Building Kid's Kitchen Confidence

As my kids are getting older, they are looking cook more.  They help me with kitchen tasks and chores, but they really want to build their kitchen confidence by COOKING.  They want to learn new skills and become more independent in the kitchen.  I'm ready to teach them!

We started with a basic food that can work for any meal of the day - EGGS!

Look at these cute cooking kids!  They were so proud of themselves.

Fletcher is 7 and Olive is 10.  They both expressed interest in learning how to make their favorite eggs.  Fletcher wanted to master scrambled eggs with cheese and Olive wanted to make flat eggs.  They'd helped me make eggs many times, but that's different than being in charge of the stove.  We talked through the steps, the ingredients and the utensils needed.  They asked lots of questions.  They got better at cracking eggs, getting out all of the supplies at the beginning and cleaning up after themselves after we did this a few different days.

They gave each other tips and reminders to be safe.

And now both kids can make their own favorite eggs!  Yay!  Sometimes we make it to the weekend and I'm tired of cooking.  Olive will offer to make eggs for everyone.  She's super proud of her new skill.  She asks about salt preferences and if you'd like your eggs on bread.  It's so helpful.

Next up - Olive is eager to learn to make some desserts and Fletcher enjoys helping me chop, stir and prepare dinners.  I hope they they both have a list of things they feel confident in making by the time they are ready to head off to college.

What things could you teach your kids to make in the kitchen??

Here are a few food items that I know my kids would like to make on their own:

Grilled cheese

Ramen

Heating up canned soup

Lo Mein

Microwave popcorn

& maybe packing their own lunches from time to time.