late? and Got Time? routes
- No pressure to continue
A Pea rule
Still counts.
They only joined in for five minutes.You used the shortcut.They refused the peas.Dinner looked nothing like the picture.
You did it together. That’s the bit we care about.
Why we do it this way
The clever stuff happening while you make dinner.
We’re building Pea around research into child development, food familiarity, parent-child interaction and the way children understand where food comes from.
Conversation matters.
Cooking naturally creates little back-and-forth moments: choosing, predicting, describing and solving problems together.
Touching broccoli still counts.
We’re interested in familiarity, sensory exposure and curiosity — not turning every vegetable into a negotiation.
Where did this come from?
Seasonality, scraps, growing, packaging, waste and food origins become things to notice together.
Our rule: We’ll tell you what the research actually says — and what it doesn’t.
We’re building this in public
Some ideas work.
Some really don’t.
Pea is being made with real weeknights in mind — tired adults, hungry children, jobs that take longer than expected, and the occasional complete refusal to eat anything green.
We’ll share what we test, what you tell us and what we change.
Come and try it with us →WE TRIEDHelping with every stage.
YOU SAIDToo much waiting around.
WE CHANGEDClear “go and play / come back” moments.
That’s where we’re at.
Want to come and cook with us?
Start with the 3 free missionsThis is just the beginning. — Ed