Chef in Training
Kids Cooking Lessons Plans
7-11 year olds
Lesson 8

Today, Kids Cooking Lessons will teach your chef-in-training about reading nutrition labels on food. This is a great way for kids to learn how healthy the food they're eating is or is not.

Kids Cooking Lessons Part 1: Reading Labels

You can learn a lot about the contents of the food we eat if you understand what the food label is telling you. Please print and read off the following article about how to read food labels.

Reading labels will help you know how much sugar or other ingredients are in the food we eat. To practice healthy eating, talk to your child about what the label should say.  

For example if you have a bag of potato chips. What is the serving size, how many calories in that serving size, how much fat grams?

Take a tour of your kitchen and read the labels on cans, packages, and even milk jugs.

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Part 2: Making Hummus

15 oz. can of garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 Cup cold water
5 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/3 Cup tahini paste

Have the chef-in-training open beans with can opener and drain liquid out. (don't forget to reiterate part 1 by checking out the label) Place beans in a bowl and mash with a potato masher or have adult use the food processor. Stir in garlic clove, salt, cold water, lemon juice and tahini paste. Eat with pita bread.

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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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