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Week 12 · Family Feast

Family Cook Day

Family Cook Day: Family Feast
// Plan it, cook it, share it
⏱ about 15 min

Family Cook Day: Family Feast

The whole crew gathers at a long table in the trail cabin. Everyone brought a dish.

Ferris raises a glass of fruit water. "Twelve weeks of cooking! What do you notice?"

Lucy the Ladybug looks around. "Everyone helped, and everyone has a seat," she says.

Riley smiles. "Here is a hint," he says. "Clean up together, too."

  1. Week 1, Clean Hands, Ready Kitchen: wash in five steps.
  2. Week 2, Measure Up: level off and read at eye level.
  3. Week 3, Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill: the four steps to food safety.
  4. Week 4, Allergy Aware: read labels and ask before sharing.
  5. Week 5, Read a Recipe: read it all and gather everything first.
  6. Week 6, Fractions in the Kitchen: halve and double.
  7. Week 7, Hot and Cold: keep food out of the Danger Zone.
  8. Week 8, Time and Temperature: timers and thermometers.
  9. Week 9, Colorful Plates: eat many colorful fruits and vegetables.
  10. Week 10, Cook for a Crowd: scale up and convert units.
  11. Week 11, Write a Recipe: a clear card with an allergy swap.
  12. Week 12, Family Feast: plan, cook, share and clean up.
Recipe: Your Feast Dish
Makes: Copy this from your card, scaled for your guests.
Ingredients:
Copy each ingredient and its scaled amount from your card.
Allergy swap: Copy the swap line from your card. Check it with your grown-up.
Recipe: Fruit Water Pitcher
Makes: 4 glasses.
Ingredients:
4 cups of cold water
1/2 cup of strawberries
1/2 cucumber
1 orange
Allergy swap: Fruit allergies happen too. Use any fruit your family can eat, or serve plain water.
  1. You: Wash your hands with all five steps.
  2. You: Read your feast dish card all the way through.
  3. You: Start at the time you worked out on Tuesday.
  4. You: Do every "You:" step on your card.
  5. Grown-up: Do every hot and sharp step on your card.
  6. Grown-up: Slice the fruit for the water pitcher.
  7. You: Fill the pitcher and set the table.
  8. Everyone: Sit down, wait for everyone, then taste the feast!
  9. Everyone: Clean up together. Leftovers go in the fridge within 2 hours.
For a grown-up
A grown-up handles every heat and knife step, whatever dish your child chose.
Check the dish against every guest's allergies before cooking.
Let your child lead the plan, the timing and the table.
Congratulations on twelve weeks of cooking together!
◇ FEAST JOBS
Make a list of feast jobs: cook, pour, set, serve, clear and wash.
Take turns picking a job until every job has a helper.
After the meal, each person says one thing they liked.
Then everyone helps clean up.
FEAST CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What do you do before you touch any food?
Who does the hot and sharp steps?
When do leftovers go in the fridge?
How many weeks of cooking school did you finish? Type a number.
WHY THIS EXERCISETwelve weeks of skills, and now you can cook a feast!
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