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Week 01 · Clean Hands, Ready Kitchen

Family Cook Day

Family Cook Day: Rainbow Fruit Cups
// Wash up, team up, read the card
⏱ about 15 min

Family Cook Day: Rainbow Fruit Cups

The whole crew gathers in the trail kitchen. Ferris sets out cups and bowls of washed fruit.

"Today we cook for real," he says. "What do you notice about our fruit?"

Lucy the Ladybug counts the colors. "Red, orange, yellow, green and blue!" she says.

Riley smiles. "Here is a hint," he says. "Make every cup the same."

  1. Wash your hands before, during and after making food.
  2. Five steps: wet, lather, scrub for 20 seconds, rinse, dry.
  3. A grown-up handles every hot and sharp job.
  4. A recipe card has a title, makes, ingredients, an allergy swap and steps.
  5. Equal groups help every cup get a fair share.
Recipe: Rainbow Fruit Cups
Makes: 4 cups, one for each person.
Ingredients:
1 cup of strawberries
1 cup of orange pieces
1 banana
1 cup of green grapes
1 cup of blueberries
Allergy swap: Fruit allergies happen too. Leave out any fruit your family avoids, and add more of another.
  1. You: Wash your hands with all five steps.
  2. You: Rinse the strawberries, grapes and blueberries under running water.
  3. Grown-up: Cut the strawberries, banana and grapes into small pieces with a knife.
  4. You: Put the red fruit into each cup first.
  5. You: Add orange, then yellow, then green, then blue.
  6. You: Count to check that every cup got the same.
  7. Everyone: Taste your rainbow!
  8. You: Wash the bowls and wipe the counter.
For a grown-up
A grown-up handles the knife and does all the cutting today.
A grown-up handles the oven and stove too, though today needs no heat.
Cut the grapes into small pieces.
Check the fruit list against your family's allergies before you start.
Put any leftover fruit in the fridge within 2 hours.
◇ RAINBOW COUNT
Each person names one fruit color in their cup.
Count how many pieces of that color you have.
Does everyone have the same number? If not, share fairly.
Take turns until every color is counted.
COOK DAY CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What do you do before you touch the fruit?
4 cups each get 4 blueberries. How many blueberries is that?
Who cut the fruit today?
Name a fruit color in your cup. Type one word.
WHY THIS EXERCISEMany colors of fruit make a cheerful, tasty snack.
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