CucinaKids

05/24/2025

Let’s make sure no child starts their school day hungry.

05/24/2025

In Canada, there is a significant number of children who face food insecurity as they don’t have access to sufficient amounts or nutritious foods for breakfast. In fact, 1 in every 3 kids comes to school hungry. This is even more prevalent in Toronto as according to according to the Toronto Foundation for Student Success, 40% of all children come to school hungry each day with 68% of students in high needs areas coming to school without eating. Skipping breakfast can detrimentally effect a student’s ability to learn and stay healthy with studies showing that children who eat a good/nutritious breakfast perform better in school with a better memory, higher energy, concentration, and higher test scores. Those who do not eat breakfast are more likely to feel tired and perform poorly academically as they can’t concentrate as well. In the long run those who do not eat breakfast can affect their physical growth, cause weaker immune systems and can have an increased risk of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Childhood hunger can also last for generations and hinder peoples future opportunities so it is important that we educate others about the importance of food security and a nutritious breakfast.

Join me on Sunday, May 25th at 11:00 am EDT for a virtual cooking lesson to raise money for the Breakfast Club of Canada and help tackle this unnecessary issue. Let’s eradicate food insecurity for kids one crepe at a time. We will be making delicious breakfast crepes! Please register on my website under SHOP. I hope to see you there.

Chef 👨‍🍳 Matteo

04/23/2024

A CucinaKid chef recently sent me over a picture of their apron and I couldn’t be more proud to see their progress as chefs displayed on their chest for all to see.

I think what I love best about these patches is that they tell a story about their culinary journey and all the dishes they have tried and continue to make and share with their family.

Our CucinaKids cook wanted to see which ones they were missing and so I told them to check out my Vintage section on my site to see which boxes and patches that I still had available from past seasons.

If you are missing any past patches or boxes check out my vintage section!

Which is your favourite patch?

12/25/2022

Wishing everyone a delicious holiday season!!!
👨‍🍳Matteo

07/12/2022

I am a sucker for kitchen tools and gadgets. I want to try out any new thing that I see online or in cooking shops.

And why not? A well-equipped kitchen is important for proper cooking.

But not all the stuff I have tried have made my cooking easier or quicker. Sometimes the tools make more of a mess and sometimes cleaning them takes so much time…..and if you ask my mom the cleaning 🧼 part i’m never really good at.

I really like that with each of my boxes📦 you are building your own kitchen tools and gadgets and you are learning how to use them properly. When I saw this lattice cutter I had to get it for everyone. It is so cool and makes your pies look professional.

Here are 5 reasons why cooking with the right tools is important:

1. Cooking with the right utensils saves time.
2. The right cooking tools can make your food teste better.
3. Cooking with cool toys, i mean tools is more fun.
4. It’s easier to cook with the right tools.
5. Your presentation is more beautiful.

I hope that you try your new kitchen tool, the lattice cutter when you make our Berry Good Pie 🥧 this summer. Let me know how it looks (and tastes) by sending me a pic.

🧑‍🍳Matteo

06/06/2022

I’ve always loved going to the grocery store. I like to walk up and down the aisles 🛒and check out things I’ve never seen or tried before.

But I always bring a shopping list!

There is nothing worse then getting distracted by all the cool stuff and then get home and realize that you forgot something.

That’s why I have Shopping Lists in all my cooking boxes for all the ingredients that you will need to make my recipes. They are a great tool to bring with you to the store and cross off as you go.

I normally start at home and cross off what I already had (so that we don’t waste and instead use what we have) then I know exactly what I need to buy.

Shopping Lists:

🛒Save time
🛒Save $
🛒Less stressful
🛒Minimizes waste
🛒Reduces unnecessary trips

You are never too young to have your own Shopping List and help out during grocery shopping! Plus it gets you familiar withe the grocery store so you get to know where everything is. It also helps to figure out $$$ and what items are a better price then others.

Next time your family is heading to the grocery store, make a shopping list and let me know how it goes!

👨‍🍳Matteo.

03/22/2022

Looking for the perfect Easter gift? Look no further!!! CucinaKids goes beyond the boring chocolate Easter bunny.....

No need to hunt, the perfect Easter gift is here!

03/01/2022

Need some ideas for March Break? We have some DELICIOUS options!

Check out the picture clue below for the theme of our Spring Box.....

02/01/2022

So cool to be featured in Grocery Business magazine! Thanks so much for the support Grocery Business!

Eleven-year-old Matteo Biscaro from Etobicoke, Ont. has co-founded a cooking subscription box ...

01/31/2022

Tomorrow, February 1st we celebrate the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year!🧧

I have been perfecting my recipes to prepare for these celebrations and I have some great dishes that I will make, like spring rolls. Yum!😋

Did you know that food is super important to New Year’s celebrations? Families and friends get together for large feasts. The food at these feasts vary but what is served is always a tradition for that family.

According to the Chinese New Year custom, each of the food items represent a symbol of luck🍀.

🥢Fish 🐠= prosperity
🥢Dumplings or Spring Rolls = wealth
🥢Noodles 🍜or Peanuts 🥜= a long life
🥢Tangerines 🍊= luck
🥢Sweet Balls = family togetherness
🥢Rice Cakes 🥮= a higher income or position
🥢Chicken 🍗= happiness & marriage

So cool right?

My menu will have spring rolls, tangerines and peanuts so I hope for luck, wealth and a long life.

Are you celebrating Chinese New Year? What are your traditions? Do you make anything special?

👨‍🍳Matteo

01/31/2022

Tomorrow, February 1st, we celebrate the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year!🧧

I have been perfecting my recipes to prepare for these celebrations and I have some great dishes that I will make, like spring rolls. Yum!😋

Did you know that food is super important to New Year’s 🎇🎆celebrations? Families and friends get together for large feasts. The food at these feasts vary but what is served is always a tradition for that family.

According to the Chinese New Year custom, each of the food items represent a symbol of luck 🍀 .

🥢Fish 🐠 = prosperity
🥢Dumplings or Spring Rolls = wealth
🥢Noodles 🍜 or Peanuts 🥜 = a long life
🥢Tangerines 🍊 = luck
🥢Sweet Balls = family togetherness
🥢Rice Cakes 🥮= a higher income or position
🥢Chicken 🍗 = happiness & marriage

So cool right?

My menu will have spring rolls, tangerines and peanuts so I hope for luck, wealth and a long life.

Are you celebrating Chinese New Year? What are your traditions? Do you make anything special?

👨‍🍳Matteo

01/17/2022

Well it's a ❄️ snow day here in Toronto and the snow keeps piling up!!! Awesome!

I am working online today because schools are closed because of the snow but I really think it should be a true snow day-no school!!! ⛄️

Because of all the fresh snow I thought it would be a great idea to repost a classic from last winter's CucinaKids box - the maple 🍁 taffy recipe.

All you need is maple syrup, snow, a stick, spoon 🥄 and pot.

Give it a try and let me know what you think!!!

Enjoy the snow day!!!
👨‍🍳Matteo