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JUNIOR COOKING

welcome to the Juniors Cooking Page. I am cooking from my kitchen,

so enjoy and open up your tastebuds to new flavours and a new

cooking experience, at home in your kitchen.

Please ALWAYS cook with a big person. Remember the more you cook, the better you will be. Send in any photos of you cooking in your kitchen at home, with your parents permission to: lrigon@spadoreen.catholic.edu.au

Welcome Juniors to The Sparkle Cooking Blog. I hope you all had an enjoyable and restful holiday. Take the time to take care of yourself and your family. Remember to eat as healthy as you can, drink lots of water and also get lots of sleep, so that you can start your day with lots of energy.

Can't wait to cook with you all soon.

Love Chef Lisa

This week in Science we were learning about Asteroids. The children had the opportunity to link in what they learnt from Science to come into the kitchen to make Asteroids. Each ingredient used was a representation of the elements that makes up an Asteroid.

This was a great visualisation and hands on experience for the children to understand the elements and what an asteroid is made up of.

The children enjoyed the whole experience and there was definitely a buzz in the air.

WELLBEING WEDNESDAY

Wellbeing Wednesday is a day for YOU. Take the time to be kind to yourself and do activities that make you feel HAPPY.

Cooking for me is a passion that brings me so many feelings. It brings me JOY, COMFORT AND CALM. I feel HAPPY when I am cooking for my family, as after a day of work and school, we all come together and enjoy the prepared meal. I love seeing the faces on my family when they have enjoyed what was cooked for them.

I also LOVE getting in the kitchen experimenting and having fun. Below are some recipes that you can cook in your kitchen at home. Have FUN and most of all ENJOY YOURSELF.

If you have any photos of you cooking in your kitchen at home, please get your mum or dad to email them with permission to: lrigon@spadoreen.catholic.edu.au, so I can put them on the Cooking Blog

LOVE CHEF LISA

PRETZEL CHOCOLATE - Made with Clipchamp_1629259451003.mp4

PRETZEL CHOCOLATE

This recipe is super fun to make. Watch the chocolate pieces melt and then become your own chocolate bar. I added pretzels, what else can you add to your chocolate? Have some fun and be creative.

ART IN THE KITCHEN

Have some art fun in the kitchen and create your own piece of art using scraps or items from the kitchen. You can use things like, potato, banana, orange and apple peels, shell of avocado, offcuts of fruits and vegetables, seeds, slices of fruit or blueberries for eyes., lettuce leaves. There are so many things in the kitchen that you can use.

Watch the video below of Arcimboldo's portraits using fruits, vegetables, flowers, scraps etc. This will give you an idea of what this looks like.
Draw a picture that you want to create using your scraps or things from your kitchen. You need to do this with a big person ,so you can make sure that what you chose to use in your picture is safe and you are allowed to use it.
What is your picture going to be of? It could be a rainbow, a mountain, the clouds, a person, an animal, favourite cartoon character, a person, the list is endless.
Do not use food that you will not be eating as it is not about wasting food. If you are not going to eat your creation then use food scraps.
Below are some examples
Take a photo of your artwork and send it to: lrigon@spadoreen.catholic.edu.au

GRAND FINAL 2021

Enjoy the Grand Final this year with your very own homemade sausage rolls. Spend time together watching the game and having your yummy sausage rolls.

SAUSAGE ROLLS

THESE TASTY LITTLE MORSELS OF FLAKEY PASTRY WITH BEAUTIFULLY COOKED MEAT ARE AN ALL TIME FAVOURITE AS A LUNCHTIME ITEM OR A GREAT GRAND FINAL SNACK. THERE ARE SAUSAGE ROLLS AND THEN THERE ARE SAUSAGE ROLLS. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? IT IS ALL IN THE PASTRY AND OF COURSE ALL IN THE MEAT THAT YOU USE, YOU CAN USE SAUSAGE MINCE BUT DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT CUT OF MEAT OR BETTER STILL WHAT ELSE IS ADDED TO IT,

FOLLOW MY RECIPE BELOW AND MAKE MY SAUSAGE ROLL RECIPE. HAPPY COOKING XX

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WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE SAUSAGE ROLLS.

Muffins are a fantastic mini cake that can be in different flavours. Use the recipe as a base for making muffins, and then add the flavours you like. Try double choc chip, apple and cinnamon, raspberry and white chocolate, blueberry, banana choc chip, orange and poppy seed.... the choices are endless.

Blueberry Muffins

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE, OF ME MAKING BLUEBERRY MUFFINS, IN MY KITCHEN AT HOME

WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR TODAY?

The Thankful Song

Watch the video BELOW about being thankful. What are you thankful for today??

Gratitude Video.mp4

HEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY MIND, HEALTHY ME

This term we will be learning about keeping ourselves healthy by the food we eat, being active and taking care of of ourselves and our families.. How do we do this? Do you know how to keep healthy?

Watch the video opposite to learn about healthy eating and learn how to eat a balanced diet.

HEALTHY SNACKS

We all love to snack, but are we snacking on the right foods? What is your favourite snack food? Is it a healthy food or a sometimes food? Scroll down to see some healthy snack ideas and recipes, that you can make at home or add to your lunch box.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FRUIT?

We all have lots of different favourite fruits. Each fruit contains different vitamins that they are known for. Why not make a fruit salad or fruit kebabs to eat your fruit for the day. Remember each fruit contains different vitamins that are very important to stay healthy.

SMOOTHIES

Smoothies are a fantastic healthy snack. You can make lots of different varieties by adding fruit, vegetables, yoghurt, milk, oats, honey or cacao powder.

What different types have you tried? What is your favourite smoothie.

Try different combinations: remember the colours of the rainbow makes it a healthy snack idea.

Did you know you can make your favourite snack food like LCM Bars at home. There is a lot less sugar but it has lots of taste. Watch the video below to see how you can make them.

Healthy LCM Bars final.mp4

Taco Tuesday on a Friday

Taco's

Who doesn't like Taco's? It has been a Tuesday meal for a long time. This week it will be Taco Friday. Cook this for a yummy meal to share with your family this Friday night.

Watch the video on how to make Taco's and follow the recipe below.

Send photos with your parents permission to:

lrigon@spadoreen.catholic.edu.au

Taco's.mp4

yummy winter warmers

minestrone soup

SOUPS are an amazing winter warmer and a great way to use up your vegetables instead of throwing them out. A great way to eat your rainbow of vegetables, is to make a pot of Minestrone Soup.

Not only is it the perfect way to warm up on a cold winter's day, but it is high in so many vitamins. The more colourful vegetables you add, the more vitamins it will have!

A BOWL OF GOODNESS!!

MINESTRONE SOUP

Juniors 2020

sustainabilty

This term, we will be exploring all about sustainability and how it relates to the kitchen. Living a sustainable life covers lots of different areas.

In the kitchen it is all about growing our own food, buying local and seasonal produce, support our local farmers, eating free range meat and egg products and reducing our packaging waste. It is about thinking where and how the food we eat is grown and where it comes from. In the kitchen there are many ways in which you can reduce wastage and this is by recycling your scraps. By doing this we then place them in a compost bin, which then can be REUSED for nutrients for our garden.

Always think of other ways that you can use your leftovers, so you do not waste food, which then can end up in the bin. It is all about not wasting food.

For example when cooking a roast chicken there are lots of things that can also be done with the leftovers. The bones can be used to make a chicken stock and with the leftovers you can then make a chicken pie or use the chicken for chicken wraps for your lunch. This is a great way to be sustainable in the kitchen because everything is being used and not wasted.

Paths to sustainability

Above is a great poster showing how we can be sustainable in our everyday lives. Go through the poster with your family and see if there are some changes, that you can put into effect now. You maybe already doing some, which is fantastic.

Remember it is never too late to start to think of the 3 R's:

REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE

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