The East Pottawattamie County 4-H program offered “Cooking with Kids” afterschool program on Wednesday’s in March and April at the Carson United Methodist Church for all 4th grade youth.  Youth spent the afternoon learning about basics and safety of cooking and baking, measuring, reading a recipe, using kitchen utensils and appliances, setting a table, manners and working together.

East Pott. County Extension officials say throughout the sessions, youth learned to crack eggs, cook meat to the safe internal temperature, dice up meat and fruit, use the stove top, oven, blender, griddle, make French toast, mini chicken pot pies, fruit smoothies, peanut butter cookies, toss salad, and fruit salad all while getting to taste test and learn how to perfect their recipes.  Youth also created a cookbook with a collection of all of their recipes along the way.

Cooking with Kids Riverside 2019
Front row – Myah Husz, Ashlinn Chappelear, Caelen Schueman, Kayler Kallsen. Middle Row – Paisley Anderson, Mia Husz, Courtney Kvaal, Sarah Cody. Back Row – Sophia Fenner, Julienne Schutt, Kaleb Myers, Owen Fenner, Nathan Smith, Hunter Shady. Not pictured is Jaxon Kadel.