Mixing Bowl Academy Jr. Chef Cooking Class~ A Review

I shared last week about a Little Chef cooking class that our younger kids took from Mixing Bowl Academy online. This past week my two oldest girls took one of the Jr. Chef Cooking Classes from Mixing Bowl Academy.

On the menu for this class was homemade meatballs and marinara sauce. Ten minutes prior to class time the girls logged onto the classroom and were able to chat with others taking the class. Everyone shared where they were tuning in from. The Mixing Bowl Academy Cooking Classes are given and hosted by a homeschool mother, Sandie, and her children. Prior to class you receive the recipe that will be made which includes a list of all of the ingredients that you will need as well as cooking utensils that you will be using during the class.


Logging into class


Ingredients sitting out and ready.



The classes are live from Sandies kitchen to yours. Each week registered students meet online and cook along with Sandie and her children. Sandie records each class and those can be purchased as well online at Currclick, click HERE, for those who are unable to make the live classes. One of the benefits of the LIVE classes is that you can ask questions as you go along. Chat is left open during the class for this very purpose. We had several questions as did others during the Meatball and Marinara class and the girls were able to type them into chat and Sandie is always quick to answer them and explain things as you need them explained or repeat something that you might have missed. At one point during class the girls fell a bit behind while chopping onions and they were able to let her know and she was so sweet to be understanding and spent some time going over some other things while the girls finished chopping our onions up. The classes have a very laid back and comfortable feeling. The girls really had fun during the class and are interested in taking more of them. You will need a laptop or some sort of computer in your kitchen area for the classes. Here are some pictures I took of the girls during their class time.


Chopping fresh parsley


Chopping onions


Cooking the marinara sauce


Mixing the meat for meatballs


Rolling the meatballs


Their yummy meatballs all cooked.


Blending the marinara sauce to chop up those veggies really fine.


And now for the finale......


Meatballs and Marinara Sauce!

I have to tell you that this recipe was soooo yummy! Every single person in our family loved it and we have a couple of picky eaters. It is a keeper in our home!

This Jr. Chef class took a little over an hour. Most of the Jr. Chef classes will take around an hour while the Lil' Chef classes are shorter in time. This class was a good experience for the girls. One of the benefits I see in taking a class such as this is that the kids have to listen and follow the directions of someone else, besides us mommas. Another benefit that I see is that they can ask any questions they have while taking the classes because they are LIVE classes. It feels like you are cooking with friends which is really fun. And yet a third benefit is having your dinner made for you. *Grin* It was wonderful to not have to cook on this particular night and to have such a delicious meal made for our entire family.

If you would like to see the menu for the upcoming Jr. Chef classes you can do so HERE. Sandie has some fun and tasty things on the menu for the months ahead! The Jr. Chef classes are geared towards ages 8 and up. The classes are held on Thursdays at 3pm central time. The price of the Jr. Chef classes is $30.00 for the month (4 classes) and the whole family can participate!

Little Chef classes meet on Thursdays at 1pm central time. These classes are an introduction to the kitchen and the cost of the classes is $20.00 for the month (4 classes). To view the upcoming menu for the Lil' Chef classes, click HERE.

To purchase any of the upcoming or pre-recorded classes, click HERE.

Thank you to my friend Ami (who owns and runs Homeschool Share which I am sure many of you are familiar with) and to Sandie from Mixing Bowl Academy for the opportunity to take this class and review it. We were given this class for free in exchange for our honest review. All opinions on this blog are my own.