Chef in Training
Kids Cooking Lessons
7-11 year olds
Lesson 12

Kids Cooking Lessons will be getting your chef involved in meal planning this week. Not only is the chef-in-training at a good age to help in the kitchen they can also be a big help with meal planning and writing shopping lists.

Kids Cooking Lessons Part 1: Planning Meals and Writing Shopping Lists

Allow your child to help you with the next week's menu. Have them write down the menu on a calendar or paper to hang on the refrigerator and let them write out the shopping list. This is good writing and language skills for them.

Need help learning why and how to menu plan?

Here are some free pdf menu planning worksheets for your lesson:

Printable Grocery Shopping List
Menu Calendar
Weekly Menu Calendar

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Kids Cooking Lessons Unit

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Part 2: Making Stuffed Meatballs

Add this easy healthy meal idea to your menu in the next week's menu plan and have your chef-in-training prepare it. (You can make this ahead of time, if you'd like, and freeze on a cookie sheet until frozen then place in Ziploc bag)

Stuffed Meatballs
1 lb. Ground hamburger
1 Egg
1/3 Cup Bread crumbs
Mozzarella cheese cubes

In bowl combine hamburger, egg and bread crumbs. Break up hamburger into small pieces and massage with your hands until well blended. Form into small balls placing a cheese cube inside each meatball. Place on cookie sheet. Wash hands well. Adult should bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, turning after 10 minutes. Serve with a spaghetti sauce and noodles, meatball sandwiches or in your favorite meatball recipe.

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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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