After our food appreciation classes on Wednesday I got wind of a parent spreading the word that she had witnessed our kids fighting for helpings of Brussels sprouts. Imagine, kids actually loving Brussels sprouts! Well, the moral to this story is that sometimes food is all about the preparation, not necessarily the ingredients. Many vegetables, […]
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We had a near-riot on our hands this week when we made cinnamon buns in our food appreciation classes. Apparently word traveled fast around the campus how good they were. Kids crowded into our kitchen area. I had to send some of them back onto the playground so that we could actually conduct classes. Even […]
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One of the adults at our school asked if we were using turkey bacon to make bacon cheese bread in our food appreciation classes. “Heck, no!” I replied. “We do not use fake bacon in our classes!” We teach kids to make traditional foods using traditional tools and techniques. Modern “healthy” alternatives, such as substituting […]
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