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.
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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