Children love to cook and it's a great way of encouraging them to try new foods and to discourage fussy eating.
The majority of meals are oven or hob cooked, so extra special care is needed when cooking with an open flame or hot surface or using sharp knives.
Be sure to talk to your children about safety in the kitchen so they are aware of the dangers.
Lets Cook! 
Sweet & Sour chicken tortillas
(with Chefs Jack and Ben)
You will need:
Boneless breast of chicken, diced.
Sweet and sour sauce:
1tbs soy sauce
2tbs tomato sauce
2tbs rice wine vinegar
2tbs caster sugar
½ teaspoon sesame oil
lettuce chopped
tomato chopped
tortillas
children
Mix together the sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl.
You may need a grown up to help you.
grown ups
cook the chicken in a pan until browned, then add the sweet and sour sauce and stir until all the chicken is covered.
Set the table with the chopped lettuce and chopped tomato in bowls, tortillas and sweet and sour chicken
children
Tortilla fun time!
Using the ingredients on the table, fill your tortilla with the sweet and sour chicken, lettuce and tomato.
When your tortilla is filled, wrap it into a little parcel.
Now take a big bite!
Yummy!
Yummy Veggie Soup
You will need:
Bouillion powder
Vegetables of your choice ( I like to go green and use as many green veg as I can.....I then rename it 'Army Soup!')
How to:
Grown ups:
Peel, dice and boil the selected vegetables for 40 mins so they are nice and soft.
Children (with care and help):
Add the Bouillion to the water and stir for a further ten minutes.
Using a hand blender (once the soup has cooled) blend to a smooth consistency.
Yummy Chicken and Vegetable Curry
You will need:
4 Skinned Chicken Fillets
Mild curry powder
Plain Flour
Currants
2 cored,peeled and diced apples
1 Peeled and diced potato
2 Peeled and diced carrots
1 peeled and diced onion
1 pint of chicken stock
How to:
Grown ups:
Shallow fry the diced chicken in a little oil.
When brown, add the onion,carrots and potato mixing all the time.
Children (with help) :
Add the curry powder giving a quick mix, then add the pint of stock.
Add the other ingredients and leave to simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Serve with boiled or Pilau Rice and Nam Bread.
Spag Bol delight
(chief taster Thomas)
You will need:
Mince (Quorn or beef)
1 large Onion
1 can chopped tomatoes
Button mushrooms
One Carrot grated
1 teaspoon of Marmite
Half teaspoon dried basil
1 pint of veggie stock
How to:
Grown ups:
Fry the Onion and mushrooms in a little oil until brown.
Add the mince and continue to stir until cooked.
Children (with care) :
Add the Marmite and basil and tomatoes and continue to stir.
Add the carrot, and finally the stock.
Grown ups:
Leave to simmer, stirring occasionally for 35 minutes.
Meanwhile boil some Spaghetti.
When cooked, serve onto the spaghetti and cover with grated cheese.
Homemade spacemen pizza
(Chief tasters Dylan & Ben)
You will need:
Bread (white or brown)
Gingerbread man shape cutter
Tomato puree
Spinach
grated cheese
ham
How to:
Grown ups:
Roll the bread flat (not too flat!) and then let the
Children (with care and help):
cut the bread into spacemen shapes with the cutter.
Grown ups & children:
Spread a thin layer of puree over the spacemen
Add a leaf of spinach to each man
Top with the grated cheese
Add ham (optional)