The dish was a hit. We got 3 year olds to prepare the dish with their parents.
In line with the theme that we were learning; vegetables, we made Vegetable Quesadillas.
A lot of parents enjoy the idea of cooking and getting their children involved in it as well. What they do not like is the fact that the children get impatient along the way, and when they get bored they will tend to do silly things that might upset you.
I told the participating parents a little detail that they might want to look into; attention span for that particular age group. For 3 year olds it is short, you are lucky if they can sit through a lesson for an entire 15 minutes.
Therefore we have to make our cookery session short and easy which is achievable for their age.
Here is the recipe for Vegetable Quesadillas :
Ingredients :
Shredded Cheddar/Mozarella
Tortilla Bread
Cherry Tomatoes*
Button Mushrooms*
Iceberg Lettuce
Olive Oil
Steps:
1. Allow children to cut (using a butter knife) the ingredients marked with a * into smaller pieces.
2. Heat up the pan with olive oil.
3. Get children to insert the sliced ingredients, cheese and iceberg lettuce into the tortilla bread.
4. Get children to fold the tortilla bread into two (it will look like a crescent), place it onto the heated pan.
5. Once cooked, cut the middle part of the folded tortilla and voila! Quesadilla is served!
The children (even the ones who hated vegetables amazingly loved it!)
Try it out with your kids over the weekend. I am sure they will love it too.
PS : For adults, you may be creative and add in canned seafood or even spicy tuna and cook it up. Makes great lunch accompanied with a side of salad.
