Cooking with Michele on Mondays
July 6, 2009 • Local Sources, Technique
I’ve been spending my Mondays with kids this summer – either teaching my own groups of kids in my kitchen (called Cooking with Michele on Mondays – space still available in the last two classes) or with the Slow Food Seed to Table school gardens program – but today I’m off so I’ll share some of what I’ve been doing.
These adorable munchkins were all smiles making cupcakes and homemade ice cream in my kitchen! I’ve had groups of 8-16 year olds making everything from pizza on the grill to Mexican food to dessert and am looking forward to the final 2 classes.
Fairmont Dual Immersion Academy is a DPS school boasting a very large school garden that is flanked on the other side by a Denver Urban Gardens community garden. The school hires student gardeners to work over the summer, paid for in part by a grant and in part by funds raised through their weekly farmer’s market which begins this Saturday from 9:30-11:30. Stop buy, get some great fresh produce, and support the kids!
I’m doing cooking lessons with the kids every other week using what’s in harvest in the garden at the time. Last week we had radishes and herbs, so we made radish and butter sandwiches (very French and very good)…