Recipes kids can make?

My older two daughters took a basic cooking class when they were in that age range. I think the recipes were along the lines of pigs in a blanket, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti. Nothing overly healthy, but they got them in there doing the basics.

What a great thing to teach kids! I find that my own girls of that age are very eager to learn how to cook and make their own lunches.

Some things they can easily make:
- fried eggs/egg sandwiches/egg salad sandwiches
- salad with homemade dressing. Add protein by adding beans or shelled edamame to the salad.
- chili. When my daughter was in grade 6 she made chili for dinner, with just some encouragement and reminders from me
- baked apples for dessert
- wraps

We're vegetarian, so no one here cooks or eats meat, so I'm no help on that front. I'm not a germaphobe by any means, but I think I'd be wary of a young child handling raw meat.

Also, and I'm sure you'd cover this, some basic kitchen safety is really important. This is the kind of stuff we talk about from the time our kids are toddlers... burners get hot, turn pot handles inwards, don't turn on any burners to start cooking until all food is prepped and ready to go, wash hands A LOT, etc.

I don't think I'd be comfortable having a grade 3 child make dinner on his/her own completely, but I think a basic meal can be made by a child in grade 6.

I work on this with my scouts starting in 3rd grade. We have done homemade meatballs and spaghetti with sauce. Tacos, chicken salad, fruit sald is always a hit, bar cookies, grilled cheese, scrambled eggs with ham. I stay away from spattering bacon and anything with a risk of a grease fire. Chili, banana bread, mashed potatoes and marianted chicken breasts. They are eager to help and good listeners for the most part actually seems to get tougher when they hit 6th grade as they start to think they know it all and are less careful.

Pot pies.

Pudding

Salmon. Such a forgiving fish.

A lot of recipes for duck.

Pork. I just slather it with salt and poultry seasoning. Set in a pot with white wine/apple juice onions and cover well Bake at 325 until it is right temp.
Make a sauce to go with it. Barbecue or whatever. Shows how easy a sauce it to make.

Potato salad

I was a home ec. teacher for years. For that age group, I would concentrate on snack type foods. How about english muffin pizzas. You can "up it" some by doing veggie toppings. Another recipe we used to make are called Bambinos. Make a meat sauce. Top ritz crackers with the meat sauce. Top with mozzarella cheese and bake. Also a recipe for bologna roll ups. Take a can of refrigerated biscuit dough- 10 biscuits to the can. Make two rows of biscuits, 5 in each row. Have biscuits touching. Pinch them together to make a large piece of dough. Sprinkle with cut up bologna and american cheese (2 pieces of each). Roll up tightly like a jelly-roll. Pinch closed. Slice in to about 8 slices and bake. Dip in mustard and enjoy. You could do monkey cake with the canned biscuits too. There is always Ants On A Log. Instead of stuffing the celery with peanut butter, you could use cream cheese and then top with raisins. You can also do fruit skewers. Also, a salad bar is nice. Kids cut up different veggies and place in bowls. You can teach them about taking food from a buffet with this. You can do a baked potato bar. Kids make different toppings for their potatoes. Personally, I would stay away from the sweets. Kids need to learn how to cook, how to fend for themselves, not how to eat more sugary items. If you need more ideas, let me know.