Over the last two days I baked with my son's class for 8 hours, six of them in one day and I am exhausted but elated. We made dozens of pumpkin tarts, zucchini muffins, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies and brownies, sweet pumpkin coconut "soup" and a zucchini apple salad. The kids were fabulous.
It was wonderful to have all the teachers and kids remarking on how great everything smelled when it was cooking. All those aromatic pumpkin pie spices and of course the chocolate in the zucchini cupcakes and the pumpkin swirl brownies filled the hallways with the scents of sweetness and comfort.
Three of the boys chose a pumpkin swirl cheesecake recipe, but it would have been somewhat impractical to make it at school, so I made it at home and brought it in for the students to taste.
The pumpkin cookies may not look perfect, but they tasted good!
We videotaped everything and the kids are actually going to stage parts of the cooking show again without the pressure of actually having to make the food so they can focus more on their presentation. Having this 0n video will be a great chance for them to sit back and watch themselves performing, which is a valuable experience in media skills and being able to critique what they see on television. I plan to post a full narrative on what we did on the school website so that the students and their families will have access to the recipes and be able to share the experience at home. I love doing this. It is my passion.
Over the last two days I baked with my son's class for 8 hours, six of them in one day and I am exhausted but elated. We made dozens of pumpkin tarts, zucchini muffins, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies and brownies, sweet pumpkin coconut "soup" and a zucchini apple salad. The kids were fabulous.
It was wonderful to have all the teachers and kids remarking on how great everything smelled when it was cooking. All those aromatic pumpkin pie spices and of course the chocolate in the zucchini cupcakes and the pumpkin swirl brownies filled the hallways with the scents of sweetness and comfort.
Three of the boys chose a pumpkin swirl cheesecake recipe, but it would have been somewhat impractical to make it at school, so I made it at home and brought it in for the students to taste.
The pumpkin cookies may not look perfect, but they tasted good!
We videotaped everything and the kids are actually going to stage parts of the cooking show again without the pressure of actually having to make the food so they can focus more on their presentation. Having this 0n video will be a great chance for them to sit back and watch themselves performing, which is a valuable experience in media skills and being able to critique what they see on television. I plan to post a full narrative on what we did on the school website so that the students and their families will have access to the recipes and be able to share the experience at home. I love doing this. It is my passion.
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