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Peaches & Strawberries Salad
For our last spring class students prepared a peach strawberry baby arugula salad with tofu. The slightly bitter taste of the baby arugula mixed with the sweetness of the peaches and strawberries make this salad a hot summer plate for children. To season it we used salt to taste and olive oil. As usual, the…
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Quinoa Salad by Illari
Illari, a seven-year-old from Peru, shows students how to prepare a quinoa salad 🙂 First step boil water, once the water is boiling add the quinoa. For two cups of quinoa use four cups of water and add salt to taste. Chop one sweet red pepper and two handfuls of celery into tiny pieces. Once…
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Cucumber Mint Lemon Ice Cubes
The children had so much fun preparing this recipe! And it was so simple to make. We used 3/4 liter of water, 20 lemons, 1 1/4 large cucumber, a few mint leaves, 8 spoons of agave, and 9 ice trays. First, the children took the lemon seeds off and squeezed the juice in a plate;…
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Foraging in Crown Heights
The children went foraging to the park and learned about the African Blue Basil, a plant is right to eat raw, and a great addition in salads and cooked lentils. Nettles, a plant to make delicious pesto! And finally Dandelions, the entire plant is edible and very nutritious, but this time we only tried the…
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Papaya Salad
I found fresh papaya for this week’s snack at the local supermarket. A real find! The children scooped the papaya seeds off, peeled and chopped the fruit, spread shredded coconut, and squeezed a few lime juice drops into it—a super simple, super easy snack to make. The children had never tasted papaya before, so they…
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Garden-to-Smoothie
This week we started getting tropical and made a mango strawberry mint smoothie. The ingredients: Organic mango chunks, fresh organic strawberries, fresh mint from our herb garden, oat milk, and dates. The kids liked it so much, they asked me to make it again! #StJohns #St.John’s
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Smoothies at St. John’s
The children asked for smoothies and smoothies they got! Strawberries, blueberries, oat milk, dates and honey smoothies. #StJohns #St.John’s We watched a video about how honey is made. The queen bee lays 2,000 eggs per day, creating the workforce necessary to make honey. One hive of bees can yield up to 7 pounds of honey,…
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Fruits at St. John’s
Spring is here! The children have been asking to prepare recipes with fruits, so here is our first attempt of the season. #St.Johns St.John’s
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Strawberries, Almonds, & Basil in Olive Oil —Exploring New Flavors at St. John’s
Last’s week snack was such a success, this week I wanted to introduce another fruit and mix it with greens and nuts. #St.Johns #St.John’s
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GARDEN KITCHEN LAB 