Kid's Kitchen Pizza!

Monday, June 25 was our first day of Kids Kitchen. Every Monday for the next five weeks kids in the community will get the chance to cook yummy dishes as well as read the word of God. The first Kids Kitchen was a pizza cook off. We started the day in our community garden where the kids got to taste oregano, spinach, and observed the growing vegetables. While in the garden we read 1 Corinthians 12 and discussed the different parts of a pizza. We learned that each part is important and has something to contribute just like each of us in the body of Christ. We then headed to the kitchen to finally start cooking. Some kids cut the toppings while others prepared the dough and made the sauce. Next we gathered to taste test the toppings. Each kid bravely tried a black olive, green pepper, pineapple, mushroom, ham, and pepperoni. To see which toppings were liked the best, we created a chart to track everyone’s favorites. Kids then broke into pairs and created their very own pizza. The pizzas would be judged on appearance and taste. While the pizzas baked the kids wrote in their journals about how they made their pizza and who they thought would win the contest. Next was the best part… tasting the pizza!!! Kids rated each pizza on a scale from 1 to 5 for both looks and taste. After tasting all of the delicious pizzas we compared our scores and picked a winner. We had a blast trying new foods, baking, writing about our experience, and of course eating pizza with friends!