Teaching Teens & Tweens How to Rock It Out in the Kitchen
Girlfriend totally knows how to work at the stove...safely. Go Em!
Cheesy goodness, working at the stove, being the master of the skillet. What’s not to love about making your own quesadillas? Nothing! Get permission before using the stove, then carefully and awesomely get started! Happy Monday!
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Salsa!
Last week you learned about different types of knives. This week, you’re actually going to use them! With adult supervision of course! Watch the video, round up your grown-up, and get yourself started with a little salsa madness this week. Ole!
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Chef's knives, boning knives, paring knives...you've got 'em!
Knives. You want them, and your parents probably want to keep them as far away as possible. But knife skills are the first real kitchen skill that any good cook needs. We’re not making the recommendation that every 8 year-old be handed an 8” chef’s knife. Not at all! Responsible teens & tweens though, and there are oodles of them, are ready to start using a knife properly, once your grown-up in charge gives permission–very, very important. And just to clarify, no knives without permission from your grown-up. Got it?
The younger you are, the smaller (and less sharp) your knife should be. For our audience, we recommend starting with a 3” paring knife, under adult supervision. Gradually, the confidence builds, so can the size of the knife, eventually leading to the use of an 8” chef’s knife, with parental permission of course!
“The Big Three” include a paring knife, an 8” chef’s knife, and a serrated bread knife. A paring knife lets you feel the power of using more than just a butter knife, but gives an adult confidence that no fingers will be lost on the way to great salsa.
And while we’re at it, a tiny, little cutting board is never the right tool for the job. If you’re going to use a knife, you’ve got to have room to cut. My favorite cutting board is a large, 18” x 24” durable plastic board. Forget that glass cutting board mom has. It’s most likely too small, too hard, and will do nothing but dull your knife.
So talk to your folks, start small, start s-l-o-w-l-y, and come back this week and next for all sorts of good tips on how to hold your knife and cut right. In the meantime, take a look at this video so that you know which knife is which. And remember, get permission and be safe out there!!
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Brown Sugar Banana Bread
You know you’ve got some brown bananas in your kitchen right now, so go ahead and bake yourself some banana bread! Easy AND tasty. Recipe posts on Tuesday!
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You’ve made the dough. You’ve made the sauce. Now, put ‘em both together with a few other tasty ingredients like ham, pepperoni, thinly sliced onions, cheese, and maybe even some salami and you’ve got a fantastic meal that will blow your friends away. I present to you…stromboli.
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Last wee
k we made pizza dough, so this week…pizza sauce! Sure, you can always pick up a jar of the stuff at the grocery store, but it will taste soooo much better if you take a little bit of time and make it yourself. For real. Bonus? You can make a ton of the stuff and stick it in your freezer so that it’s ready whenever you are. Come back Tuesday, to grab the printed recipe. :)
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