What recipes can tweens make?!
What recipes can tweens make?
It should be pretty simple. And it can't use a stove or oven too much.
Answers:
Well, that is a pretty broad question so I am not sure how to answer. I will give you a couple of suggestions.
To get started in learning to cook, you should start writing recipes out on index cards. When I was in the tween years, both of my Grandmothers made me do this. I would find a recipe in one of their recipe boxes or books and copy it down on an index card to put in my recipe box.
The cool thing about doing this was that I learned how to read recipes. To really be able to cook new things, you have to really understand how to read a recipe.
Another thing you can do is to think about your favorite meal and pick one thing out of that meal to learn to make. Let's say your favorite meal is spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread, and salad. What you can do is learn how to make a special kind of salad or to make meatballs. Ask your mom or dad or other adult to help you make the meal and to show you how to make the one thing you are learning to make.
Maybe one of your friend's moms always makes amazing cookies. Ask her to let you help her next time.
By helping in the kitchen, you will learn many things. You can look online for lessons, too. Good lessons to learn are on how to use a knife properly, how to use other kitchen equipment, and about spices and herbs.
Be a food adventurist - don't let a week go by that you don't learn how to make something new. In about 2 years, you will have alot of recipes and will know how to cook many things.
Good luck!
How about starting with oatmeal, cinnamon toast, egg, soup, reheating leftovers.
French Toast
pancakes
Tropical Breakfast Parfait
Guacamole
Spaghetti with Basic Tomato Sauce
Pizza with Pineapple and Ham
Peanut Butter Balls
Boston Lettuce with Vinaigrette
Marinated Mushroom Salad
Gingersnap Ice Cream Sandwiches
um. i'm hoping by tween you mean 2 year old?
a tween who can't use the oven? OH RIGHT SHE'S PROBABLY STUPID ENOUGH TO STICK HER HAND IN THERE?! jeez. i've been cooking with the oven since i was 5.
i'm guessing she's not allowed in the front yard without her mommy either?
This is a super easy recipe, and it's really quick.
Ground "Beef" Quesadillas
You'll need:
4 Flour or corn Tortillas, whichever you prefer
A few slices of cheddar cheese
1 Package of Yves Veggie Ground "Beef" or other ground beef substitute.
2 sliced Pepperoncini peppers (Optional)
Heat up a tortilla on a skillet on medium heat. Make sure the pan is hot before you put the tortilla on.
Flip the tortilla once it is light brown, and add the cheese and ground "beef" then fold in half.
Cook until cheese melts and tortilla is light brown.
Repeat until you have four Quesadillas, then open them and put in the Pepperoncini, if desired.
Cut in half and serve.
Hope you enjoy this, I sure do
Actually, the tween years (if by this you mean 10 - 12 year olds) is the best time to learn to use the stove and oven... with supervision of course. To ease them into cooking, have them do simple tasks at first, such as chopping veggies, stirring, measuring ingredients, etc. Kids of this age can make just about any recipe. I would reccomend watching Rachael Ray on Food Network. She is both entertaining, and makes simple delicious foods.
Tweens can do anything. I started cooking for my family every day when I was 11 years old. I was already a good cook and competent to use the stove and oven. I was making the menus and made sure our meals were balanced. And I did it by myself. Mom didn't get home from work until supper was just about done.
When my daughter was 5 she was able to fix mac and cheese from a box by herself. We had a business in our home and when she got home from kindergarten she would fix lunch for herself and me. Mac and cheese, soup, grilled cheese or scrambled eggs were among her favs. Of course I was always close by in case she needed help.
My granddaughter started cooking simple recipes around the same age. By the time she was 10 she was making lasagna from scratch.
I would much rather have my tween pushing to grow up in the kitchen under my nose than pushing to date or run with a fast crowd. Kids can gain a great deal of self esteem by learning skills in the kitchen, they can also learn a lot about nutrition and gain a lifetime love of cooking.