• Be sure your child understands basic safety rules in the kitchen, and which tools (e.g., knives) are only for grown-ups to use.
• Pull back long hair, and make sure everyone washes their hands.
• To keep things interesting, explain the recipe, ingredients and equipment you're using as you go.
• Have fun!

Porcupine Meatballs
Pint-sized cooks can help by cracking the egg, measuring garlic powder and oregano, and (for the grand finale) shape ground turkey and rice into balls.
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Broccoli & Cheese Stuffed Shells
Older kids will enjoy spooning the cheesy filling into shells for bakingÑand they might also be able to help you grate the cheese.
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Mexican Pizza
Spreading the sauce, sprinkling on the cheese and arranging sliced olives (in artistic patterns, of course!) are a few of the ways your junior chef can participate in creating this favorite.
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Lasagna Roll-Ups
Enlist your little one to help you measure sauces and sprinkle on cheese. More advanced kid-cooks can help assemble the rolls.
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Pronto Pasta Primavera
Kids can get in on the action by adding the spices and helping you toss the cooked spaghetti with the vegetables.
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