Independent Menu

I've been working hard to come up with an independent menu that my older kids can make on their own.  I practiced with them many times and now they are in charge of making lunches on the weekends.  Sometimes they even offer to make mom and dad lunch!

The menu is simple, but their kitchen confidence is growing!  I started with foods that they love to eat.  They were so excited to learn to make their favorite things.

They can make things like:

Fried eggs & toast

Avocado toast & eggs

Scrambled eggs

Omelet with toppings and toast

Grilled Cheese

Soup and grilled cheese

Ramen

Lo Mein

PBJ

Apple slices & Peanut butter

Blueberry muffins

They are mastering things like turning on the stove top to the proper temp to cook without burning, greasing a pan, using the toaster without getting burned, figuring out the proper utensil for the job, reheating leftovers to the correct temp and flipping an egg or a sandwich in a skillet.  We have also worked on kitchen safety with knives, turning on and off the stove top and letting things cool before we wash them.

It makes me so happy to think of them as young adults with a menu of items they feel confident cooking for themselves or for friends.  Next on our radar is boiling pasta, baking frozen things in the oven and maybe a few things in the air fryer.  

What else should I add to their menu of things to learn??