Junior Chef
Kids Cooking Lessons Plans
12-15 years old
Lesson 4

Today kids cooking lessons will get your Junior Chef involved in what happens before the dinner is served.

Planning and Shopping for Meals

So what does happen before that chicken cordon bleu is served warm and delicious at the dinner table?

A lot of preparation and planning.

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Kids Cooking Lessons Unit

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There are Three Steps We are Going to Do Today:

1. Plan out the next week’s or month’s meals whichever you'd like to do. Allow your Junior Chef to help with the planning.



2. Write out a shopping list for the next week's menu. Don't forget breakfast and lunches, too!



3. Take a trip to the grocery store and let them do the shopping, with your supervision and instruction!

Here are some PDF sheets to print off and use for your lesson:
printable grocery shopping list
Menu Calendar

Hopefully after today's lesson your Junior Chef will see a lot of work goes into planning, preparing and cooking meals three times a day! Don't be afraid to let the kids plan meals. 

Allow them to help more with this from now on and they will understand what needs to be done with meal planning everyday.

For more meal planning ideas and help visit our sister site, Kids-Meal-Ideas.com

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Related Junior Chef Cooking Lessons:
~Junior Intro Lessons, ~Lesson 1--Review Kitchen Safety and Cooking on the stove, ~Lesson 2-- Knife Safety and Practice Cutting by Preparing a Stir Fry, ~Lesson 3--Baking Homemade Bread, ~Lesson 4--Planning and Shopping for Meals, ~Lesson 5--Making Pie, ~Lesson 6--Understanding Cooking Terms, ~Lesson 7--Using Kitchen Appliances, ~Lesson 8--Baking Cookies, ~Lesson 9--Halving and Doubling Recipes, ~Lesson 10--Dinner Manners and Etiquette, ~Lesson 11--Baking Cakes, ~Lesson 12--Nutrition and Eating Healthy, ~Lesson 13--Cooking Side Dishes and Salads, ~Lesson 14--Continuously Learning

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