Category: Food

FOOD SECTION:  RECIPE FOR FRESH BUTTER

For Physical and Health Education, our kid reporters learned about different Food Groups that everyone should eat to maintain optimum health.

For this activity, the students focused on Milk and Alternatives that now make up a small part of the new Canada Food Guide.

Without knowing what they were going to make, the children took turns, and shook this jar of whipping cream…

The students shook and shook, until they noticed that something was happening to the liquid…

It had turned into whipped cream!

Alas, we weren’t done, I told the kids.  So they continued to shake, and after a while, this is what happened to the whipped cream…

The kids noticed the sloshing sound every time they shook the jar, and they observed that the whipped cream had split into two distinct things.  In their words, the learners noticed a “heavy white solid” and “almost clear-ish liquid!”

Low and behold, Division 11 made butter and buttermilk!

We washed away the buttermilk, and we were left with creamy homemade butter…just perfect for our whole-grain bread!

Here are the recipes my foodies wanted to share with the world…

FOOD SECTION:  RECIPE FOR VEGETABLE SOUP

Division 11 has been focusing on different food groups as a part of the Physical and Health Education curriculum.

The students were eager to be chefs again, after their first experience making Strawberry Sauce from scratch on Valentine’s Day.

As soon as I told them we were making Rainbow Veggie Soup, the initial reaction from the group wasn’t quite the same (there was an audible groan), but in the end, EVERY LAST DROP was consumed by the class!  In fact, one student quipped, “I NEVER KNEW VEGGIES COULD TASTE SO GOOD!”

Here are the students’ recipes for Rainbow Veggie Soup.  Let us know how yours turns out!

 

FOOD:  RECIPE FOR V-DAY STRAWBERRY SAUCE

The students had a whole group discussion about the Food Section of a newspaper.  The children came to realize that food writers often share their thoughts about a restaurant, or share recipes on how to make a certain food or drink.

The kids made Strawberry Sauce from scratch for our Valentine’s Day Sundaes on February 14th.  What a great opportunity for the children to try their hand at procedural writing!  They learned that recipe writing is very different than prose or poetry; a recipe has to include step-by-step instructions that are clear and concise.  Also, the students realized that a list of ingredients is mandatory, while a photo or picture showcasing a step or the final product is always welcome.

This was the kids’ very first foray into writing recipes…