Chef in Training
Kids Cooking Lessons Plans
7-11 year olds
Lesson 10

For today's kids cooking lessons your chef-in-training will be learning about using the microwave. What kid in the kitchen doesn't look at the microwave like a forbidden toy that they can't play with?

Kids Cooking Lessons Part 1: Using the Microwave

As many other things in the kitchen the microwave is fascinating but they must learn and understand how to correctly use it.



Tip: Place your microwave at counter height not above their head.  This will make it safer and easier for them to use.

Combine this lesson with this teaching kids to use a microwave tutorial.

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Part 2: Microwave Cooking For Kids

Prepare the following kids recipe in the microwave:

Baked Apples
2 Granny Smith apples
2 Tablespoons butter
Cinnamon
2 Tablespoons brown sugar

Have adult core apples or show child how to core apples with an apple corer. Child can place apples in microwave safe dish. In each apple add 1 Tablespoon of butter, 1 Tablespoon of brown sugar and sprinkle with cinnamon. Add a little water to the bottom of the dish. Microwave 4-5 minutes. Don’t forget to use pot holders to remove dish from the microwave. Let apples sit for a few minutes before eating.

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Related Chef in Training Cooking Lessons:
~Lesson 1--Review kitchen safety and make a kids recipe, ~Lesson 2--Practice cracking eggs and making an omelet, ~Lesson 3--Nutrition and keeping a Food diary, ~Lesson 4--Reading a recipe and making a cheese ball,, ~Lesson 5--Dinner etiquette and manners, ~Lesson 6--Using a table knife for cutting and gearing up for sharp knives, ~Lesson 7-- Using a can opener and making a dinner recipe, ~Lesson 8--Reading labels and making an easy kids recipe,, ~Lesson 9--Kitchen tools, ~Lesson 10--Using the microwave and microwave cooking for kids, ~Lesson 11--Rolling dough and using cookie cutters, ~Lesson 12--Planning meals and writing shopping lists, ~Lesson 13--Continuously learning,

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