Cooking

Today is Wednesday; it must be cooking day! Every Wednesday we cook to learn about measurements and converting fractions. Today’s recipe was chosen from Michelle Obama’s contest for healthy recipes from children. The ingredients were whole wheat penne pasta, broccoli, chicken strips, reduced fat cheese, nonfat milk, and low sodium chicken broth. We had to use all of our skills: straining, boiling, baking, combining, mixing, pouring, and chopping. The result was mouth-watering and healthy too!

As a side dish, we decided to bake soda bread because in our gifted reading book, we found a recipe for Irish soda bread. Soda bread first appeared in the 19^th century. The Irish soda bread has a cross symbol on the top of the bread, but it is not a religious representation. The ingredients are very simple: sugar, baking soda, baking powder, butter, buttermilk, raisins, flour, and salt. This recipe turned out to be lip-smacking!

Our amazing chic' penne dish!

Delectable soda bread!!

You can find all of the healthy recipes from the kids' White House state dinner at this link:  
http://www.letsmove.gov/kids-state-dinner-winners