Help Needed with school cookery ideas

taurusgb

My 11 year old son has joined an after school cookery club and I need some ideas for things for him to make.

So far he has made scones, cheese biscuits and gingerbread, but he wants to try 'proper' cooking - ie something for or as part of a meal, rather than cakes and biscuits.

The class lasts for roughly one hour so it must be something that doesn't have too much preparation and/or cooking time.

He is really taking an interest in healthy cooking and eating and often discusses food (organic v non-organic, butchers v supermarkets) that sort of thing and I'm anxious to keep the momnentum going.

I've always cooked from scratch and don't use processed food at all so I should find this really easy - but my mind has gone blank and I would really appreciate any ideas you ladies might have.

Thanks in advance

newlywed

At high school we were banned from doing Spag Bol as it was too easy - something like that would be a good start.

Or Tuna pasta bake or something?

Or omelets?

Or chilli?

Or risotto?

Then you can talk to him about how to adapt all these too and put in extra veg etc

angelavdavis

Lasagne
Fish pie
Shepherds or cottage pie

Mrs_Money_Penny

I made toad in the hole at school.

Addiscomber

What about having a search through recipes on the bbc site for Ready, Steady, Cook recipes? http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/
Although the chefs do them in 20 minutes your son would almost certainly take longer - I know I would and I have been cooking for years :rotfl:

Lucie_2

Is it just a once a week club? Why not try to have whatever he makes at cookery club is for tea that night? (Then you can start getting him to do it at home another night a week as well )

HM pizza
risotto
curry
lasagne
chicken & mushroom pie
chilli

Basically anything on your meal plan (if you have one) that can be done in under an hour. You might struggle with casseroles etc, but most things will be fine.

thriftlady_2

I bought my son the Sam Stern books -Cooking Up a Storm and Real Food, Real Fast. Sam is a teenager, a younger version of Jamie Oliver. He has loads of recipes for real meals - salmon, chicken kebabs, burgers, prawns, pizza, stir fries, veggie options, curries, roasts, great healthy snack ideas and quick lunches. There are lots of classy dessert ideas and cakes and biscuits too. Lots of spices and herbs-big flavours.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Food-Fast-Sam-Stern/dp/140630249X/sr=8-1/qid=1172604664/ref=pd_ka_1/202-4560088-2422211?ie=UTF8&s=books

poohbear59

How about some healthy but cheap ideas like soups, stir fries, veggie lasagne, macaroni cheese (that was always a favourite when I was teaching!).

Amanda65

What about a quiche? Good as he will get to make pastry as well and bring something home for tea!

madmum33

A home made pizza using pitta bread as a base would work, or a frittata (send him with cooked potatoes), or soup? My kids used to do their prep. at home to leave the cooking time free for the actual cooking (and of course the cleaning up!)

My youngest loves cooking now and does a mean tuna pasta bake!

taurusgb

Thanks everyone for some great suggestions - have decided to go with the pizza idea for next week (using a yeast free dough from a recipe found on here), and have listed all the other ideas for him to choose from.

Thriftlady - have been debating about buying the Sam Stern books for ages (have MASSES of cookery books already and am trying to remember we have to live in this house as well as store our thousands of books in it!!) but may not be able to resist much longer......................!