Week 12 · Family Feast

Monday

Plan the feast

// Plan it, cook it, share it

⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Plan the Feast

Ferris the Fox spreads every recipe card from the course across the table.

"Twelve weeks of cooking!" he says. "Now we plan a feast for everyone."

Bennie the Bear looks at all the cards. "What do you notice? We learned so much!"

Riley the Raccoon taps one card. "Here is a hint," he says. "Pick one dish you love."

Twelve weeks of cooking

Week	Title	Big idea
1	Clean Hands, Ready Kitchen	Wash in five steps for 20 seconds. A grown-up does hot and sharp jobs.
2	Measure Up	Fractions of a cup. Level off. 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.
3	Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill	The four steps to food safety.
4	Allergy Aware	Read the label and ask before sharing.
5	Read a Recipe	Read it all first. Gather everything first.
6	Fractions in the Kitchen	Halve and double a recipe.
7	Hot and Cold	Keep food out of the Danger Zone.
8	Time and Temperature	Timers, minutes and reading a thermometer.
9	Colorful Plates	Eat many colorful fruits and vegetables. Tally and graph.
10	Cook for a Crowd	Scale a recipe up or down. Convert units.
11	Write a Recipe	A clear card with amounts, order and an allergy swap.
12	Family Feast	Plan, cook, share and clean up together.

Choose your feast dish

Pick one dish from a recipe card you used in this course.

You might pick Rainbow Fruit Cups, Trail Snack Mix or Oven Potato Wedges.

You might pick Rainbow Veggie Wraps, Family Veggie Soup or your own snack plate.

Any other card from the course works too. Ask your grown-up to agree.

LOOK BACK

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

Which week taught the four steps to food safety?

Which week taught scaling a recipe for more people?

Which week taught reading a thermometer?

Your feast has 6 people. Your card makes 4 servings. Is one batch enough? (yes or no)

How many batches of 4 servings feed 8 people?

How many weeks of cooking school have you done?

Statement	True or false?
A feast dish can come from any card in this course.	?
A grown-up does every hot and sharp job, even at a feast.	?
You do not need to count the guests.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEA good plan keeps the feast safe and makes enough for all.

For a grown-up

Your child picks one dish from a course recipe card for Saturday.
A grown-up handles every heat and knife step, whatever the dish.
Check the dish against your guests' allergies too.

Try it

Ask your grown-up how many people will come to the feast.
Write the dish you choose and the number of guests.

Which dish did you pick for the feast? Why?Which week of cooking school was your favorite?

Great planning, cook! Tomorrow Bennie shows you how to work backward from mealtime.

Grown-up checked my answers

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