Healthy food choices are easier to make than you think.
Go to https://www.myplate.gov/myplate-plan to customize a eating plan just for you.
Watch this video to get inspired, then make the recipe below to find out how tasty healthy food can be.
Indian Flatbread is super easy to make and is delicious with so many dishes. With a few simple ingredients you can have this one pulled together in no time. Check out our DIY Art page to connect with more Native American traditions.
Watch the Baker Betty: Muffin Method video.
Print the blank recipe cards provided.
Write out the basic muffin recipe on one card.
Using the basic muffin recipe shared in the video as a guide, develop an add-in recipe to create your own signature muffin on the second card.
Learn how to make a Great Depression Era dinner staple with Clara.
Discuss how this recipe could be improved. What could be added or changed in the recipe to make it tastier or stretch farther? Remember to keep it cheap, that is the hallmark of Depression Era food.
Try making this recipe at home or make up your own recipe using only ingredients that you have on hand at home.
Then share your original recipe with the Coordinator.
Discussion Questions:
1. What part of this reading did you find the most interesting?
2. What do you think would have been the biggest challenge for you with regard to farm life during this era?
3. What technology would you miss the most?
4. Compare and contrast 1930's farm life with 2023 farm life.
What things changed for the better?
What things should have remained the same, in your opinion?