Kids Cooking Class - Pizza and Wraps from Scratch

What fun teaching the next generation to cook from scratch.  Peter, Lauren, Logan and Lucas all in the 11-12 age range came to learn in the local Community of North Shore kitchen.  While two had only ever had microwave pizza the other two had done some baking at home.  Everyone brought an ingredient plus two brought their own pan and some materials so they could take a pizza home.  Starting off with the yeast setting and all the important information around yeast and how it works followed by making homemade tomato sauce with real and fresh tomatoes from the garden and some spices to mixing the ingredients, forming a dough ball and letting it set for a bit.  While the dough rose a bit we made some quick wraps for small, quick, oven pizza and zataar pizzas.  Getting their hands dirty was definitely a highlight but spreading the pizza dough out was equally as fun....nothing like feeling your cooking first hand.  The kids left with full bellies from eating the quick wrap pizzas and took home a pizza ready to cook and share with their family. 

If you have time...teach a group of kids to cook something from scratch the rewards are immediate from the smiles on their faces and long-term as they now have a valuable life skill.  A child making a meal all by themselves can be very confidence building plus makes them more independent and helpful around the house.  For me, the smiles were the best!