Claire's food art

Materials 1 Swai fish fillet 1/4 cup All-purpose flour 1/4 cup Italian bread crumbs 1 egg 1 broccoli crown 1 baby carrot 1 raisin Process  Red means kids can do these steps. Preheat oven to 400F Prepare veggie: Cut broccoli into pieces Put broccoli and carrot in a pot Add water to 1 inch deep Use high flame oven top to bring to a boil Turn flame down to low and boil 7 minutes Use a strainer to take out veggie  Use scissors to cut fish fillet into a fish shape.   Crack the egg into a bowl, beat the egg Pat dry fish with paper towel Coat fish with flower, shake off excess Dip fish in egg Coat fish with bread crumbs  Grease the baking sheet with butter, place fish on it Put fish in oven, bake 14 minutes Chop carrot into pieces Assemble plate. Claire used a fork to dig a whole and put the raisin in to make an eye. end

Adapted from recipe  here . Make dough. Mix: 1 cup flour + 1/2 cup water + 1 TBSP oil. Cover, set aside.  Make filling. 200g Chinese radish (萝卜), shred, add 1 tsp salt, set aside to strip water. Fry 4 strips of bacon till golden brown, set aside to cool down. Chop 1 green onion, mix with 100g ground meat (beef, pork, or turkey). Chop bacon, add bacon bits to meat mix. Squeeze the water out of radish, mix with meat. Make spread. Fry 3 TBSP flour till golden. Add 3 TBSP oil to make paste. Use the rolling pin to make the dough to a rectangular 15cm X 25cm sheet.  Spread the paste. Roll the sheet up. Cut to 6 parts.  (Claire can do this.) For each part, use the rolling pin to flatten it a bit.  Add filling, squeeze to close it, shape to a ball.  (Claire can do this.) Flatten to a pancake shape.  (Claire can do this.) Use a brush to brush water on the surface of the pancake. Sprinkle sesame seeds. Use the rolling pin to push the sesam...

Materials 1/2 cup Flour 1/4 cup Water 150 g Ground pork or beef 1/4 cup Chopped onion 1/4 teaspoon  Salt 1/4 teaspoon Sugar 1/4 teaspoon Soy sauce 1 Steamed broccoli 1 Sliced carrots (steamed if preferred) Video Process  Red means kids can do these steps. Mix flour with water, knead till the dough becomes one ball and there is no loose flour, [wash hands] . Adults may need a final check. Let the dough sit in a covered container for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Combine meat, onion, salt, sugar, soy sauce. Mix. Put plastic wraps on the working surface to reduce the messiness. Spread flour on the plastic wrap so that the dough does not stick. Take the dough out carefully - it is sticky. Cut the dough into two, and roll into two balls. Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into a sheet in the shape of a square or a circle. If the dough gets sticky, just spread flour. Adults may help. Cut the sheet, spread half of the meat on 3/4 of the sheet, fold...

Materials 2 Eggs 1/2 cup Cooked rice 1/8 teaspoon (a pinch) Salt 1 tablespoon Olive oil or vegetable oil 1 Banana 1 Cucumber 1 Sliced carrots 2 Raisins 1 Broccoli crown 2 Circular cookie cutters Video Process  Red means kids can do these steps. Cut broccoli into florets, put in 1 inch water, boil for 5 minutes, take out broccoli and put aside. Crack the eggs into a bowl, [wash hands], beat the eggs Add salt, [wash hands], mix Put oil in nonstick frying pan, medium high flame Pour in egg mix, stir fry Put in rice when eggs start to set, mix  Put fried rice in a bowl  Peel cucumber and cut out one long slice [Optional] Boil carrots in water for 10 minutes Cut carrot slices into different shapes for decorating. Now all decorating materials are ready.  Plate two circles of cookie cutters on plate [wash hands] wet hands with water so that rice will not stick to hands. Place rice into cookie cutters, use figures to pat down. Re...

Purpose Eat healthy Have fun cooking and decorating Rules Ingredients must be healthy Kid cooking steps are safe, fun, and age appropriate Dishes look pretty  Balance of creativity and practicality: kids can decide what they put on the plate, however, they must eat everything that they put on the plate  Tip: All decoration materials are vegetables, so the more they put on the plate, the more veggie they will have to eat.

Materials 1 or 2 Egg 1/2 cup Cooked rice 1/8 teaspoon (a pinch) Salt 1 tablespoon Olive oil or vegetable oil 1 Orange, sliced 1 Cucumber, sliced 1 Carrot, sliced (or buy sliced carrots) Several Toothpicks Video Process  Red means kids can do these steps. Crack the egg into a bowl, [wash hands], beat the egg Add salt, [wash hands], mix Put oil in nonstick frying pan, medium flame Pour in egg mix, stir fry Put in rice when eggs start to set, mix  Put fried rice in a small bowl or a measuring cup [Optional] Peel cucumber [Optional] Boil carrot slices for 6 minutes Remove cucumber seeds, shape carrot slices Flip the bowl of rice onto a plate Place orange slices around the rice Use a toothpick to assemble carrot and cucumber slices into flowers, place on plate end