Recipes

With the holiday season upon us, we have had a lot to say about families, celebrations, and food.  I brought in a recipe book and wanted to know what the children understood about this concept.  Everybody celebrates differently, but one thing we all know about is food.  From conversations, we all have spent time in the kitchen.  

After separating our classroom books into fiction and non-fiction, we also decided on making a separate section for the books we create as a class.  We have made a "Down by the Bay" book, a book describing our favorite parts in a Junie B. Jones book, and a book about our families.  We needed to make a recipe book!

When we think about recipes, we think of meaningful, literal language.  Books can provide fantastic stories, but also information.  Recipes show us ordering, sequencing, and real-life applications.

Cake

Ingredients

flour

chocolate

cake dough

sugar

jellybeans

yogurt

some pink frosting

Directions

First you pour the cake dough into a bowl and then you put eggs in it and then mix it up and then you put milk in it and then you bake it and then you take it out and you put pink frosting on it.





Brownies

Ingredients
chocolate
sugar
eggs

Directions
Stir it, cook it, and it will turn into brownies.



Brownies

Ingredients
eggs
sugar
flour
chocolate
frosting
microwave

Directions
Put it in the microwave.





Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients
frosting
chocolate chips

Directions
Mix them. Bake them. Eat them.





Pancakes

Ingredients
flour
eggs

Directions
The water is boiling. You put it in the oven. After you put it in the oven, you put the water on so it goes through the oven and it cooks the pancakes. You can make it in the oven or a microwave, but I decided oven.



Casserole

Ingredients
noodles
chicken
milk (so you can eat it with the noodles)

Directions
You put it in a pan with water and boil it for probably an hour or two. You buy the chicken and make it. You grill it in the cooker and season it with pepper- with seasoning. That's it.




Brownie Colorful

When you put the frosting on, different colors come out.

Ingredients
sugar
brown stuff (I don't know what kind)
more sugar
frosting
sprinkles

Directions
I get the brown stuff and put it on. I get the sugar. I think it comes with eggs too. You put the sprinkles on.


Pie

Ingredients
sugar
sprinkles
pepper

Directions
Put it in the stove and when you bring it up, you're gonna eat it. And it's gonna be nighttime.




Brownie Cake

Ingredients
sugar
brownies
frosting
sprinkles

Directions
You need to put it in an oven for 10 minutes. That's all!






Smoothies

Ingredients
ice
strawberries
milk
blender

Directions

The blender mixes it up. It turns pink when you blender it.



Banana Milkshake (with lemon)

Ingredients
bananas
oranges

Directions
Bananas, put it in the blender. Get some oranges, put it in and it's finished. When you put it in the blender, it mixes up and it doesn't turn bitey anymore, it turns squishy.