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Entries Tagged as 'food appreciation'

Kids Make Poached Salmon with Dill Sauce and Cucumber Salad

November 11th, 2011 · 7 Comments · kids, Recipes

It’s not always easy getting kids to eat fish. Some automatically gag at the very aroma of seafood–even when it doesn’t smell at all. But the kids in my food appreciation classes adored the poached salmon we made this week, especially when it was smothered in a creamy dill sauce. (Some requested it without the […]

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Kids Make Swedish Split Pea Soup and Pancakes

October 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · kids, Recipes

If it’s Thursday, it must be split pea soup and pancakes with lingonberry jam. At least that’s the custom in Sweden where our food appreciation classes happen to be visiting on their virtual world culinary tour. Concidentally, this was happening at the same time D.C. Public Schools were celebrating Nordic day, with traditional foods being […]

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Nordic Love: Kids Make Swedish Meatballs

October 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · kids, Recipes

Just in time for the “Nordic Day” festivities in D.C. Public Schools next week, my food appreciation classes arrived in Scandinavia on our virtual world food tour and made the best meatballs you’ve ever tasted from scratch–including fresh bread crumbs and white sauce–in less than an hour. It helps to have a portable burner to […]

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