momstown KW Zooms into Jr Chef

Every week, momstown KW members gather for our weekly Laugh & Learn program. Each week, the activity rotates through Tales for Tots, Jr Chef, Little Scientists and Music and Movement! 

This week, was Jr Chef and following our monthly theme of 

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, we made fun little apple race cars!

This easy to do snack is a great way to get the kids into eating healthy, 

all while working their hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills! 

Join us next week for more fun and learning!

Chef Boyardee Gets Toddlers Cooking at Junior Chef Program with momstown Kitchener-Waterloo

This month, our momstown Kitchener-Waterloo Jr Chef program was sponsored by Chef Boyardee! Chef Boyardee makes meal time enjoyable for the whole family by providing quick and easy meal ideas!

Yummy enriched pasta, cheese and meaty tomato sauce, Chef Boyardee is a hot and hearty meal or snack.  It’s kid approved pasta, and has no preservatives!

As you can see, the kids absolutely loved the recipe we chose! They didn't hesitate to get in their and get their hands messy, or lick the spoon... 

 

The recipe that we made was the Chef Pizza Roni Skillet

This super easy and yummy meal took all of 10 minutes to prepare and half of that for the kids to devour! 

 

After all our little Jr Chef Boyardee's had finished their lunch, everyone got to bring home a fun junior sized apron stuffed full of goodies! There were cans of Chef Boyardee to bring home with them, a can of Pam and even some more yummy recipes to try next time! 

So the next time you're time crunched and faced with starving kids at dinner?  Chef Boyardee has easy meal solutions that the whole family can make together – then gobble up with no complaints!  Combine with different protein options, veggies and cheese for a new take on your regular way to serve Chef! 

Check out all the yummy recipe and meal ideas here:

http://www.chefboyardee.ca/en/recipes/default.html

Come join us every week at our momstown Movers program!

Each week our program rotates to include Little Scientist, Jr Chef, Tales for Tots and more! 

Not yet a member, join us now for your 3 week trial or purchase a membership for only $45/year! 

On Top of Spaghetti with Barilla Plus Pasta with momstown KW Junior Chef's

Every month, momstown KW holds a Jr Chef potluck lunch for all our members. This is by far one of our most popular events...who doesn't love food, right?

Well, this month was extra special because Barilla was our sponsor! Barilla Canada's latest line of pasta, called Barilla PLUS, is a new multigrain pasta that contains protien, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and fibre. Not only does it deliver superior nutritional benefits, but the same great taste you expect from regular pasta, too!

Barilla has so many tastey recipes to choose from, like the Barilla Macaroni Pasta Salad with Cherry Tomatoes, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil or Barilla Penne all'Arrabbiata

For momstown KW's Barilla sponsored Jr Chef, we chose a simple spaghetti and meatballs recipe.

This easy go to recipe is every mom's secret meal in a minute go to recipe. First, grab your family's favorite pasta sauce and heat on low. Add some chopped peppers, mushrooms, herbs and spices and let simmer. Next, we baked some meatballs in the oven for 20 minutes at 350C. Finally, grab your Barilla PLUS pasta add it to a pot of boiling water and boil for aprox 7-10 minutes.

 Mix, stir and combine your Barilla PLUS pasta, sauce and meatballs and TA- DA a delicious and nutricious family spaghetti and meatballs dinner! If you have a little more time, check out this yummy recipe from Barilla!

While the pasta was cooking, we made special bowtie pasta cards for Dad! The kids had so much fun painting the pasta and cards and gluing the pasta into place! Each card was unique and creative!

We also sang On Top of Spaghetti and played "dress the chef" with the fun Barilla Chef hat! 

Once our bellies started to grumble, the pasta was ready to be served along our potluck lunch and one lucky family even got to bring home a special Barilla Prize Pack! 

Thank you Barilla for sponsoring our Jr Chef program!

Barilla pasta can be served any day of the week in hundreds of different ways. For more recipe ideas, visit www.Barilla.ca.