For Ella’s 10th birthday, she had an interesting request–she wanted to host a cooking show. That makes my 10th birthday present–an L.A. Laker basketball–seem simple.
Thankfully her mother is a great cook and her cousin is a videographer so what Ella wants, Ella gets.
Here is her episode of Cooking with Ella. Leave a comment on Facebook or in the comment section as she loves to read all the comments. Also, look below the video for some of my favorite links to posts about Ella.
Ella Links
Ella on Kicking a Teacher, Telling a Knock-Knock Joke, and a Pre-dinner Prayer
Down Syndrome Is Not My Problem
A Life Lesson from Ella: It’s Okay to Laugh and Cry
How I Told My Son His Sister Has Down Syndrome
Five Principles for My Daughter’s Teacher
What Down Syndrome Teaches Us All
How Many Chromosomes Will We Have in Heaven?
8 Leadership Lessons Ella Taught Me In Her First 8 Years
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Nice job, Ella! Your pizzas look yummy! Thank you for sharing your talent with us! Happy birthday!
Yummy, Ella! Makes me want a pizza for breakfast. Do you deliver? Happy birthday, young lady. Thanks for blessing us all with your smile and with your mad cooking skillz for your birthday.
This is the best cooking show I have ever seen! Ella is so polite and graceful. Jenny is such a loving and patient momma. Thanks for sharing! I’m thinking mini pizzas are going to be made in our kitchen very soon! Have a Happy Birthday, Miss Ella
Ella that was the best cooking video I have watched. You and your mom did a great job. Have a Happy Birthday sweet girl….Mrs Cedra
Awesome job! Happy Birthday Ella! ❤️
Nice show! Sophie and Landon are asking to watch it now, so I have to keep my comments short!! Great job, Ella (and Jenny)!!
Great job! What a unique thing to ask for your birthday!
1st-this may be the best birthday present ever. 2nd- Ella and Jenny did an amazing job! They are both naturals. Happy Birthday Ella!
Ella, I couldn’t have loved your show ANY more. We will try this recipe this week. Happy, happy birthday! Us July birthday girls ROCK! Your former teacher is super proud!
Happy Birthday, Ella! Love your show and would like to see another cooking session! Consider me a fan!
Ella, what an awesome gift! We can all learn from you. Hope your day is great. Happy Birthday, Mary Claire’s Mom
Wow! Great job Ella! I’m so impressed with your “show”. You and your mom need to be on TV. I think my kids will want to watch this and make mini pizzas at our house!
Ella, it looks so good!! You are a great cook! Awesome!
Oh my goodness! Ella you are a movie star! I want your autograph! That’s the best cooking show I’ve seen in a long time. I love cooking shows and yours is my FAVORITE! You did an awesome job!
Loved the show! Thanks for sharing with us. The pizza looks yummy.
Ella, you are my new favorite cooking star! Happy Birthday! I really like your video. You and your mom did an excellent job — and it looked like so much fun too!
Those pizzas look so good. And I learned how to make a great crust. Thank you, Ella, for your wonderful cooking show.
I LOVE your show!! Very good I hope you will be making me some pizza soon!!
That was awesome Ella! I think you and your mom could have your own cooking show on tv. You make a great team! I’m going to fix these tonight with my kids 🙂
Ella, I watched your show with my daughter, Eden. Eden and I love to cook together, and we can’t wait to try your mini pizzas! We hope you do more cooking shows! Happy birthday!
Ella this is the best cooking show I have ever watched. The girls and I will be making these together this weekend. Love the idea of flatbread for homemade pizzas. Great Tip! Can’t wait for your next show. I bet you will be making many more because it was so good. Happy Birthday sweet girl. Cannot believe you are already 10.
Happy Birthday, Ella! You (and your mom) did a great job! I can’t wait to show Anniston your show and let her make mini pizzas, too! I hope you have the best day!
Happy Birthday Ella!!! What an amazing little girl. What a wonderful family you have!!! I hope your day is FABULOUS!!!
Nice job Ella! I enjoyed watching you cook. I am going to try fresh mozzarella cheese on my next homemade pizza. That’s what they use in Italy, too.
Thank you, Ella, for such a beautiful and information packed cooking show! I can’t wait to see the next episode!
Looks Yummy Ella! Thanks for sharing your cooking skill on your special day. Hope it is a wonderful birthday!!
My favorite cooking show EVER! I can’t wait to make these. Happy Birthday! Today is my baby girls 21st birthday. She loved watching your cooking show too.
This was the best cooking show I have seen in a long time, Ella! I can see you being on Food Network someday! And, I know what Jenna Beth and I are making tonight for dinner! Happy Birthday, sweet girl! Double digits!! Woohoo!!
What a fun way to spend your birthday! I think I see a future youtube star! Mini pizzas are one of my favorite things to make at home but I’ve never thought to add fresh mozzarella. I can’t wait to try it next time! Happy Birthday, Ella!
Great show Ella and Jenny! I enjoyed watching your cooking show and will plan to make mini pizzas for my family, thank you for the idea. Ella, I hope you have a great day, Happy Birthday !!!!!
Awesome! Ella, I like fresh cheese on my pizza, too 🙂 I also like it on ham sandwiches. Thank you for sharing your cooking show!
Ella, I enjoyed watching your cooking show! You did a fabulous job!! You have motivated me to want to try making mini pizzas with my family. Have a great summer and I will see you back at school in August.
Chef Ella- Thanks for all the great cooking tips. My favorite pizza is pepperoni and mushroom too! Maybe we can share one next time. You are an excellent host. Please tell your mom she did a fabulous job too! I think you’re both naturals. Happy birthday! Love, Laura, Matt, Layne and Quinn
Way to go Ella!!! I loved your show!! You are certainly a star!! Hope you have a great birthday!!
Ella, you did a fabulous job! Now I want some homemade pizzas by Ella! I couldn’t be more proud of my cousin!
Wow! Ella! Great show! I hope you have a very happy birthday sweet girl!
What a great cooking show. Thanks for sharing it with us. Happy birthday! I hope you do a cooking show again to show us how to make fruit salad.
Happy Birthday Della. You are awesome. I can’t wait to make some pizzas with my kids.
Hi Ella, Today is MY birthday too and watching your video was a wonderful present for me. I have a daughter named Ella too and I think it is one of the most beautiful names ever! Happy Birthday sweet girl. I am going to have some pizza for my birthday lunch, but I bet it won’t be as good as the one you made!
Ella, I learned so much from this video and hope you do another one. (I like cheese too!!) I also hope you have a wonderful 10th birthday and I love the idea of your birthday wish…you are a natural in the kitchen!
Great Job Ella! I love cooking shows and yours was great!
Thanks for showing us how to make yummy mini pizzas, Ella! You are a beautiful host. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Ella! This was an awesome cooking show! Thank you for sharing it with us! Charlotte loved watching it too!
Ella, you seem like a better cook than my mom! Way to go! Happy birthday.
Great show!
Mini pizzas what a great idea! Thank you for sharing Ella. Hope you are having a great summer. —Liz Reece, the Keep girl’s grandmother.
Wow, Ella, what a great job! You and your Mom should have your own show on 40-29! Happy birthday, pretty girl!
Great show–thanks for sharing a great idea. We will have to try that at our house! Happy Birthday, Ella!
Happy Birthday Ella!!’ You are a tv star! I loved watching your show and learning how to make pizza. Great job!. Have a great day!
That was awesome Ella & Mom!
Thanks for sharing your birthday with us! I can’t wait to try your pizzas the next time I make them, especially with fresh mozzarella. Yum! I hope the rest of your day is as special as you!
Many blessings Ella to you and your family,
Ms. Janet
Great job Ella, I enjoyed your cooking show! Happy Birthday!
What a great birthday gift! I would have loved that when I was Ella’s age! Happy Birthday Ella! My favorite pizza is pepperoni and mushroom too! Now I’m hungry!
I enjoyed your cooking show Ella. Your mini pizzas looked delicious. I think I will try your recipe. Happy Birthday! I hope you had a great day.
Happy Birthday Ella! I loved your cooking show and you made it look so easy. I plan to try to make my own mini pizzas. God bless.
Yummy, Ella!! That cooking show was soooo good, and the food is making me hungry! My son Ian watched with me and he’s excited to make this, but he asked me to leave off the red onions and the mushrooms. 🙂 Happy Birthday! You look beautiful.
Ella, I loved your video! It was a very good cooking video! That pizza looked amazing! Happy birthday beautiful, intelligent, sweet girl!
-Savannah Lawrence
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ella! I loved your cooking show! Your pizzas looked absolutely delicious! Blessings! 🙂
I loved your show Ella! Happy birthday!
i loved watching this!! Very cool! Happy Birthday!!
Ella, you have grown up so much! 10 years old AND hosting your own cooking show! Wow!
Ella, you are such a beautiful girl inside and out. Your cooking show was fantastic and I can’t wait to try it out!
Happy Birthday Ella! I loved your cooking show and can’t wait to make your pizza. It looks delicious! You and your mommy are beautiful chefs!
Ella,
Making homemade pizza is something I haven’t done in a long time . You have inspired me to make them soon. Thank you for sharing your talent !! Happy birthday !!
Happy Birthday, Ella! Your pizzas look yummy! Thanks for teaching us how to make them! I’ll see you in August!
Wow Ella what a great show! I loved your idea of the flatbread!! I hope you had a happy birthday. I was wondering if you made a birthday cake pizza for dessert?
Happy birthday, Ella! Your cooking show was the best one I’ve ever seen. Thank you for sharing your recipe and your awesome birthday present.
Happy Birthday Ella! I loved watching your cooking video on how to make pizza’s! Thank-you for teaching all of us how to cook one of your favorite foods…it looks like it will be mine too! You made it look so easy and delicious:-) You have such a wonderful family and you are such a beautiful young lady!! Hope you have a great summer:-)
This was fantastic! The pizzas looked yummy and Ella did a awesome job!!!
That was a very nice show Ella. Well done. I am so blessed watching you and your Mom cook. Happy birthday!
Ella, we love your show! Your opening is great! You have mad cooking skills.
Ella,
Enjoyed your show! I wanna try the flatbread for the crust. Great idea! Hope to see you again. Happy Birthday!!!
Great job, Ella. Happy Birthday to you. I will be trying out your mini pizza recipe soon, all the way here in Zimbabwe!!!!
Thank you Heather. Ella will be excited to see this comment.
Thank you for sharing your birthday with others, Ella. You are a wonderful cook! My favorite part was at the end, when you took a bite of pizza and smiled. ( :
Ella
, that was a great cooking show and the pizzas looked really tasty. Thanks for sharing and Hppy Birthday!!!
Hi Jenny and Ella!
I met you a number of years ago in northwest AR … maybe at a DSCNWA event? My son, Nate, also has Down Syndrome. I was just looking to see if you are still making cooking videos because I know they would inspire Nate to do more cooking! Are you still making new videos? If so, can you tell us how to find them?
Thanks! Hope you are doing well!
Kathy Gilmour
I really enjoy being Ella best friend she a good friend and I love her so much she a good leader to I love my best friend Ella