Methow Valley Community School Locavores

Enchilada såu¢e

mvcslocavores — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:38:57 +0000

Hi! Today we took dried ancho (pobalano) peppers and took out the seeds. Then we rehydrated the dehydrated peppers to make amazing sauce for next weeks lunch.

After hours . . . years . . . of heated discussion, we arrived at a lunch menu for next week.

We will have:

Dried pears

Polenta pie with meat and cheese and sauce

Coleslaw

Cornbread

Chocolate cupcakes with rasberries

In class part of the crew read an article on how many people waste food while others starve. We figured out that about 1 out of 7 people in the world are hungry this morning in our discussion, 1.02 billion overall. One restaurant in Saudi Arabia decided to fine customers for over ordering, and then give the money to Somalia. Other restaurants in Hong Kong and Sydney (Australia) are doing the same thing. It seems like some people eat more than their fair share and waste food, but there could be enough to go around if we were all more careful. Please be aware of how much food you waste. At locavores lunch people get small servings to begin with, and get more as needed. If students don’t like something you can bring it back untouched so it can be used for someone else. These would be good habits to get into at home… making sure we only eat until we are full!

Apples galore!

mvcslocavores — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:56:58 +0000

Some facts about apples . . .

1) There are about 2500 kinds of apples.

2) There are 19 kinds of apples in most grocery stores.

3) The apples that you buy in the store have come from along way away. Buy local apples!!!!!

4) Our generation is important for keeping different apple varieties alive.

Today students from the Tiffany crew made 45 cups of raspberry applesauce!

November 3, 2011

mvcslocavores — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:45:59 +0000

Four students from the Goat Peak and Patterson crews made LOTS of tomato sauce for a pasta lunch, and saved tomato seeds that we will use in the garden next year!

November 4, 2011

mvcslocavores — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:38:22 +0000

Four students from the Gardner crew made tomato sauce and applesauce, and then used the applesauce to bake some tasty applesauce spice muffins for the next Locavores lunch!

Making applesauce with raspberries

mvcslocavores — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:27:18 +0000

Today, as part of the Locavores program, four students from the Goat Peak and Patterson crew made raspberry applesauce that will be a part of our Locavores lunch next week.

How to make raspberry applesauce:

(according to experts Carter D., Lucien, Anja, and Grace)

1) Halve apples and cook them over the stove until they are soft.

2) Assemble the Squeezo so that you can make applesauce by removing the seeds and skins.

3) Work together to crank the machine and push the apples down.

4) Count how many cups of applesauce you have made. We made 37 cups today!

5) Stir in a few frozen rasberries.

6) Eat some to make sure it tastes good!