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Post by citylights on Nov 7, 2016 17:53:15 GMT -5
A lot of you here are closer to high school age than I am. LOL
I teach HS Nutrition and Wellness.
We do some cooking.
I'm limited by state standards.
With Thanksgiving approaching, and then Christmas, can I ask you about ideas for a SIMPLE recipe that HS kids would enjoy?
Also ... if you'd like to take it a step further, they don't like "book learning."
While I have to use the book, I can be creative.
Any ideas for group projects? Or individual projects?
I think for the final exam, rather than a test I'd like to give them a project.
Meal planning would be sort of tough bc they aren't accustomed to cooking.
Grocery shopping could be a possibility.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Post by kidsandpets on Nov 7, 2016 17:59:05 GMT -5
Our favorite mac and cheese recipe comes from a young teenager (who is now all grown up) back in our previous church. I can get you the recipe if you want.
I didn't learn to cook until I was in college, so some of what I made then was pretty simple. I cook different things now because my own family's tastes are different than mine was. I'll have to think about what I used to make more...
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Post by kidsandpets on Nov 7, 2016 18:01:59 GMT -5
Project thought: How about grocery shopping on a budget - shopping sales, deciding what can be bought "generic" and what really is best with a certain brand, etc. My DH actually taught me better grocery shopping habits when we got married.
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Post by citylights on Nov 7, 2016 18:02:31 GMT -5
sure, bring it on! thank you.
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Post by kidsandpets on Nov 7, 2016 18:23:28 GMT -5
Mac & Cheese
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni (we use veggie macaroni)
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground mustard
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 cup milk
2 cup shredded or cubed cheese (recipe calls for cheddar but we have used a variety or even combinations of cheese - I really liked the colby jack we used last time)
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Cook macaroni as directed on package
While macaroni is cooking, melt butter in 3-quart sauce pan over low heat.
Stir in flour, salt, pepper, mustard and Worcestershire sauce
Cook over med-low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly
Remove from heat.
Stir in milk and heat to boiling - stirring constantly.
Boil and stir 1 minute.
Stir in cheese.
Cook, stirring occasionally until cheese is melted.
Drain macaroni.
Gently stir macaroni into cheese sauce
Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole dish (I put the drained macaroni in the dish first then stir the cheese sauce into it)
Bake uncovered 20-25 minutes or until bubbly.
In my family, we halve this recipe - since only 2 of us actually like mac and cheese it makes too much for only 2 people.
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Post by kidsandpets on Nov 7, 2016 18:32:43 GMT -5
I think spaghetti sauce/spahetti was one of the first things I learned to make on my own. The recipe I use now is the same one I first used in college. Its fairly simple. My DH also discovered that the same sauce makes good sloppy jos as well as spaghetti.
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Post by lucy on Nov 7, 2016 18:40:12 GMT -5
I would start with a basic recipe.....say pancake mix...something with few ingredients and can cook quickly.
Then do a few other breakfast type dishes...maybe an overnight refrigerated coffee cake.
Then do a lunch segment....grilled cheese, ham and cheese, bacon/Lettuce/Tomato....and a soup
Then dinner - maybe a chicken over rice w/ can of cream of chicken soup, definitely add a crock pot meal or 2....
I think high schoolers should have a knowledge of how to feed themselves...
definitely find a few fun cooking videos (they are all over facebook right now)....or on allrecipe.com
so they can know how to read a recipe, gather all the ingredients, and make a dish.
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Post by lucy on Nov 7, 2016 18:40:56 GMT -5
If you have any boy scouts in the group - let them teach on how to cook over a campfire  All of my boys can cook outdoors on a camp stove, in a backpacking cup, or over a fire. |
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Post by lucy on Nov 7, 2016 18:46:00 GMT -5
another idea....maybe find 1 or 2 recipes that are replicas of restaurant menu items.....like cheese biscuits from red lobster, etc..
If kids can learn they can cook at home, just like what they find on menus.....that would be helpful.
or maybe pick a food item.....and find several ways to serve it.
Potato......hash browns for breakfast, mashed , boiled, baked, twice baked, fried, etc
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Post by Kelly on Nov 8, 2016 3:48:15 GMT -5
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