Summer camp is over and it’s back to school. This was my
fourth summer camp at Girls Inc. of Sarasota County, Florida. I cook a full
lunch the first and last week of the ten-week camp. The school system through
the Department of Agriculture brings lunch in for eight weeks. The girls are
not fond of the school lunch and beg me to cook for them; however, we do not
have the funding for the summer lunches. We have wonderful donors who donate
funds for me to cook for two weeks. I made things like mac & cheese; Shepherd’s
pie; breakfast for lunch with waffles; baked chicken; pizza pasta with an
Italian salad, to name a few. The girls
love my food, and it is a pleasure cooking for them.
I am also the cooking instructor for summer club. I always
teach about cooking from around the world. This summer I taught them about
Germany. I lived in Germany several years ago, so I brought in my dirndl and
lederhosen. I also showed them my wood carvings, handmade Christmas ornaments,
nutcracker, a map of Germany, and my German cookbook. I taught them a few
German words too.I made up my own version of apple strudel. Each girl got a bowl, a graham cracker, some apple sauce, and whipped cream. I told them to crumble half of the cracker in the bowl. Then put a couple of spoons of apple sauce on top of the crumbs. Add the other half of crumbled cracker on top of the apple sauce. Then I swirled the whipped cream all over the top. Yum! Simple and easy, and even a two year old can make it. My goal is to bring families and kids back into the kitchen. Enjoy!
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