This spring, cultivate wellness in your youth and empower them to move more and gain important life skills in the kitchen. University of Illinois Extension & 4-H is offering a fun opportunity to build confidence and healthy habits with the April I MADE That cooking kit.

The kits will encourage youth to develop healthy habits, foster relationships, and learn to navigate the kitchen. This month youth will learn how to make a variety of quick breads, including drop biscuits, loaf bread, cornbread, and muffins. They will also learn about proper mixing techniques, leavening agents, and how to evaluate their bread. After spending time in the kitchen, youth can head outdoors to enjoy all that spring has to offer as they explore and participate in a scavenger hunt to celebrate Move More Month.

The educational cooking kits include a back-yard scavenger hunt, a baking guide, quick bread recipes, evaluation tools for your cornbread and muffins, baking powder, poppy seeds, and your choice of a spatula or measuring spoons.

Register now for this April program. Kits are $5 and will be available for pick-up beginning April 4 at our Extension offices in Jo Daviess, Stephenson & Winnebago Counties. Register early to reserve your educational kit by calling our office at  (815) 235-4125, or visit us online at go.illinois.edu/jswIMadeThat. The registration deadline is Monday, March 28, 2022.