great tips for being a better cook

Tomorrow is Sunshine's teacher's birthday. I was a little bored and her room parents weren't planning anything, so I thought I would put together a cookbook from all of the kids' families to give her teacher. Cute, easy, fast.

Unfortunately, a few of the parents never got back to me with their recipes. So I stole an idea from Don's Kindergarten class. I went to the school today and asked the kiddos for the recipes of their favorite meals. It was too funny. Some of them were so serious about it. When I was writing them down, one child pointed to my paper and said, "Don't forget the no cheese, okay? I don't eat cheese." If I had had more time, I would have done this for all of the kids. But this way, the teacher will get some great recipes and some great laughs.

Here are some of their recipes and tips:

How to Make Cupcakes
as told by
Chloe

Ingredients:
3 or 2 cups of flour
1 or 2 cups of milk
3 or 1 eggs

Directions:
You need to mix it all in a big bowl and put it in the cupcake pan.
Then cook them for 30 or 100 minutes.
Decorate the top of them while your pizza is baking. You can put icing and candy on top.

Notes:
Chloe made these cupcakes for her birthday. She suggests serving her cupcakes with ice cream.
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How to Make Pizza
as told by
Gavin

Ingredients:
Pizza dough
Black things
Pepperoni
Cut up cheese

Directions:
Make the dough into a pizza shape. You can’t leave it in the bowl.
Cook it until it beeps.
Before you cook it, put cheese, black things, pepperoni, and cut-up cheese on it.
And then you cook it.
Wait for the beep.
And that’s it.
And then you put it in a box.

Notes:
This is Gavin’s favorite thing to make. Gavin assures his reading audience that he makes pizza a lot, really all of the time, and everyone likes it.
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How to Make Cookies
as told by
Gabriel

Ingredients:
Dough
Actually some eggs, maybe 3, but that’s a hard one to guess
Get some cookie cutters, too

Directions:
Mix the dough with a spoon or cake mixer.
Then we roll it.
Then we jump on it. *giggle*
Then we put the cookie cutters in the dough.
Then we put then in the oven for 3 minutes.
That might do the trick.

Notes:
These cookies are Gabe’s favorite snack to make at home. Gabe suggests topping the cookies with sprinkles and some decorations.
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How to Make Pancakes
as told by
Lillie

Ingredients:
Pancake powder, enough to fill a medium bowl
Just a tiny bit of a little water *holds up two fingers close together*

Directions:
Stir the powder and water together. You’ll need a bowl for that.
Cook the pancakes until they’re done.
You’ll know when they’re done.
They’re supposed to look like circles, so they should be round.

Notes:
This is Lillie’s favorite thing to make at home.
Lillie suggests topping your pancakes with syrup, blueberries, or strawberries.
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How to Make Fettuccini
as told by
Kylie

Ingredients:
Some flat noodles
White fettuccini sauce

Directions:
Get some flat noodles and put them in a pan.
Put the white fettuccini sauce in them.
Put it all in the oven for 9 minutes.
And it’s done.

Notes:
Kylie suggests eating the fettuccini alone. It does not need any side dishes, such as vegetables or garlic bread. She said, “No, no. Just the fettuccini is the way you should eat it.”
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How to Make Pizza
as told by
Kyle

Ingredients:
Pizza
Green things
Pepperoni
NO cheese

Directions:
Make the pizza.
Get the box out.
Put the green things and pepperoni on it.
Don’t put cheese on it.
Get it in the oven.
And it takes an hour to cook.
And then it’s finished.

Notes:
Kyle suggests that after you make the pizza, you eat it.
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Kitchen Safety Tips
as told by
Kyle

No running in the kitchen.
No messing around in the kitchen.
But if you make a mess, it’s okay.