Kayla Ventures is a start-up company by child entrepreneur Kayla (11). At the early of 6, she had expressed interest in business, singing, music, reading, acting, writing, dance, photography, fashion and art. This is a joint venture with Marketing Dynamics supporting the possibilities of children. As seen and heard on Great Day Houston, Fox 11 LA, Price of Business, Sports Off Center, The CEO Show, Houston Chronicle, Univision, El Dia, Mi Familia, and more. Represented by Pastorini-Bosby.
Kayla (8) and Kenna (5) attend the opening day of "Fireproof" (www.FireproofTheMovie.com) - see the movie trailer. They were big fans of "Facing the Giants" (www.FacingTheGiants.com) and welcomed many of the characters who appeared in "Fireproof" fondly. This film has many special moments and humorous situations.
This is absolutely a beautiful story and great for the whole family. It demonstrates the reality of marriage and ultimately how God heals a marriage. It was great for kids to see that their parents really do love each other and that there will be trials. It also demonstrates for young girls, how to select a husband in the future. Through care and diligence.
Kayla expands her cooking horizon. She and her father went to the grocery store where they purchased fresh trout. They searched the web to discover a YouTube video that explained how to filet the fish properly and also found instructions on how to cook the fish. They changed up their findings to create their own recipe. The four fish pictured here fed 3 adults and 2 children.
Ingredients and Tools Needed: 4 - fresh trout, gutted with head and tail intact (rainbow preferred) 1/2 cup - fish fry corn meal 3 tbsp. of Blackened Seasoning 1 cup of Canola Oil for Frying 2 - large skillets (fry one fish in each) 1- filet knife 1 - large cutting board 1- serated knife to cut bones 1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 - food glaze brush 3 large plates - 1 for the fish, 1 for oil application, and 1 for breading Lot's of attention and supervision with child and patience
Parental Supervision Required: Kayla Filets Her Trout
Kayla first reviewed the YouTube video below:
This process was rather straight forward. Make sure your knives are sharp prior to cutting. Create a clean work station with plenty of room. Clean area as you go. Kayla's dad actually stood behind Kayla as she fileted her first fish, guiding her through process, step by step. Have fun. The kids enjoyed playing with the fish heads and touching the fish.
Kayla Applies Extra Virgin Olive Oil to Trout Filets
Pre-heat your skillets to 5 or 6 on your stove dial or medium heat. 1/2 cup of Canola Oil in each skillet. Now brush on olive oil on your fish as pictured. For this step, we advised Kayla to "paint her fish" with oil, something she already knew how to do.
Kayla Breads the Trout Filet, Corn Meal and Blackened Seasoning mix 6:1 Mixture
Mixed your breading thoroughly. Roughly 6 parts fish fry meal to 1 part blackened seasoning or to taste. Notice the separate plate for the breading. Place dry breading in plate and put fish face down onto breading (no need to bread the back, you don't eat the skin and don't see that part).
Delicious Trout Frying in Canola Oil
Fry fish face down first and then flip (average 3 to 5 minutes per side). Use two spatulas to flip (one under the fish and one on top to keep it from breaking up).
Pan Fried Trout Ready to Serve
Now serve your fish with your favorite condiments (i.e., tartar sauce, lemon, or cocktail sauce).
Kids love to experiment and there is enough time in this process to let them explore, ask questions, and try something new. We absolutely enjoyed this fish and plan on trying other recipes which can be found on-line.
Kayla is on her journey to discovering how to eat right. Her parents have "banned" certain foods in the home which has been a shock in the household, but she and her sister have adjusted well. How? Through creative discovery of food. Kayla's parents involve her in the shopping decisions, planning meals, and recipes. This Saturday morning Kayla selected the fruit that complimented a well-balanced breakfast.
Fruit Amborsia a la Kayla Recipe:
Ingredients
1/4 - cantalope, skinned, seeded, and chopped in 1/2" chunks 5 - strawberries quartered (remove stem green) 8 - 10 white grapes, halved 8 - 10 red grapes, halved 8 - 10 purple grapes, halved 1 - whole red grapefruit, pealed, separated and halved 1 - whole organic plum, seeded and chopped 1/2" chunks 1 - whole peach, seeded and chopped 1/2" chunks 2 - berry/melon "Go Gurt" yogurt strips (come in popsicle-like strips)
Instructions:
Wash fruit thoroughly. Mix all fruit in decorative crystal bowl or other unique container. Mix in "Go Gurt" and serve on chilled dessert plates (small bowl or plate).
Save leftovers and blend in blender, add honey to taste, or fat free ice cream to serve as a smoothie later in the day (slightly freeze or chill before serving). If leftovers are slim, then add more of each fruit (or to strengthen flavor add more of your favorite fruit).
Healthy eating tip:
Do your kids love sodas? Try mixing one 1/3 to 1/2 ratio carbonated club soda to their drink to dilute the fructose content. You can also add soda to their fruit drink to make your own homemade coke. Finally, you can create your own sodas with fruits by juicing (recommend a juicing machine for this application) and adding organic sugar or splenda to the mixture to sweeten to taste. Kids will love the experimentation.
Kayla enjoys creating unique meals. Her parents have been focused on introducing healthy alternatives to their diet with remarkable results. Kayla took a moment to create one of her famous "Whacky 10-Minute Meals" or in this case a "Whacky" dessert.
We have subsituted the cokes, candy, chips, and sweets for healthy fruits, homemade juices and cokes (by adding 1/3 portion of carbonated water to the juice, the drink becomes a soft drink - may sweeten with Splenda or other sweetner), nuts (i.e., walnuts, peanuts, cashews, pecans, etc.), whole grain breads and cereals, cheeses and spreads or yogurts, and variety of healthy snacks. Kayla and her sister Kenna have adjusted well. In fact, it is remarkable to see how well they love to eat healthy foods over the typical junk food we have come to love at a fault.
This particular dessert is comprised of watermelon juice martini (no-alcohol) with grape (for the olive), oranges, apples, and pineapple with a "GoGurt" dipping sauce.
Jeremy (12) is an up and coming actor, TV star, and entertainer. He is currently represented by Core Talent Agency (www.CoreTalent.biz) in Dallas.
Jeremy has appeared on television on "Barney & Friends" (lead), "Prison Break" (featured exra), and newly released feature film "August Evening" currently in being screened in select markets. Jeremy has also appeared in commercials for Hasbro Hulks Smash, Cuck E Cheese, HEB, Rooms to Go, and loves to create his own videos for YouTube.
Kayla and Jeremy recently met on the set of a feature film they are both acting in. Jeremy will play a challenging lead role in that project and is doing an incredible job playing Kayla's older brother.
Kayla enjoyed this book picked from the shelf at school. "This book is very funny and it might make you pee in your captain underpants" Kayla, innocently laughs and quips. Kayla tells us it took a week to read it. She explained that she reads on the bus and before she goes to bed (when mommy and daddy go to bed). This is a continuation of our model to encourage and reward our children to read books. We recommend that parents pay their children to read books not chores.
Our Model: - Select and read the book - log it in her journal (a book we bought for her with many pages for logging memories, ideas, and her book reading) - post the book on the web from our Amazon account for future revenue - get paid (our model is $1 for a super easy book, $3 for a more complex book, and $5 for a chapter book) - save 80% which goes into the bank and 20% of the money she gets to spend on whatever she wants - donate a portion of her revenue to a children's charity and to the children's ministry at church
What we believe: By paying kids to read books (not chores) we inspire kids to learn to read and love it. At some point, we believe she will develop a natural curiousity and will want to read without expectation of payment (although we don't mind paying her). In addition, we also have a model to pay her to write short stories. Inspire your kid today and try it. We would be happy to share more of our model with you.
Kayla enjoys negotiating her pay rate, logging her books, and giving us a mini-book review (so that we know she actually read it).
Shaina (16) is an up and coming actress, dance enthusiast, and model. She is currently represented by Core Talent Agency (www.CoreTalent.biz) in Dallas.
Shaina has appeared in a few feature fims and videos, "Midnight Clear" starring Steven Baldwin, "Nico-The Millionaire", "Saved" Music Video, and "Rain". She has also been featured nationally on InventNow.org, Cowboys & Indians Magazine (7-page spread), AT&T, Pei Wei, and Walmart.
Kayla and Shaina recently met on the set of a feature film they are both acting in. Shaina will play a challenging lead role in that project.
Kayla Ventures is an experiment in promoting and helping other teenage and child actors, entreprenuers, and showcasing great parenting resources.
