3rd Grade CrEATing Connections Cookbook 20-21 (1)

HTe Third Grade Presents: CrEATing Connections Cookbook Recipes to cook together, from our homes to yours 2020-2021

Breakfast

Breakfast Table of Contents 5 Star Pancakes Kensington Matthews Dad’s Best Breakfast Burgers Veyda Gomez Oliver’s Fresh Waffles with Strawberries and Whipped Cream Oliver Griswold Grandpa’s Famous Oatmeal Sophia Brooks Blake’s Melt-in-your-mouth Pancakes Blake Stucky

5 Star Pancakes Have you ever tried really fluffy pancakes? You have to try my recipe! Pancakes in my opinion are one of my favorite breakfast foods. First I like pancakes because it taste good. They taste yummy. We put creamy peanut butter on top. Also the pancakes smell good too! It smells like fresh peanut butter. And I put nice syrup on the pancake. It smells sweet. Last it is fun to make with family. One time I made pancakes with my mom and the pancakes it tasted like the best pancake in the world. Ingredients: Directions: 1. 1 cup all-purpose flour -In a bowl, mix together milk, butter, and 2. 2 tbsp sugar egg. Add dry ingredients to milk mixture; 3. 2 tsp baking powder whisk until just moistened.. 4. ½ tsp salt -Heat a large pan and moisten with oil. 5. 1 cup milk -For each pancake, spoon 2 to 3 6. 2 tbsp melted unsalted tablespoons of batter onto skillet. -Cook until pancakes have some bubbles butter and a few have burst, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip 7. 1 large egg carefully with a spatula, and cook until 8. 1 tbsp vegetable oil browned on the underside, 1 to 2 minutes. By: Kensington Matthews

Have you ever wondered how to make a pancake? When you add pancake batter to a pan, heat transfers onto the pan and the pancake starts to cook and becomes a pancake.

Dad’s Best Breakfast Burgers Are you hungry and you forgot breakfast? Well Ingredients (for one) don't worry because I have a special treat for 1 cup of pancake mix you. It’s breakfast burgers! I think you will love ¾ oz milk them. First, they're really juicy. For example, *you can also use frozen when I hold it, yummy syrup comes out. Next, pancakes it's really cheesy. In fact, the cheese melts and 1 sausage patty mixes with the sausage and pancakes. That 1 slice of cheese makes it the best part! Finally, it's really sweet Butter and syrup and warm. An example is, when I taste the sweetness and the warm pancake with cheese it makes a little feeling of a bonfire and the syrup reminds me of toasted marshmallows. Now you can see why my dad's breakfast burgers are a good way to start your morning. They are really juicy, really cheesy and really warm and sweet, I hope you love my recipe and have a good breakfast! Directions 1. Cook the sausage for 5 minutes. 2. After sausage is cooked, put cheese on it. 3. Put the frozen pancake in the toaster then wait 3 minutes, or make the pancake mix and cook the pancake following the directions on the box. 4. Put butter on the pancake. 5. Put the sausage in the 2 pancakes and add syrup. 6. Eat the breakfast burger! By: Veyda Gomez

Have you ever wondered how chemical changes happen? If not, let me tell you how. First, you need heat transfer. For example, an oven is a type of heat transfer. If you put your food in there, the heat changes the color and taste. When it cooks, the food rises so when you take it out you can see it went through a chemical change because its hot.

Oliver's Fresh Waffles with Strawberries and Whipped Cream Ingredients Have you ever had fresh waffles 1. 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour with whipped cream and 2. 1 tbsp baking powder strawberries? I think that waffles 3. ¼ tsp salt with whipped cream and 4. 2 eggs strawberries is the best breakfast 5. 1 3/4 cups milk ever. Here is why I think it is the 6. ½ cup cooking oil best. First, it is fun to make the waffles because if you have your Directions own chickens you can put their Cook the waffles. Make strawberry eggs in the waffles������ ������. Second, sauce by cooking frozen the strawberries are good when strawberries in a pan on the stove they are cooked. They are nice with a little bit of sugar and woter. and soft and warm. Last, the Eat the waffles with strawberry waffles are the best when they sauce and whipped cream. are made fresh because they are crispy. If you want, you can make the whipped cream or you can buy it from the store. Now you can see why waffles with strawberries and whipped cream are the best breakfast ever. By: Oliver Griswold

Did you know that a chemical reaction happens in my recipe when I put my batter in the waffle maker. The evidence of a chemical reaction in this recipe is when gases are released and it puffs up from a liquid to a solid.

Grandpa’s Famous Oatmeal Do you like oatmeal? Okay, well do you like Directions and Ingredients: special oatmeal? If you do then you should First, you need oatmeal(any definitely try Grandpa's famous oatmeal. In kind) then, you need any fruit my opinion it's the best! First, it's very you want. I prefer bananas, yummy and has lots of fruit. For example, peaches, and blueberries. when you put in the fruit it makes the Next you will need some oatmeal more flavorful! You can add any cinnamon, just a little bit, and fruit you like. I prefer blueberries and then you mix till you can't see peaches. Also,when my Grandpa puts in it anymore. Lastly, you put in milk it makes it creamier. Another example some milk but, while you put why using milk is good is when your in the milk make sure to mix. oatmeal is too hot then you can add the Ta-da you're done! Enjoy. :D milk in to cool it down and you can eat it faster. Finally, when you add cinnamon it gives the oatmeal just the right flavor. Here's why, imagine you're having oatmeal for breakfast, and your oatmeal tastes like it has no flavor. Then you find some cinnamon and you add it in then BOOM more flavor! Now you see why Grandpa's oatmeal is the best. I mean it's very yummy and it has lots of fruits. When my Grandpa puts in the milk it makes it creamier, and when you add cinnamon it gives the oatmeal just the right flavor. If you think this food recipe is just right for you then try it! By: Sophia Brooks

Did you know that the radiation comes out of your microwave? Cool right! There are many things that can cook using radiation. Oatmeal is one of them because you can use radiation to cook it. Once it’s done it’s really good but sometimes people add stuff to it like peaches, blueberries, and cinnamon!

Blake's Melt-In-Your-Mouth Buttermilk Pancakes Ingredients & Directions Have you ever had buttermilk Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl, pancakes? I have had them and they whisk, set aside: are delicious. I love to put butter on my pancakes. You should try it! It makes 2 cups flour them even more delicious. If you lightly 2 tbsp sugar coat them they are perfect. Second of 4 tsp baking powder all, they are soft. If you cook them until 1 tsp baking soda they are golden brown they will not be 1 tsp fine salt a liquid, they will be a solid. They will Combine the wet ingredients in a be fluffy! Lastly, they are delicious second bowl, wisk: when they are hot. For example, if you 2 cups buttermilk bite into them right after you cook 4 tbsp melted butter them, they melt in your mouth. Again, I 1 tsp vanilla extract love buttermilk pancakes because you 2 beaten eggs can put butter on them, they are soft, Add the wet ingredients to the dry and and they are hot. You should eat whisk until just combined. buttermilk pancakes because they are Fry in a pan with butter and devour. easy to make and they are just delicious all on their own so just try them! Please? By: Blake Stucky

Did you know that my recipe changes matter? This happens when it goes on the pan. In my recipe, the pancakes turn from a liquid to a solid. This happens because the heat makes the pancakes turn into a solid when the heat transfers from the pan to the pancake.

Lunch & Dinner

Lunch & Dinner Table of Contents My Mom’s Tender Spicy Beef Brisket Sandwich Neen’s Famous Meatball Pasta Sauce Dad’s Famous Ribs Dorian Bernardo Frankie Bain Myla Pikes Jonathan’s Shero Wot Enchiladas Grandma’s Peace and Love Chicken Tinola Jonathan Teshale Xavier Rivas Tyler Flores Mole Ahi Tuna Roll Great Grandma Eaton’s Noodles Aaron Dozal Lance Revord Skylar Sellay Chowtastic Chicken Chile Diego’s Crispy Napolitano Pizza Luke’s 5-Star Spaghetti Eila Scott Diego Fernandez Luke Stucky Tri-tip Chicken Noodle Soup Family’s Recipe: Warm Mexican Alphabet Soup Max Clark Rowan Moss Nathan Rodriguez The Best Chicken Divan The Rolls ROyce of Cabbage Rolls Mommy’s Heart Warming Bell Pepper Quinn Claisse Jett Taylor Lydia Diego Mom’s Famous Tacos VIP Tacos Grandma Sandwiches Charlotte Tunley Gianna Alvarez Layla Lutsch Chop Suey Mommy’s Salmon Steak with Soy Sauce World’s Best Miso Soup and Spam Musubi Desmond Mathewson Kya Love Isaac Watanuki Gia’s Spaghetti Spaghetti with a kick! My Mom’s Delicious Chilaquiles Gia Huerta Lola Gonzales Demian Perez Mom’s Cheesy Chicken Pasta AFC Championship Burrito The Best Quiche Ever Tyla Hoffa Oskar Matthew Odin Harrington Mama’s Meatballs Jehu’s Tamales Max’s Carne con Papas Kiara Torres Jehu Cienega Max Estrada Homemade Spinach Pasta Gabriel’s BBQ Ribs Daddy’s Mac & Cheese Isabella Magana Gabriel Avila Katherine Tran Delina’s Quesadillas Turkey Isabel’s Pesto Pizza Delina Corona Isaac Pelosa Isabel Ramos Homemade Food Seafood Gumbo Alex’s Dad Famous Carne Asada Emily Lujambio Wynter Bennett Alejandro Hernandez Robinson BBQ Chicken My Yaya’s Famous Fish and Potatoes Cove Robinson Lucy Flores

My Mom’s Tender Spicy Beef Brisket Sandwich Ingredients: Tonight I am having beef brisket sandwich. I think beef 1. 1 small beef brisket about brisket sandwiches are the best. Have you ever tried 2.5lbs trimmed and cut beef brisket sandwich? If you like warm meaty into 3 pieces sandwiches then you should try the beef brisket 2. 2 medium onions sandwich, because they are so delicious and my favorite 3. 4 cloves of garlic minced dinner. The beef in the beef brisket sandwiches is slow 4. 14 ounces of beef broth cooked and this makes the meat super tender. If you 5. 3 tablespoons soy sauce like tender meat you should try this sandwich. Next if 6. 8 soft special sandwich you like spicy foods you will love this sandwich. For buns from trader joes example when you bite into the beef brisket sandwich 7. 6-8 slices of cheddar or you can taste the spicy peppers. My final reason is if provolone cheese you like food that you can dip in beef juice you should whichever you prefer try the this sandwich. My final example is that when you 8. 1/2 cup (more or less dip your sandwich in the beef juice you can taste the depending on how spicy yummy beef juice, the tender meat and the spicy you like it) pepperoncini peppers. I think beef brisket sandwiches are the best. So peppers if you like the sound of all my reasons you should try the beef brisket sandwich. Directions: 1. Place beef brisket, onions, garlic, beef broth, and soy sauce in slow cooker, cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours 2. Remove meat from slow cooker and pull apart with forks, place on rolls, on the other side of roll place pepperoncini and cooked onions then top with cheese. Place sandwiches on a cookie sheet and broil in the oven just until cheese has melted. Serve with broth that the meat was cooked in ---for dipping the sandwich. By Dorian Bernardo

Did you know that a mixture happens when I put the meat and the bread together? The evidence of a mixture is putting two things together and you can take it apart. A solution is when water gets put in the broth and you can't take it apart.

Jonathan’s Shero Wot Have you ever eaten shero wot? If you have you Ingredients couldn't stop eating it! Shero wot is one of Ethiopia's famous foods in our country. I think shero wot is 1. Half medium size red onion. It one of the best Ethoipian foods. First, it is really can be yellow onion as well good at night time. When it's cold at night the spicy and hot shero wot warms me up inside and calms 2. 2 tablespoons olive oil me down. Second, the shero wot is soft and gooey 3. Half spoon blended garlic or like a thick soup. We pour oil, tomato sauce, pea flour, and salt in a pan. Finally, it's buttery and spicy. powder We smash the butter into little square pieces and 4. Small can of tomato sauce or 2 put it into the sauce. It's spicy with the bell pepper and jalapeno. Shero wot has healthy ingredients medium fresh tomato boiled because Ethiopia has a lot of healthy things. When and grinded the shero wot is ready, we scoop it with the ingera 5. 2 cups of water (pita bread) and take a bite. Shero wot is good at 6. 1 teaspoon of salt night time, soft and gooey, and buttery and spicy. 7. 1 teaspoon of butter Now you can see why shero wot is one of the best 8. 1 jalapeno Ethopian foods. Directions: Raw Shero/Shero powder Cooked Shero Wot 1. To make shero wot, first we chop red onion in smaller cubes 2. Sauté it with olive oil until it gets brown 3. Add garlic grinded or powder 4. Add tomato sauce 5. Cook it for a little bit 6. Add water 7. Add shero powder when the water boils 8. Add salt 9. Close the container and let it boil 10. Add sliced jalapeno 11. Add butter 12. Let it cool for a while By: Jonathan Teshale

Did you know that my recipe goes through a chemical change? It's a chemical change because it changes color when I stir and cook it. It starts off orange and when you cook it, it becomes a dark red color. When it's done cooking it smells spicy because the jalapeno is cooked. When we touch it it's hot because we cook it on the stove.

Mole \"It's creamy, spicy, and sweet and the rice is Ingredients: chewy with the mole,\" my mom said while I was asking her how to make the recipe for -Jar of Doña Maria mole. Have you ever tried mole? It's a Mole Sauce tradition my family has and we make it -2 Chicken breast every other Friday. Mole is good because bone in it's flavourful, my grandma used to make it, -Chicken broth and it goes good with almost anything. One -6 Dried California reason why I like mole is because my and 4 Pasilla grandma used to make it when I was little. Chili pods One time on a hot day, my grandma was - 1TBP Sesame seeds making something that smelled delightful -5 Large and it was mole. I remember being Peppercorns attracted to the sweet smelling food that I -½ disk Chocolate had walked toward it. Another reason why Abuelita you should try mole is because of its -½ onion Onion flavour of sweet and spicy. On that same -3 Garlic hot day, I tried it for the first time. The mole -Salt to taste tasted like chocolate and the spiciness felt like tingling in my mouth. It was the perfect Directions: combination of spicy and sweet. If you like In a large pot you will add 2 chicken breast bone in and cover with water. this combination, then you should definitely Add 1/4 onion 1 garlic clove and salt to taste. Simmer for about 45 mins should try mole. Finally, mole goes good until chicken is cooked and set aside. with almost everything. You can eat this While chicken is cooking. You will prep ingredients for mole sauce. yummy meal with tortillas, rice, and Add 2 tablespoons of oil to a sauce pan med heat. chicken. For example, we can scoop the Fry 6 California and 4 pasilla chile pods. Remove and set aside. mole and rice with the tortillas. Same pan add 1/4 white onion, 2 garlic cloves keep fry until translucent. Mole is my favorite meal to eat because it Remove and set aside with Chile’s is sweet and spicy, it goes good with almost Continue using same pan and add oil if need. Turn heat to low and add everything, and my grandma used to make tablespoon of sesame seeds and 5 large peppercorns. These will heat up it when I was little. If you like hot and quickly. Being all ingredients back to pan. sweetened foods I really recommend this You will add add chicken stock from your chicken pot to pan and bring to great combination of foods. a boil, until chiles become soft. Turn off heat and transfer to a blender. Into blender also add half of the jar of Doña Maria Mole sauce. Blend until smooth. If it’s too thick add another cup of chicken stock. Once blender pour your moles sauce into the saucepan. This is when you will use your cheese grinder and grind chocolate abuelita (about half the disk) to taste. Add shredded chicken breast and bring to a simmer. Serve alongside Mexican rice and enjoy! By: Aaron Dozal

Did you know that mole is cooked by convection? The heat transfers from the stove to the pot, to the mole.

Chowtastic Chicken Chili Ingredients: Mhmmmmmmmmmmmmm! It smells 1 lb. ground chicken breast SOOOOO good! I can’t wait to eat! In my 1 medium white onion, chopped opinion chicken chili is the best meal! Here 1 can chicken broth is why! First, it is savory and the chicken is 1 can corn very chewy! For example “It is so mouth 1 can northern beans watering and when you bite into the 1 can green chilis chicken it is sooooo chewy!” Second, it is 1 tsp cumin very good and soup-like! For example, if 1 tsp garlic powder you try this recipe it probably looks soupy, 1 tsp oregano don’t worry it is supposed to be soupy! But 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper now you probably think wait a second, are 2 tbsp olive oil you sure this is “chili”? Yes!!! I am sure it is Lime tortilla chips chili! And if you try this I think you will think Shredded colby jack (or pepper jack if preferred) it is very good! Last but not least, it is really Directions: good and cheesy if you put lots of cheese Saute onions in olive oil. Add the chicken and cook and chips on top! For instance this dinner is until no longer pink. Mix in cumin, garlic, oregano, really soft, put some chips on top and that and pepper. Add broth, corn , beans, and chilis. Mix. will change, a bit! Eventually the chips will Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and get soggy if you don’t eat them soon! And continue to cook for 20 minutes, stirring for the finishing touch CHEESE, I love occasionally. Serve in a bowl over crushed chips. putting cheese on top and I suggest you Sprinkle with cheese. Add jalapenos and hot sauce should put cheese on top too! In my to make it spicy. Enjoy! opinion chicken chili is the best meal, here is why! It is savory and chewy, it is very good and soup-like, and it is good and cheesy! If you are a chip lover, cheese lover, OR a soup lover I suggest this recipe! By: Eila Scott

Have you ever wondered what is a solution? Well I can tell you! A solution can be a liquid or a solid, for example Chicken Chili is a solution. It is a solution because once you mix all the ingredients properly you shouldn’t be able to take them apart!

Ingredients & Directions: Tri-tip Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle. The steak hits the grill. My family makes the best tri-tip recipe. It's my favorite dinner in the whole world. First, steak is tasty. My tri-tip recipe is really good because of the perfect salty flavor and the crispy edges. My second reason is it’s easy to make. You only have to season it and put it on the grill for 20 minutes. Last of all you can cook it outside on the grill. This is nice because there are less dishes to do! Tri-tip is a great meal because it it tastes good, it is easy to make, and you get to cook it outside. I recommend having it with friends and family. By: Max Clark

Did you know that heat transfer happens when you cook tri-tip? When you transfer tri-tip to the grill, the heat transfers from the grill to the steak. Radiation heat transfer happens when the flame heats up the steak. Conduction heat transfer happens when the fire goes up to the bars that cook the steak.

The Best Chicken Divan Do you love your family? Well in my Just pop it in the oven! opinion, chicken divan is the best family dinner! First, you can eat it with almost Ingredients anything. A good example is pasta and rice 1. 20 oz Broccoli Florets both go really well with it. Also, it is a great 2. 3 Cups Cooked chicken family meal. For example, I love to eat it (a whole pre-cooked grocery with my mom, dad and sister. Last, it is healthy. For example, it has chicken and store chicken works great) broccoli and those things are healthy. Well, doesn't this sound like a yummy dinner? It 3. 2 Cans Cream of chicken is a great family meal, it is healthy and you or mushroom soup can eat it with anything. Now if you want to have a great family meal, try this. 4. 1 Cup mayonnaise 5. 1 tsp lemon juice Directions 6. 1/2 tsp Curry powder 7. 2 Cups Shredded Cheddar 1. Shred/Pull apart/cut up chicken into bite sized pieces Cheese 8. 1 Shot glass Sherry 2. Cook broccoli until tender 3. Combine soup, Mayonnaise, lemon juice, curry powder, and Sherry. Stir until blended. 4. Alternate layers of chicken and broccoli into dish 5. Poor mayonnaise mixture on top. 6. Sprinkle cheese on top and bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes By: Quinn Claisse

Did you know that my heat transfer happens in the oven? This heat transfer is called convection. This happens because the heat from the oven is going into my casserole and the color of the cheese turns more brown. Also, it smells cheesy and it tastes warm and gooey.

Mom’s Famous Tacos Do you want to know how to make the Taco Ingredients best tacos on earth? I like to call them 1.5 lbs ground beef or Turkey Mom`s Famous Tacos. My mom has the Taco Seasoning (Kinders from Costco is our best cooking skills and her food is favorite but any will work!) delicious! First, we eat the tacos with 12 corn or flour tortillas ( We enjoy both!) creamy guacamole. For example, we put Guacamole Ingredients in sour cream to make it really creamy. 4 Avocados Second, it's really colorful with the red 2 tablespoons sour cream tomato, green lettuce and orange cheese. 1/2 chopped onion Third, this recipe has powerful flavor from A handful of chopped cilantro the garlic, pepper and salt. For example, Lime juice from one lime the pepper makes it spicy and the salt 1 tsp salt makes it salty. My moms tacos are the I de-seeded chopped jalapeño best because of her creamy guacamole, Step One: Cook ground beef in a frying pan the colorful food, and the powerful flavor. sprinkled with taco seasoning until browned. So do you want to know how to make the Step Two: While the meat is cooking, make the best tacos? Try my recipe! guacamole by combining all of the guacamole ingredients until desired consistency. Step Three: In a different pan warm the tortillas and place them in a tortilla warmer or a dish towel Step Four: Assemble the tacos by taking the warm tortilla, adding a spoonful of meat and desired toppings. Suggestions are below! Step Five: Eat and enjoy! Possible Toppings Chopped lettuce Salsa Sour Cream Cotija or cheddar cheese Guacamole(recipe above) By: Charlotte Tunley

solid Did you know my recipe cooks by heat transfer? My recipe has heat transfer through conduction. Have you ever wondered about how an oven works? When you turn on an oven you see flames right? So where do you think the heat comes from? It comes from the...top but how would the flame's go through the oven so quick? The hot air circulates from the fan through the food.

Chop Suey Have you waited long for something so good? If you tasted chop suey it will be like you're in heaven. Eating chop suey is like eating cotton candy but with noodles and beef. I love chop suey because it has tasty beef. First, my recipe is yummy. Second, it takes time to make in fact it takes 5 steps .Third, it's good with a little hot sauce, maybe even with anything but ice cream. Now you know why I wrote about this recipe. I really like eating chop suey, second it takes time to make, third it's good with a little hot sauce. Now it's your turn to be in heaven and taste chop suey. Ingredients: Directions: 2 packs of rice noodles Step 1: Soak the rice noodles in hot water 2 cups soy sauce for 2 hours. 1 whole ginger Step 2: Add oil to pan 1 brown onion Step 3: Dice brown & garlic onions and 4 garlic onion cloves ginger and add to pan to saute 1 bundle of green onion Step 4: Add canned corned beef to pan 1 whole cabbage Step 5: Stir together for 15 mins 2 cans of corn Step 6: Add rice noodles to pan plus 2 cup 1 (3lb) corned beef in a can water and bing to boil 1/2 cup oil Step 7: Add soy sauce to pan Step 8: Simmer for 15 mins Step 9: Cut up cabbage and green onion and add to pan Step 10: Turn off the stove and enjoy! By: Desmond Mathewson

Did you know what chop suey has vegetables that you eat everyday? A mixture happens when you add vegetables to the noodles and it makes chop suey.

Gia’s Spaghetti Ingredients: Have you ever had fresh ingredients 1. Noodles for spaghetti? I think that spaghetti is 2. Bell Peppers really good and fun to make! 3. 1 Teaspoon of sugar First, my family's spaghetti really 4. Onions delicious because it is homemade. I 5. Tomato Sauce think home made food is better because you can make it however you Directions: want. Second, I like the fresh In my moms homemade ingredients. Spaghetti is much more spaghetti we cut bell peppers amazing and tastier when you add and onions we make it fresh. We fresh ingredients like bell peppers and cook the noodles way before we onions. I like making it with my cut all the things then when we family! When we make it together we help we cut bell peppers and all help each other and work together to of that. make it. I think that spaghetti is really good and fun to make! It is really delicious, I like the fresh ingredients, and I like making it with my family! This spaghetti is really delicious! Do you want to try it? By Gia Huerta

Have you ever wondered how spaghetti is cooked? It’s cooked by conduction heat transfer between objects that are touching. The pan gets hot from the stove and then the spaghetti is cooked.

Mom’s Cheesy Chicken Pasta Do you have a favorite dinner? I Ingredients: know I do. My favorite dinner is my 1. Half a bag of Penne pasta Mom's cheesy chicken noodles. noodles First of all, the cheese is super 2. 1 Whole Rotisserie chicken creamy. Second of all, I love penne 3. 1 bag of Shredded cheddar pasta. Finally, we can ALL agree cheese on it. I think that cheesy chicken is 4. About a half cup of milk the best dinner because the 5. 2 cans of Cream of chicken cheese is super creamy, I love soup penne pasta, and we ALL can 6. Any kind of frozen vegetable agree on it. If you like trying new you like things, and you like chicken, 7. Kosher salt vegetables, cheese, and pasta, then you should try my recipe! Directions: Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. While you are waiting, In a small/medium saucepan bring another stove burner to about medium heat. Now, pour in the two cans of cream of chicken soup. Start stirring and stirring, then add in a handful of shredded cheddar cheese. Mix some more and add a few splashes of milk if you need to (keep in mind to taste it every once in a while). Now that your pot for noodles has come to a boil, put the box of penne noodles in the water pot, and some vegetables (doesn’t matter what kind) and mix. Let cook for about 20 mins and stop the stove. Combine ALL ingredients, mix, then serve! By: Tyla Hoffa

Science fact: a mixture happens when I put chicken in my pasta. A mixture is a combination of two or more substances that keep their identities. Example: when I make penne pasta and put in chicken, I can take it back out.

Mama’s Meatballs As I peek into the oven window, I can see the meatballs Directions: sizzle. I can’t wait until the timer goes off! I think my Step 1: Set oven rack to the lower-middle and set mama’s meatballs are the best! They taste delicious, it to boil. Line a large baking sheet with foil and the recipe is fun, and it is important to cook with my lightly grease with olive oil. family. Step 2: In a large bowl add the ground beef, eggs, One reason is the meatballs taste delicious. All the breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, minced onion, ingredients when combined have the perfect taste and salt black pepper, Italian seasoning and minced make the meatballs taste yummy. I love adding the garlic. Use your hands to mix all ingredients ground beef, eggs, breadcrumbs and all the spices and together well. hand-mixing them together. After the ingredients are all Step 3: Measure and roll ground beef mixture into mixed, we roll them into an egg size ball and place a size of an egg (or to your liking). Place the them in the oven. When the meatballs are in the oven, I round beef balls on the baking sheet. Make sure can see the meatballs turn to a golden brown color. to leave space together so they don't get stuck. In my opinion this recipe is fun. This recipe is fun Step 4 (Grown-up help): Broil meatballs until the because, meatballs can be added to spaghetti, surface is browned for 10 to 12 minutes. Turn over sandwiches and even a soup! On cold days, we add our and cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes to meatball recipe to a soup called Albondigas, which lightly brown the other side. means Mexican Meatball soup. Step 5: Transfer meatballs to tomato sauce. Finally, this recipe is important because I spend time Step 6: Cover the pot and simmer on low heat for cooking with my family and enjoy a delicious meal 60 minutes. Every 20 minutes stir. together. This recipe is important to me and my family Step 7: Serve on a plate, you can add spaghetti because we always cook this recipe together. It is or any choice of pasta or veggies! important to cook with my family because it preserves my family traditions. My mama’s meatballs are the best. This recipe is the best because the meatballs always taste delicious, it is a fun recipe and it is important to spend time cooking with my family. If you try this recipe you will always look forward to spaghetti night every time you crave meatballs! By: Kiara Torres

Did you know that when you are cooking meatballs in an oven, that’s called convection heat transfer. Convection is heat transfer by the movement or circulation of a gas or liquid. Convection helps with my recipe because it starts off as raw meat and then when you put it in the oven, the heat transfers evenly throughout the meat to cook it. It comes out with a nice crisp texture.

Homemade Spinach Pasta Ingredients Sizzle, sizzle... my mom sizzling something on the stove. I Small bag of spinach. smell pasta cooking in the kitchen. I ran down the stairs 4 eggs. cause I know what is cooking in the kitchen. Homemade 2 cups of Semolina flour. Spinach Pasta! I love when we cook spinach pasta. First, I 1 tbl sp of olive oil. believe that spinach pasta is the best because it is healthy 1 ts spoon of salt. and sooo good, that this is one of my favorite recipes to Preparing the Dough make. Another reason why I like, it is when I eat it I get a Fry pan a whole small bag of spinach with olive oil (do not boil big spoon of it because it is so good… for example I love them). when I eat the buttery taste cause it stays in my mouth it When finish frying the spinach, use a dry fabric cloth to drain reminds me when I eat popcorn. Last, it is healthy and it the excess juice in a container. does not taste like vegetables, it taste more like normal Blend the drain spinach and the 4 eggs in the blender, it will pasta and a pinch of salt. When I eat it I get energized up. I become a liquid semi paste. mostly eat it at dinner time so I get energized at night and In a flat dry area, pour the 2 cups of flour making the form of a I don't feel sleepy. It is really fun to make because I get to donut, pour the spinach paste in the middle, and start gently take out the ingredients and put them inside the bowl staring the paste with the flour, until the whole flour becomes mixer and mix it and rolling it and blend them. I am going green and you will have a medium size green sticky doug. to re-share my reasons my first reason is I believe that Place the dough in a plastic wrap, wrap it, and let it rest for 1 spinach pasta is the best cause it’s healthy and so good at hour in the fridge. this one’s my favorite recipe to make.Another reason why I Rolling the Flour like it is when I eat it I get a big spoon of it cause it’s so Once your doug has rested for an hour or more, in a clean dry good for example I love when I eat the buttery taste cause surface pour a little flour and knead the dough a little until is it stays in my mouth it reminds me when I eat popcorn. not sticky. last it is healthy and it does not taste like vegetables it Divide the dough in 6 areas. You will need to work with a 1 pz on taste more like normal pasta and a pinch of salt. When I a time.If you have a pasta roller machine you can use it, or also eat it I get energized up. I eat mostly eat it at dinner time you can do it by hand using a roller. so i get energized at night and I don’t feel sleepy. Now you Sprinkle a little flour in the roller and star rolling your doug until can see for yourself and try this healthy yummy easy and you have a flat large tortilla shape, you can then start cutting fun recipe to make. the pasta in the shape of your preference, I prefer the fettuccini wide pasta because it holds more flavour of the sauce or butter that we will use in the next step. Boil water and add 2 leafs of laurel, oil and a pinch of salt, when the bubbles start that's the sign that the water is ready; add gently the pasta to the water and boil it for 6 minutes or less depends if you want it al dente of a little hard. Drain the pasta and you can add the sauce of your choice or I really love and enjoy sizzle the pasta in butter with a pinch of salt and enjoy Spinach homemade pasta ������ with a piece of bread. By the way, my mom bakes also the bread… but that’s another recipe. By: Isabella Magana

Did you know that a solution happens in this recipe when I mix my ingredients together? The evidence of a solution is when I mix all the ingredients together and I can’t take them back apart.

Delina’s Quesadillas Ingredients Do you like quesadillas? So do I! I think -1 cup of plain quesadillas are really good. First, they are flour really cheesy. Also, they are really -½ cup of greek crunchy which makes them really good. yogurt The last reason that I really like them is -¼ cup of salt because I am really good at making -Hand full of them. Quesadillas are cheesy, crunchy, mozzarella and easy to make. You should try them! cheese Directions My nana likes to make fast and easy flour tortillas. She always makes them when I go to her house. They are my favorite with every meal, but especially when she makes quesadillas with them. Quesadillas are flour tortillas with mozzarella cheese. First you make the flour tortillas. Mix your plain flour and greek yogurt together to make the dough. Then you make the dough into flat circles and heat them up on a pan for 1 minute on each side. Once the flour is cooked you add mozzarella cheese on one side of the tortilla and let the cheese melt and then you’re done and ready to eat! By: Delina Corona

Did you know that my recipe has conduction heat transfer? That’s because the heat from the stove top heats the pan and cooks the quesadilla that is in the pan!

Homemade Food Have you ever cooked with your family? If you do, maybe Ingredients you want to cook this recipe with your family! A delicious meal that I make with my grandma and my mom for Thanksgiving and Christmas is tamales. I think tamales is a very tasty recipe. First, it is fun to make with your family. It takes a really long time so you get to know your family more while you cook this recipe. Another reason is the bread is really soft and the meat is perfectly chewy. The bread is so soft, like a marshmallow, and when you bite into it you get the chile sauce with the beef. Finally, you can eat it with different things. For example, you can add lemon or add more sauce on top, like my grandma does. My opinion is that you should try my tamales recipe because it is fun to make with your family, the bread and the meat are the perfect combination, and you can eat it with different things. You should try my recipe because maybe you will like it too! Directions By Emily Lujambio

Did you know that a solution happens in this meal when I mix the beef and smashed chile peppers and other ingredients together? The evidence of a solution is when you mix the ingredients together and you can’t take them back apart.

Robinson BBQ Chicken Sizzle sizzle. l could smell Ingredients: the chicken on the 8 chicken thighs. barbeque. I think that 4 large cloves of garlic cut them up or smush Robinson barbeque them. chicken is delicious 1 cup ketchup because it is savory. For 1/4 cup soy sauce example me, my dad, and Directions: my brother put in a lot of soy sauce. Second it is 1. Put everything in a big bowl. tender. Another example is 2. Mix to coat the chicken. me and my dad cook it on 3. Then put in the fridge for 1 hour. all sides. Last it is smokey 4. Cook on mesquite grill. because me and dad use 5. Cook 5 minutes with the the lid on. mesquite. I think that Robinson barbeque Remove the lid, turn chicken and cook 5 chicken is delicious. minutes with the lid off. Repeat every 5 Reason, one it is savory, minutes for 25 to 30 minutes or until the second it is tender last, it is chicken is firm and the sauce is smokey. Doesn't this caramelized. recipe sound good? By: Cove Robinson

Did you know that a heat reaction happens in this recipe when I am cooking over the grill? The evidence of the heat reaction is as soon as the meat gets on the grill it steams and sizzles.

Neen’s Famous Meatball Pasta Sauce Ingredients: Have you ever had a creamy and oniony 1 whole large yellow onion (diced) spaghetti sauce? Neens makes the linguine and 5 cloves of garlic (minced) the sauce. We have pasta usually at 5:00pm 1 lb. of ground blend meat (⅓ ground pork, ⅔ 20/80 beef) and on Sunday. In my opinion, our pasta is the Sweet italian sausage links (as many as you’d like) best especially because it is homemade! First 1 bottom half of a hamburger bun the sauce is sweet and garlicky with a little 1 egg spice. The garlic, onion and pepper mixed with Grated parmesan cheese (small handful) tomatoes is an explosion of flavor. Second, A handful of chopped parsley when you put the pasta sauce in your mouth it 2-3 sprigs of thyme melts. The pieces of tomato chunks dissolve Fresh grated pecorino parmesan cheese like an ice cube in the microwave. Finally, the 1 lb. fresh linguine or 2 packages refrigerated Bertolli linguine sauce taste even better when it is in the pasta Water tubes (like rigatoni). The flavor tastes so good 1 large can tomato paste already and like a super flavor when you put Pinot Noir the sauce in the noodles. Our pasta sauce is the Olive Oil best because the sauce is sweet, it melts in Milk your mouth, and when you put the sauce inside Salt of the pasta tubes it tastes even better. If you Pepper try my pasta sauce, you will love it. 1 box good tomato sauce (ex; Pomi) Directions By: Frankie Bain Heat a large pot, drizzle olive oil. Add the onion and garlic, season with salt and pepper and saute until translucent. While sauteing, brown the sausage in a separate pan with a bit of olive oil. Reserve a little less than ½ of the onion and garlic to use in the meatballs. Put the reserved garlic and onion aside to cool. Just before the sausage is finished cooking. Deglaze the pan with a little red wine. In a mixing bowl, combine the meat mixture, chopped parsley, egg, handful of grated parmesan, salt and pepper. Briefly soak the hamburger bun in milk, squeeze out. Crumble and combine into the meat mixture. Shape the meatballs into small, uniform balls and place on a baking sheet lined with foil. Place into the oven at 350 degrees F and let bake until browned. While the meatballs are baking, begin making the sauce. In the same pot of the sauteed onions and garlic, add the tomato paste and saute or about 3-5 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and thin the mixture out with some water. Season with salt and pepper, add the sprigs of thyme along with a few drizzles of red wine. Carefully add the cooked meatballs and sausage and simmer on low heat for at least 2-3 hours. Serve with the cooked Bertolli linguine. Garnish with a little chopped parsley and freshly grated pecorino cheese.

Did you know that conduction is a heat transfer when something is touching the heat and its absorbing it? My pasta sauce uses conduction because it takes in heat by the pot touching the fire from the stove top.

Enchiladas Ingredients: Have you ever tried enchiladas well if you haven’t try 1. Four Tortillas my family’s special recipe. Enchilada’s have been a 2. one chicken breast favorite and a tradition in my family for a while and I 3. 1/4 lettuce think you will love this recipe. First, the lettuce that I 4. half a can of red put on the food makes it watery. For example the lettuce is very watery because it is cleaned in water sauce and it’s in water when you get it. Second, the chicken is 5. 1/4 Cheese good by itself and even better with lettuce on top. Directions: After it is cooked you will definitely want to put lettuce First dip the tortilla in on it. The chicken is still a little bit hot so the lettuce the red enchilada sauce cools it down a little. Last, I like this recipe because the and cook tortilla in oil. sauce gives the food more flavor. Even though the Once the tortilla is sauce gives the food more flavor it is spicy but I can cooked put it on a plate, handle it because I love spicy stuff. Now you know put chicken inside and why I like this food and I think you should try this. roll it. Repeat steps base on how you will eat. When done, add lettuce, sour cream and cheese. By: Xavier Rivas

Did you know that my recipe has a mixture? If you don’t know what a mixture is, it’s something where food is mixed together but you can take them apart.

Ahi Tuna Roll Do you love the taste of local, line Ingredients caught Bluefin Tuna? I sure do and 1. 9 oz Ahi loin let me tell you why Bluefin Tuna 2. Cucumbers Sushi Rolls are the best. There is a lot 3. Carrots of preparation time to get all of the 4. Avocado ingredients ready, but when you put 5. Ginger them all together, the Sushi Rolls are 6. Sriracha sauce SUPER TASTY! The combination of 7. Soy sauce ginger, tuna, sticky rice, vegetables 8. Ponzu sauce and soy sauce(for dipping), is out of 9. Calrose rice this world. It has the perfect balance 10. Nori (seaweed) of flavors. In fact all of the 11. Sesame seeds ingredients are really healthy for you and could be considered a \"super food.\" Making sushi rolls with my Mom and Dad is fun because I'm learning cooking skills that I never thought I could do without their help and guidance. By: Lance Revord