You can bring paper to and have kids create dividers for different recipe types such as breakfast, dinner, soups, salads, snack, desserts etc.Įlectronic versions of everything are being made. Put them together in an organized binder. Kids can bring family recipes they like, or look through magazines or online and print out recipes. 5) Start Your Own Cookbookīring those scrapbooking skills back with a cookbook. This activity works best with an introduction to a nutrition principle such as including more fruits and vegetables or having balanced meals. You can use some non food magazines too as there are often food ads in them that can be used. To collect enough magazines, have kids bring magazines they might have, and contact offices in your area that have waiting rooms and ask if you can have magazines before they toss them out. Or done with poster boards and cut out pictures from magazines. This activity can be done on the computer, and kids can find the pictures online. This helps kids have exposure to different foods they may not have seen before and the food photography in food magazines makes the dishes look delicious. You can set specifications such as all food groups need to be represented.įor older kids it can also be fun to create a food item or dish using other pictures of foods such as a pizza made from pictures of all different foods. Kids can work in teams or on their own and create a table spread with different foods they would want to include. 4) Food Magazine CollageĬombining art activities with nutrition is always fun. It is good to help kids associate fun experiences with normal meals that are healthy and not just going out to ice cream. Maybe it’s the family’s weekend waffle recipe and they like eating waffles with whipped cream and fruit with their family. Depending on how many people you have you can set it up as a show and tell.Įach person can tell about their recipe, what they like about it, when they normally have it. You can either have each kid bring enough to share with everyone or do a swap, where each kid gets a different recipe to take home. Or if you want some recipes for everything, split up what people bring, assign some breakfast, some lunch/snack, some dinner and the other desserts. I like either having a theme such as dinner ideas or favorite snacks. (see where I used this dice in my elementary nutrition school lesson here) You can make it more difficult by keeping track of which foods have already been said and a new food must be said if the same color is rolled. Because there are not as many blue and purple foods I made half of one side blue and the other half purple. The colors I included on mine were: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and brown. Have a different color for each side of the die. I found some larger foam dice at the dollar store that work great and don’t get lost as easily when tossed. You can use a die with different color sides or make your own. This game can be done in smaller groups or as a large group. 2) Color DiceĮxposure to different foods is a great method to help them try new foods and broaden their diet. A balance of walking the audience through certain steps and quickly doing other steps helps individuals get the most out of the demo. It will keep your work area organized and make it easier for the audience to follow along.Īs you are practicing the recipe, write notes for what you’re going to say as you do each step, maybe it’s a question or a tip in addition to describing the step you’re performing. If you need 2 cups of flour, have them measured out in a container ready to go. I can’t stress this enough, pre measure what you’re using. This may be something baked ready to go, but also could be having the vegetables washed and diced. When preparing for a cooking demo I like to make the recipe and make notes where I need to have things prepared beforehand. Think about basically any cooking show, they put the pan of muffins in the oven and within seconds magically pull out another one that is baked perfectly. Preparation is key, cooking demos take mise en place to the next level. One important part of cooking demos is keeping your audience’s attention, if not done right even cooking demos can become boring. Depending on your facility and available equipment, you can cook hot or cold foods. There are endless possibilities for cooking demos.
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