Final Challenge: 3 Meals in a Day

The Challenge

You’ve learned 11 lessons. You’ve used every tool in the kitchen. Today you pick one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner from everything you’ve learned — and you make all three.

Your adult helper supervises, but you lead.

Step 1: Pick Your Meals

Breakfast (choose one)

• Mug French Toast (Lesson 4 — Microwave)
• Griddle Pancakes (Lesson 5 — Griddle)
• Classic French Toast (Lesson 7 — Stovetop)

Lunch (choose one)

• Chicken Wraps (Lesson 3 — No heat)
• Shredded Chicken Sandwiches (Lesson 10 — Instant Pot)

Dinner (choose one)

• Tacos (Lesson 6 — Stovetop)
• Chicken Tenders & Fries (Lesson 8 — Oven)
• Air Fryer Pizza (Lesson 9 — Air Fryer)
• Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos (Lesson 11 — Slow Cooker)

Step 2: Plan Ahead

Before you cook anything, answer these questions:

• What ingredients do I need? Make a grocery list.
• What tools do I need for each meal?
• Does anything need to start early? Slow cooker = morning. Instant Pot = 30 min before eating.
• What’s my timeline? When will I start each meal?

Write it down. A plan on paper is better than a plan in your head.

Step 3: Cook!

Follow the recipes from the lessons you picked. Go back and re-read them if you need to.

Remember the basics from Lesson 1:

1. Set up your station
2. Wash your hands
3. Read the recipe all the way through
4. Cook
5. Clean up before starting the next meal

Step 4: Celebrate

You just fed yourself three meals in one day. That was the whole goal.

You started not knowing how to use a frying pan. Now you can use every tool in the kitchen.

Skills Checklist

• I picked my own meals
• I made a plan and a grocery list
• I made breakfast
• I made lunch
• I made dinner
• I cleaned up after each meal
• I can feed myself