Be a Child Star Chef Cooking Class! 

You'll receive a special discount coupon code to use for Dr. Donna's 73 classes and four groups once you have completed each section of the class!

This class is based on current events and happenings in the world of cooking.

Some of the recipes for past classes in the first few weeks have been:
Week 1: Nov. 2 - macaroni and cheese
Recipe items needed:
Ingredients
16 oz elbow macaroni, cooked (or other tubular pasta)
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
6 tbsp unsalted butter
1/3 cup all purpose flour
3 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy whipping cream
4 cups sharp cheddar cheese shredded
2 cups Gruyere cheese shredded
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups panko crumbs
4 tbsp butter melted
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
1/4 tsp smoked paprika (or regular paprika)
Week 2: Nov. 9 - homemade pepperoni and cheese pizza
Recipe items:
Ingredients
16 ounces pizza dough, store-bought or homemade (I like this no-knead version, though note that this recipe makes enough dough for 2 pizzas)
1/2 cup pizza sauce (see below)
18 to 20 slices of pepperoni
12 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon fresh oregano, optional
Flour for rolling and shaping the dough
For the Quick Pizza Sauce:
1/2 cup tomato sauce (no salt)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 teaspoon granulated onion
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon olive oil
Week 3: Nov. 16 - tacos
TACO TOPPINGS
Shredded cheese
Shredded lettuce
Chopped tomatoes
Diced onion
Sliced avocado
Sour cream
Guacamole
Ingredients
1 lb. 90% to 93% lean ground beef
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
12 taco shells - either hard shells or small 6-inch soft flour tortillas will work
Optional Taco Toppings: shredded cheese shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, diced red onion, taco sauce, sour cream, guacamole, etc.

YouTube is used in order to show the recipes and how they should be made. For the ingredient list, child-friendly links from Google are used. Other resources that are used are Edpuzzle to show aspects of cooking, plus ABCya! to play food games. No account is needed for Edpuzzle and ABCya! Dr. Donna shows the learners with screen share. The class is not conducted mostly with YouTube. A brief YouTube video is screen shared in order to give learners the opportunity to see how the meal should be prepared and how the finished meal should look. Cooking supplies that come in handy are the ingredients of the food for each week, plus a fully working kitchen (although this class has been able to be done with a learner's family that did not have a working stove). It is possible to find recipes that accommodate baking, or refrigeration rather than stovetop cooking. Other supplies that may be needed depending on the recipe would be a blender and/or mixer, cooking utensils, plus an apron would be recommended, however, is not required as long as you are wearing clothing that you do not mind potentially getting messy with the cooking. Other supplies that are needed are mixing bowls, measuring spoons, measuring cups, saucers, pots, pans, frying pans, oven trays, etc., depending on the recipe that is used. Some learners' families will also use their microwave for quick cooking and warm-up. It is extremely important to have an adult with you in the fully-equipped kitchen where the cooking lessons will be done. You will also need oven mitts and anything protective to wear when touching food that is hot.

This class will help you to become a child star with cooking. It's a cooking class. Since it is an ongoing class, I'll cover our agenda for the first six weeks of the class:
Week 1: Nov. 2: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 2: Nov. 9: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 3: Nov. 16: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 4: Nov. 23: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 5: Nov. 30: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 6: Dec. 7: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 7: Dec. 14: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 8: Dec. 21: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 9: Dec. 29:Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 10: Jan. 5: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 11: Jan. 12: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
Week 12: Jan. 19: Let's learn how to cook your choice - let's take a vote!
The class continues! And onwards!
Welcome to Dr. Donna's kitchen! From my kitchen to yours, each week will have a different meal for us to explore in the class and enjoy learning how to cook! You can help your family learners with meals from breakfast, to lunch, to dinner, and potentially even make your own meals for school either at home or at the schoolyard. The learners will interact by us eating the meals together, asking questions of the teacher, plus of other learners, and also receive two free eBooks from the teacher that are also written by the teacher when you attend class either in sequence or four classes minimum in total. I watch you prepare the meal as though watching a cooking show, where you are the star, learner! You will also receive a special visual novel video game made with RPG Maker once you complete the class!
The teacher will be the director of your kitchen preparing meals, guiding from online. This gives you all the limelight to be a child star chef. We will also be going over safety, food safety, and clean-up in each class. We'll also have a lot of fun! I'll be right in my own kitchen and encouraging you and guiding you along with your parent(s)/guardian(s).

Please note: For learners that have allergies and/or are vegetarians, accommodations to the cooking meals done each week are encouraged for you to make with your family present for the cooking classes according to your needs. You can also be resourceful in finding ingredients for the recipes. I also teach that most people, of course, depending on the recipe, do not need to follow a recipe exactly.

Please note: If you're concerned about the expenses for the food for this class, using food co-ops, food gift cards, food from friends, family, and neighbors will help to alleviate the expenses of the food.

Please also note: You will also receive children's worksheets with cooking recipes in this ongoing class.

Please note: If you have meal suggestions for this class, please contact me and I'll try to include your suggestions.

Please note: Once you become an advanced child superstar chef, we can write recipes in class and have you prepare those recipes in other classes.