🖨️ Kitchen Printables

Every day

Every week

Every month

After every use

1. Wash with warm water and a stiff brush. A little dish soap is fine.
2. Scrape stuck food, or scrub with coarse salt and a little water.
3. Dry it completely, right away.
4. Rub a thin coat of oil over the whole surface.
5. Store it dry. No soaking, no dishwasher.

Seasoning in the oven

1. Wash, rinse and dry completely.
2. Rub a very thin coat of oil all over, inside and out; wipe off the extra.
3. Foil on the lower rack; pan upside down on the middle rack.
4. Bake 1 hour: Lodge says 450–500°F; some extension services use 350°F with 3 to 4 coats.
5. Turn off the oven and let it cool inside.

Rusty pan?

1. Scrub the rust off with steel wool.
2. Wash, rinse and dry completely.
3. Oil it thinly; bake upside down at 450–500°F for 1 hour if the rust was heavy.

Remember

• Acidic foods (tomato, citrus, wine): under about 45 minutes in bare cast iron. Use enamel or stainless for long simmers.
• Enameled cast iron needs no seasoning; don’t heat it empty, and use wood or silicone tools.
• Handles get hot. Use an oven mitt every time.

🧒 Ages 3 to 5

• Wash hands with soap for 20 seconds, the first job every time
• Rinse fruit and vegetables in a bowl of water
• Stir and mix batters
• Pour from a small pitcher
• Brush oil onto bread or vegetables with a pastry brush
• Cut cookie and sandwich shapes with cutters

👧 Ages 6 to 8

• Crack eggs into a bowl, then wash hands
• Measure dry ingredients and level them off
• Peel carrots and potatoes with a vegetable peeler, peeling away from the hand
• Snip herbs and green onions with blunt kitchen shears
• Shuck corn and prepare lettuce for a salad
• Beat eggs with a whisk

🧑 Ages 9 to 12

• Read a recipe all the way through, then gather everything first
• Measure accurately, liquid and dry
• Open cans with a can opener
• Use a food thermometer to check that food is done
• Boil pasta and simmer sauces on the stove
• Bake in the oven with oven mitts

🧑‍🍳 Ages 13 and up

• Cook a full dinner from start to finish
• Change a recipe once they know how it works
• Brown meat and check it with a thermometer
• Roast a chicken or a sheet-pan dinner
• Plan meals and a shopping list on a budget
• Clean as they go and sanitize after raw meat

Short forms

t or tsp = teaspoon · T or Tbsp = tablespoon · c = cup · oz = ounce · lb = pound · g = gram · mL = milliliter

Safe cooking temperatures

Fridge 40°F or below · Freezer 0°F or below · Refrigerate within 2 hours