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Entries Tagged as 'food appreciation'

Kids Make New Potato Salad with Onion Scapes

May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

The inspiration for this potato salad came from our recent garden cleanup. Where I wanted to plant okra, potatoes were growing, apparently from spuds I had missed during last year’s harvest. I dug up the new plants (hated to do it) and in the process gathered a bucket-full of potatoes. Could they possibly be edible? […]

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Kids Make Carrot Salad with Toasted Soy Nuts and Asian Flavors

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Here’s a lesson in how guacamole turns into carrot salad. I had every intention of showing the kids in my “food appreciation” classes how to make a classic guacamole. The plan was to use some of the ripe avocados that have been on prominent display at the local Whole Foods lo these past few weeks. […]

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Kids Make Strawberry Shortcake

May 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

We are working our way through spring’s seasonal fruits and vegetables in our “food appreciation” classes. Kids love engaging the food with their hands and strawberry shortcake gives them plenty to do, such as cutting the butter into the flour for our biscuits. You can do this with knives or forks, but we like doing […]

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