Alphabet Cooking Activities for Kids

Cook your way from A to Z with these alphabet cooking activities for kids. Each letter includes foods, ingredients or recipes kids can explore while practicing kitchen skills and making connections between letters and food.

Alphabet cooking activities and recipes for kids

Use one letter for a quick cooking activity, or turn the alphabet into a longer project. You could choose a new letter each week and finish with a recipe, ingredient tasting or family meal inspired by that letter.

Try an Alphabet Cooking Day

Choose a letter, find one or two foods that begin with it, and let kids help prepare or taste them. Younger children can practice identifying the letter while older kids can help choose recipes, read directions and prepare the food.

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A-Z Cooking Directory
Letters A-F
Letters G-L
Letters M-R
Letters S-Z
Alphabet Cooking Resources

A-Z Alphabet Cooking Directory

Choose a letter to jump directly to its food and cooking ideas.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Alphabet Cooking Ideas: A-F

Alfredo noodles for letter A cooking activities

Letter A Cooking Ideas
Try apple recipes or make Alfredo sauce. Explore ingredients such as asparagus and avocado.

bubble pizza for letter B cooking activities

Letter B Cooking Ideas
Cook with broccoli, beans or basil pesto. Kids can also make Bubble Pizza or homemade bowtie pasta.

Chicken casserole for letter C cooking activities

Letter C Cooking Ideas
Build a C-day around corn, chicken casserole, cheese, carrots, cucumber or cabbage.

Dirt cups for letter D cooking activities

Letter D Cooking Ideas
Make dirt cups, try an easy dip, bake dessert or make deviled eggs.

Egg recipe for letter E cooking activities

Letter E Cooking Ideas
Eggs make an easy E-day ingredient. Try egg drop soup, scrambled eggs or introduce eggplant.

Fruit salad for letter F cooking activities

Letter F Cooking Ideas
Try fresh figs, make a fruit salad or cook homemade French fries. You can also connect the letter to French cooking.

Alphabet Cooking Ideas: G-L

Grapefruit for letter G cooking activities

Letter G Cooking Ideas
Explore green beans, garlic, green peppers, green peas, grapes, guacamole or grapefruit.

Letter H Cooking Ideas
Cook with ham, hamburger or herbs, or make Hawaiian Haystacks or ham soup.

Homemade ice cream for letter I cooking activities

Letter I Cooking Ideas
Ice cream is an easy favorite for I. Make homemade ice cream, an ice cream cake or shaved ice.

Berry jam for letter J cooking activities

Letter J Cooking Ideas
Try making homemade jam or explore a new dinner with jambalaya.

Letter K Cooking Ideas
Introduce kids to kale or kiwi, or connect cooking and geography with Kung Pao Chicken or kofta.

Lentil soup for letter L cooking activities

Letter L Cooking Ideas
Build a salad with lettuce, make lemonade or introduce kids to lentils.

Cooking With the Alphabet

Turn the letter-of-the-week idea into a complete cooking project with more alphabet recipes and hands-on activities for kids.

Make it a weekly routine: Pick one letter each week, choose a food to taste or recipe to prepare, and add an alphabet worksheet or activity to reinforce the letter.

Alphabet Cooking Ideas: M-R

Mashed potatoes for letter M cooking activities

Letter M Cooking Ideas
Make meatballs, minestrone, macaroni and cheese or mashed potatoes. Other M foods include mushrooms, melons and mangoes.

Letter N Cooking Ideas
Make nachos, try a noodle casserole or explore nuts when appropriate for your family.

Onion rings for letter O cooking activities

Letter O Cooking Ideas
Try oranges, oatmeal, an owl food theme, onion rings or olive salad.

Letter P Cooking Ideas
P has plenty of choices: pizza, popcorn, potato chips, potato salad, pesto, popsicles, pie pops and pineapple.

Letter Q Cooking Ideas
Q may be tricky, but kids can make quiche or quesadillas, or try a new fruit such as quince.

Roast beef for letter R cooking activities

Letter R Cooking Ideas
Try a rainbow food theme, roasted vegetables, roast beef or ratatouille. Radishes, red peppers and romaine also fit the letter.

Alphabet Cooking Ideas: S-Z

Letter S Cooking Ideas
Make soup, shepherd's pie, stroganoff, Sloppy Joes or stromboli. Add strawberries, spinach or salad on the side.

Tomato soup for letter T cooking activities

Letter T Cooking Ideas
Make tacos, homemade tortillas, tomato soup or tuna salad sandwiches.

Upside down cake for letter U cooking activities

Letter U Cooking Ideas
U is a challenging food letter, so turn it into dessert day with an upside-down cake.

Veggie layered dish for letter V cooking activities

Letter V Cooking Ideas
Make a veggie layered dish, explore different vegetables or pair your meal with a red velvet dessert.

Letter W Cooking Ideas
Try watermelon, make waffles for dinner or assemble wraps.

X shaped breadsticks for letter X cooking activities

Letter X Cooking Ideas
Foods beginning with X can be difficult to find. Instead, make homemade breadsticks and shape two pieces into the letter X.

Yogurt parfait for letter Y cooking activities

Letter Y Cooking Ideas
Layer a yogurt parfait or create a simple yogurt cup for an easy Y-day cooking activity.

Zucchini recipe for letter Z cooking activities

Letter Z Cooking Ideas
Finish the alphabet with zucchini. Try zucchini fries, zucchini bread, or Zucchini Crust Pizza

More Alphabet Cooking & Learning Resources

Keep the A-Z learning going with printable activities and additional alphabet resources for home, homeschool or classroom use.

Cooking With the Alphabet
Use recipes and hands-on activities to turn each letter of the alphabet into a fun cooking lesson.

Alphabet coloring pages flash cards and writing practice

Alphabet Practice Printables
Practice letters with alphabet coloring pages, flash cards and writing activities.

Alphabet Sentence Game
Add printable alphabet games and worksheets to your letter-of-the-week activities.

Cooking activities and creative learning ideas for kids

More Creative Kitchen Activities
Keep learning in the kitchen with hands-on food projects, creative cooking ideas and activities kids can make and explore.

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