Cooking with Kids

Lesson 1: The Kitchen Rules

Kitchen Rules

1. The most important rule in the kitchen is SAFETY FIRST. If you think that an action can hurt yourself or someone else—don’t do it. Pretty simple. Be aware of what is going on around you. Know where your little brother is. Make sure he is not going to tip over the hot pot of soup. Make sure that your mom isn’t going to cut herself because you put a knife in a sink of soapy water. Be aware of all the activity in the kitchen.

2. Look at number one again. Oh, yeah. Wash your hands. You don’t like to eat dirt. Neither do I.

3. Read through the recipe BEFORE you start. For example, if you were making chocolate chip cookies, you would be very sad if you worked very hard to get almost all the way through the way through the recipe and then find out that you didn’t have chocolate chips in the house. Believe me, I’ve done this before and I was really upset.

4. Make careful measurements. Careful measurements mean the difference between yummy and blechy. I've done this before too. Learn from my mistakes.

5. Clean up after yourself. Do you like to clean up other people’s messes? You do? Cool! Come to my house! Oh, you don’t? Well, I bet no one likes to clean up after you—so to make cleaning easier, clean up as you go along. That way you’re not facing a kitchen full of dirty dishes when you’re very tired after cooking.

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