Maybe it's the chance to get their hands dirty, or simply the sheer creativity of it all, but kids everywhere love to help out in the kitchen - whether it's making their own milkshakes or cooking up a special pasta dish.

Cooking with kids is a great way to spend time at weekends and on school holidays, and nothing can beat it when it comes to bringing parents and children together. And time in the kitchen is about to become even more fun, following the release of a brand new album on the ABC Kids label, Kids in the Kitchen.

Kids in the Kitchen was inspired by the latest spate of adult albums to cook by, designed to create an ambient atmosphere and making cooking into a fun activity, not a chore. Kids in the Kitchen takes that idea a step further, capturing that feeling of joy and achievement that can only come from whipping up your own batch of pikelets, or creating the perfect chocolate muffins.

Bringing together two of the best things in life (for both children and adults) - food and music - Kids in the Kitchen celebrates the fun of working together, sharing a special experience and creating delicious delicacies.

The tracks on Kids in the Kitchen include "Kids in the Kitchen", "Pots and Pans", "The Ketchup Song", "I Want Candy", "Food, Glorious Food", "Agadoo", "Hot Hot Hot", "Milkshake", "Peaches", "Nutbush City Limits", "American Pie", "Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Strawberry Kisses".

They're all songs that parents and children can sing along to as they cook, and play later in the car or on the CD player to remember those happy times in the kitchen. Kids in the Kitchen will become a firm favourite in households across the country, and is bound to make the food taste even better because it's an instant recipe for success.

Available through ABC shops or online at: www.abcshop.com.au