Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
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Released in 2011.
The 2011 Junior Page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Learn about cooking basics, and make three meals and a dessert.
Quick Links:
Activity Choices, Meeting Plans, Solo Scouts,
Uniform Placement, GSUSA Info & Links
Our Summary* of Requirements:
- Tour a kitchen (professional OR home kitchen) OR invite a cook (chef, cafeteria cook, OR Girl Scout adult) to talk about cooking basics.
- Make a simple breakfast (yogurt and toast, OR different types of eggs) each day for one week OR make one full breakfast (French toast, pancakes, OR homemade muffins).
- Make lunch/dinner from a recipe (flatbread, international sandwich, stuffed pita, dumplings, OR meat pie).
- Make a new dessert (one you’ve never tried, using a substitute in a favorite recipe to make it healthier, OR a new holiday dessert).
- Make a full meal with a protein, vegetable, and a starch (salad, one-pot meal, OR three dishes for one meal).
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
Activity Choices
Work in Progress, links may not be available. Check back later!
- Do four Required Activities:
- Pick one Breakfast Practice activity.
- Completed the Meal from a Recipe activity.
- Pick one New Dessert activity.
- Pick one Well Balanced Meal activity.
- Pick one Required Optional Activity:
- Any Kitchen Tour activity.
- Any Cooking Expert activity.
Available Troop Meeting Plans
- (1) Mtg – Plan at Earn Junior Girl Scout Badges Blog
- (2) 90 Min Mtgs – Mtg1 and Mtg2 from GSRV (River Valley)
- (2) 90 Min Mtgs – GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan
- Mtg 1: Pro Tips (3 choices), Breakfast (3 choices)
- Mtg 2: Meal One (3 choices), Dessert (3 choices), Meal Two (3 choices)
- (1) Virtual Mtg – Slideshow PDF from GSEP
- (1) Virtual Mtg – Slideshow Google Doc from GSNWGL
- (1) Virtual Mtg – Slideshow PDF from GSWNY
How to earn individually as a Solo Scout?
- Archived Copy of PDF from GSGCNWI – Original Link
- Archived Copy of PDF from GSHPA – Original Link
- Archived Copy of PDF from GSKentuckiana – Original Link
- Archived Copy of PDF from GSKSMO at Home – Original Link
- At Home Plan from GSNC
- PDF (multiple badges) from GSOC
- Archived Copy of PDF from GSSEF – Original Link
- Archived Copy of PDF from GSTOP – Original Link
- Archived Copy of PDF from GSWestOK – Original Link
- At Home Plan from GSWW
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the Cooking Themed Multi-level GSUSA 2011 badges.
Where does this go on the Uniform?
This is a Skill Based Badge and goes on the troop number side of the vest – Click Here to see Junior diagrams and details on where to place it or sash placement.
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GSUSA Information and Details
There are five steps needed to complete this badge, found on the Girl Scout Shop description or searching the GSUSA Badge Explorer. Information on the official requirements can also be found on the Scout’s Honor Wiki.
Printed Booklets
Booklet and VTK Information(Coming Soon)- Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet
Other Non-GSUSA Resources
- Info webpage at Girl Scout Wiki
- Steps 2-5 from GSIOWA
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For More Fun Ideas and Plans
Join the Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
Join the Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
See other Recommended Facebook Groups for some Scouting Organizations
(No official Groups)
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Click Here -> To see information References:
Disclaimer: The information published on The Badge Archive is built from the references listed below. These sources demonstrate that our content is grounded in facts and research, not opinion or speculation. Readers may consult them directly when looking for additional material.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : Simple Meals 1.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : Simple Meals 2.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Roberts, Rachel. Junior the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. New York, NY, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2011.
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