Sarah L. Schuette - A Dinosaur Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Kids (First Cookbooks)

Do you dig dinosaurs? Are you super hungry after searching for all day? Yourein luck! Consider your kitchen a new dinosaur dig site, and see what treats you canfind.

Do you eat meat like megalosaurus? Perhaps youd rather eat veggies like apatosaurus?Dig through the cupboards for the youll need. Ask an adult explorerto help.

Tyrannosaurus rex had short arms that were probably never washed. But you know better.Make sure to wash your hands and clean up after yourself. The dinosaurs in your will thank you for it.

Metric Conversion Chart

United StatesMetric

teaspoon......... 1.2 mL

teaspoon......... 2.5 mL

1 teaspoon.......... 5 mL

1 tablespoon....... 15 mL

cup................... 60 mL

cup .................. 80 mL

cup................... 120 mL

cup .................. 160 mL

cup................... 175 mL

1 cup.................... 240 mL

1 ounce................ 30 gms

use picks, shovels, and brushes to dig for fossils. Use this guideto prepare for your own kitchen exploration.

can opener a tool used to open metal cans

cutting board a wooden or plastic board used when slicing or chopping foods

dry-ingredient measuring cups round cups with handles used for measuring dry ingredients

kitchen scissors a sharp scissors used to cut food items

liquid measuring cup a glass or plastic measuring cup with a spout for pouring

measuring spoons spoons with small deep scoops used to measure both wet and dry ingredients

microwave-safe bowl a non-metal bowl used to heat ingredients in a microwave

mixing bowl a sturdy bowl used for mixing ingredients

pot holder a thick, heavy fabric cut into a square or circle that is used to handlehot items

strainer a bowl-shaped tool with holes in the sides and bottom used for drainingliquid off food

Techniques

crack to gently split an eggshell to release the raw egg inside

drain to remove the liquid from something

measure to take a specific amount of something

slice to cut into thin pieces

spread to cover a surface with something

sprinkle to scatter something in small drops or bits

stir to mix something by moving a spoon around in it

Fossil Tracks

Fossils are the only that dinosaurs once walked the earth. You can makeyour own fossil tracks. Theyll only last seconds instead of millions of years.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• peanut butter
• 6 flat, round crackers
• chow mein noodles

Tools:

• spoon
• plate

Spread peanut butter on each cracker using a spoon.