Kitchen Garden Update

Year 3 and Year 4 students have enjoyed a delicious baked potato menu over the past fortnight, centred around Virginia Rose potatoes generously donated by Georgie's Harvest at South Melbourne Market. 

Each class worked in five kitchen groups accompanied by a volunteer, preparing a range of recipes including homemade baked beans, Mexican chicken, herby sour cream, grated cheese, kale salad, guacamole and, for the Year 3s, a fresh corn salsa. The kale salad was a particular hit, with one student declaring it was "the best recipe we have ever made in Kitchen Garden!" (A handy tip for families wanting to recreate it at home: triple the dressing ingredients.)

To finish the meal, students made ‘apple donuts’, which were slices of Granny Smith apple wrapped in pastry and sprinkled with cinnamon and brown sugar before baking. Students then built their own loaded baked potatoes and enjoyed a relaxed lunch together outdoors. We used herbs and warrigal greens from our garden, and some groups also helped harvest, slice, dry and crush the turmeric we grew, ready to be used in cooking sessions next term.

The recipes from this unit are attached for families who would like to try them at home. We are often asked where our recipes come from. Many are sourced from our membership with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program, while others are our personal favourites or ones we have discovered online. We are always on the lookout for delicious, seasonal and kid-friendly recipes, so if you have a favourite you think our young cooks would enjoy, we'd love to hear about it!

A huge thank you goes to our parent and community helpers who volunteer their time each week to support students in the kitchen. Their patience, encouragement, and willingness to lend a hand make these sessions possible, and we are very fortunate to have such strong support from our school community.

We would also like to thank Georgie from Georgie's Harvest at South Melbourne Market for generously donating the potatoes. During the Year 3 excursion a few weeks ago, students enjoyed visiting her shop, seeing her impressive Harry Potter Lego collection and learning why she recommended the Virginia Rose variety for our cooking sessions.

We wonder if we might be able to tempt Georgie back to SKiPPS later in the year to share more of her produce knowledge with our budding cooks and gardeners?

The volunteer roster for Term 3 Kitchen and Garden sessions will be sent out early next term.

If you enjoy fresh eggs and are able to help with the chickens over the holidays and during term time, please sign up to the chicken roster here

Thanks,

Chantel, Alli, Em, Bianca, Joe and Jane