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Teacher Asked Toddlers To Create Recipes For A Cookbook, And The Result Is Hilarious
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Teacher Asked Toddlers To Create Recipes For A Cookbook, And The Result Is Hilarious

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Children tend to learn by imitating, dragging across the floor or mixing up sand and water to make ‘pancakes’. It’s a perfect teaching experience, so no wonder some educators use it to instill creativity and practicality into the young minds. However, this exercise, while certainly helpful, is probably more entertaining to the adults reading.

Texan “Pizza enthusiast and joke writer” Jordan Adams loved his nephew Ethan’s class cookbook photos so much that he decided to share it. Other people agreed on its wholesome brilliance and his tweet quickly went viral, with 178k likes and 72k shares. From Joe’s tacos to Ariana’s macaroni, the recipes show the unique stream of consciousness that kids have, offering a unique perspective into the minds of toddlers. Oh, and they are absolutely hilarious too! Scroll down to read them yourself and you won’t need to think of what to prepare for dinner!

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Image credits: Quinn Dombrowski (not the actual photo)

Jordan Adams, from San Marcos, Texas, shared pictures from his nephew’s pre-kindergarten class

Jordan’s nephew, Ethan, came up with a classic egg recipe that takes an hour to prepare but only 2 seconds to cook, apparently. We can only imagine he is spending all that preparation time color coordinating his Skittles.

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Ethan basically just needs you to bring the pancakes to his place, where his mom will give you the eggs. She makes them all the time. Ethan is there with his carefully organized Skittles, and that’s it! A meal is born.

The recipes were taken with a recording device, which perfectly captures the stream of consciousness that the kids share while reciting their ideas, some of their ideas are just hilariously random and creative. Pancakes donuts and various pasta dishes seem to be the most popular foods at this school.

Anything goes with these meals! Strawberries in your cheese macaroni? Throw in some apples too, while you’re at it! And why not, because as Ariana helpfully points out, they are healthy. Who knows what it tastes like until you’ve tried it? Oh, and don’t forget to bring your backpack and doll along, too.

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Everyone involved was so amused and impressed by the kids’ imagination, that the teacher decided to create the entire cookbook as a gift for the moms.

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You’ll have to behave if you want to be able to afford these ingredients! Apparently, noodles take longer on a Monday so be aware of that, too.

And if you ever run into trouble, just remember Dominick’s advice. “Making donuts is easy if you use chocolate and white stuff.”

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People on Twitter quickly responded to the hilarious recipes

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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Rebekah
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude, Joe's right. Roll-ups are way easier to make than tacos.

Randy Inbred
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"is it potato or tomato...potato...no, wait...tomato"....priceless!

Person2638
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are so funny and the kids sound so adorable. Like @JessLCarson said, I can actually hear the kids’ voices!

Luisa Vasconcelos
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Just buy the watermelon and eat it" best recept ever . Need to go to grandma cooking book when I give one to my grandkids 🤣🤣🤣

Agnes Jekyll
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love, love this--especially Ariana's Macaroni, which requires dolls and a backpack

tuzdayschild
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Servings: I don't even know" I have to learn to live my life like this.

TTorrest Author
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son's kindergarten teacher did this! We all received the "How to Cook a Turkey" cookbook for Thanksgiving that year. The sweetest, most hysterical thing that was ever sent home from school. That was ten years ago, and yes, it's still sitting on the shelf with all our other cookbooks. Brilliant!

anon12
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please post all the recipes... they are too good !!!

Misty Evergreen
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Joe: "I don't even want to make tacos anymore. I don't even know how"

Shelly Arensman-Hudson
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son's class did this more than 20 years ago for Mother's Day. His recipe, Toast: put bread in toaster when it pops up eat it.

Mary Thompson
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how the kids offer up ingredients they have at their house(s).

IZama
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly can't remember the last time I laughed this hard. Poor Joe, he seemed so stressed.

Misterscooter
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My teacher in First Grade (6 year olds) had each kid tell her how to cook a turkey. We then made a book with everyone's recipes. It was awesome.

DarkKinder
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have one from my daughter's preschool days (she will be 20 next month). Reads just about the same.. Really funny how little kids think.

Hassini
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ingredients: Melted Cheese Macaroni Apples Strawberries, i like them because they are healthy Toys backpack Doll LMAO the Toys Backpack and Doll, Is this a happy meal (insert laughing emoji)

Dogloverz17
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eduardo's recipe is hilarious! Ingredients: Stuff, little milk, chocolate, A COOK, more milk, more little things. Lol. Put it in the oven, wait no, take it out the box first!!! And his spaghetti is only 90 bucks!!! 😆

Alana Martinez
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm laughing because when I was in kindergarten in 1977 my teacher asked all students for a recipe and made a mimeographed copy for all parents as a Christmas present (I still have it). I was inspired and did this as a Mother's day present for my youngest son in 2008. All responses were just as funny.

AzKhaleesi
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't stop laughing this is amazing and I want a copy of it soooo bad!!

Christine Rawles
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son's preschool made one of these too. Some of the children received government assistance to attend. Several of the recipes were simple, but would work. A 4 year old can cook chicken?!

Zori the degu
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Craziness overload! I generally don't like most kids but those here are exactly the one kind of kids that I like. I would like to have a copy of such book, one can actually imagine children trying to figure out where to take the products from and so on.

Tahani
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pity it's printed a tad poorly, making it a smidge hard to read...

Sheila Weila
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My great niece has a recipe for raisin soup. She actually made it for Nonnie who wasn't feeling well.

trinity davis
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ariana vs Aireanna, names these days are getting too hard to spell

Natalie Kalinitsch
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg why are all the kids are eating such unhealthy stuff?! It's disgusting

Molly Block
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't have kids, so I didn't find this topic absolutely adorable.

Kate Marešová
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it funny, yes, but also I find it a bit sad. Isn't it sad that not ONE child can speak properly to describe at least a simple process to make any food?

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK
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5 years ago (edited)

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They all sound horrible, come on kids! Also strawberries have a lot of sugar, a lot of healthier fruit out there.

Rebekah
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude, Joe's right. Roll-ups are way easier to make than tacos.

Randy Inbred
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"is it potato or tomato...potato...no, wait...tomato"....priceless!

Person2638
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are so funny and the kids sound so adorable. Like @JessLCarson said, I can actually hear the kids’ voices!

Luisa Vasconcelos
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Just buy the watermelon and eat it" best recept ever . Need to go to grandma cooking book when I give one to my grandkids 🤣🤣🤣

Agnes Jekyll
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love, love this--especially Ariana's Macaroni, which requires dolls and a backpack

tuzdayschild
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Servings: I don't even know" I have to learn to live my life like this.

TTorrest Author
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son's kindergarten teacher did this! We all received the "How to Cook a Turkey" cookbook for Thanksgiving that year. The sweetest, most hysterical thing that was ever sent home from school. That was ten years ago, and yes, it's still sitting on the shelf with all our other cookbooks. Brilliant!

anon12
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please post all the recipes... they are too good !!!

Misty Evergreen
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Joe: "I don't even want to make tacos anymore. I don't even know how"

Shelly Arensman-Hudson
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son's class did this more than 20 years ago for Mother's Day. His recipe, Toast: put bread in toaster when it pops up eat it.

Mary Thompson
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how the kids offer up ingredients they have at their house(s).

IZama
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly can't remember the last time I laughed this hard. Poor Joe, he seemed so stressed.

Misterscooter
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My teacher in First Grade (6 year olds) had each kid tell her how to cook a turkey. We then made a book with everyone's recipes. It was awesome.

DarkKinder
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have one from my daughter's preschool days (she will be 20 next month). Reads just about the same.. Really funny how little kids think.

Hassini
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ingredients: Melted Cheese Macaroni Apples Strawberries, i like them because they are healthy Toys backpack Doll LMAO the Toys Backpack and Doll, Is this a happy meal (insert laughing emoji)

Dogloverz17
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eduardo's recipe is hilarious! Ingredients: Stuff, little milk, chocolate, A COOK, more milk, more little things. Lol. Put it in the oven, wait no, take it out the box first!!! And his spaghetti is only 90 bucks!!! 😆

Alana Martinez
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm laughing because when I was in kindergarten in 1977 my teacher asked all students for a recipe and made a mimeographed copy for all parents as a Christmas present (I still have it). I was inspired and did this as a Mother's day present for my youngest son in 2008. All responses were just as funny.

AzKhaleesi
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't stop laughing this is amazing and I want a copy of it soooo bad!!

Christine Rawles
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son's preschool made one of these too. Some of the children received government assistance to attend. Several of the recipes were simple, but would work. A 4 year old can cook chicken?!

Zori the degu
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Craziness overload! I generally don't like most kids but those here are exactly the one kind of kids that I like. I would like to have a copy of such book, one can actually imagine children trying to figure out where to take the products from and so on.

Tahani
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pity it's printed a tad poorly, making it a smidge hard to read...

Sheila Weila
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My great niece has a recipe for raisin soup. She actually made it for Nonnie who wasn't feeling well.

trinity davis
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ariana vs Aireanna, names these days are getting too hard to spell

Natalie Kalinitsch
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg why are all the kids are eating such unhealthy stuff?! It's disgusting

Molly Block
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't have kids, so I didn't find this topic absolutely adorable.

Kate Marešová
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find it funny, yes, but also I find it a bit sad. Isn't it sad that not ONE child can speak properly to describe at least a simple process to make any food?

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK
Community Member
5 years ago (edited)

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

They all sound horrible, come on kids! Also strawberries have a lot of sugar, a lot of healthier fruit out there.

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