Celebrity Celebrity Family Celebrity Parenting Gigi Hadid Says She and Daughter Khai Cook Together 'Every Day,' Shares Favorite Foods to Make Gigi Hadid opens up about her love of spending time in the kitchen with 2-year-old daughter Khai By Georgia Slater Georgia Slater Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has previously appeared in USA Today and Washington Life Magazine. People Editorial Guidelines Published on April 12, 2023 12:46PM EDT Gigi Hadid and daughter Khai. Photo: Gigi hadid/ instagram Gigi Hadid loves to spend time in the kitchen with her little girl. The model, 27, chatted with InStyle on Tuesday about life at home with her 2-year-old daughter Khai and how the mother-daughter duo enjoys cooking together. "Every day, we're cooking in the house together. Even if it's just her and I, she will get up on her little step-up stool and help me mix, or we do banana bread," Hadid shared. "Especially in the winter, when I'm like, 'OK, what can we do that's warm?' It's a lot of, 'OK, mash these bananas,' and help her do the stuff that's exciting to her." "But she'll get to a point where she's like, 'OK, Mama, you finish that. I'm going to do Play-Doh. I'll sit over here in my highchair and do Play-Doh and you cook,' " she continued. "But it's still fun times together and we have the funniest conversations when it's just me cooking and her doing some craft and I love even when it's just us." Hadid, who shares Khai with ex-boyfriend Zayn Malik, said her little girl is also open to trying new foods. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Gigi Hadid Instagram Gigi Hadid Opens Up About Her 'Very Mom Morning Routine' with 2-Year-Old Daughter Khai "She's only 2-and-a-half, but she'll try stuff, but she'll definitely tell me if it's not for her, which I'm cool with," Hadid explained. "I'm like, 'As long as you're trying it, I'm proud.' " "I try not to be too hard on myself as a mom and just try to make positive conversation around food," she added. The Next in Fashion star also shared what she's learned as a mom about balancing her busy schedule. "I think that becoming a mom has made me realize that you just really have to start to get your eggs in a row and prioritize your time between being a mom and a person and then also a working mom and person," she said. Adding, "I think it really starts for me with just prioritizing and organizing that time first, and then making sure that the jobs and partnerships and opportunities that I do make time for are ones that feel genuine to me and feel fulfilling once the day is done."