Kitchen Garden 

& Food Tech

Food Tech

Prep and Year One

The students in Prep and Year One have been learning about safety with knives.  They practised cutting apples harvested from our school garden (using kiddikutter knives) and created apple pies.  We discussed that healthy food (such as apples), could become unhealthy if they are cooked with added sugar.  The students explained how the apples they prepared were cooked, so they were healthy.  There wasn't a recipe that the students followed, but this is how they made it.

Apple Pies

Ingredients:

• Apples
• Maple syrup (one/two tablespoons)
• Cinnamon
• Water
• Filo pastry
• Butter

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Peel and chop the apples.
3. Place the apples in a saucepan with a small amount of water, a couple of tablespoons of maple syrup and cinnamon (to your tasting).
4. Cook on low heat until the apples are soft.  Stir to stop the apples from sticking to the bottom.
5. In small ramekins place a couple of sheets of filo pastry (cut to size).  Put a spoonful of apple mixture in the ramekin and fold over the remaining pastry. Brush with a small amount of butter. 
6. Cook until golden brown.

Year Two

The students in Year 2 have been learning how to make pasta.  They watched a video of a farmer explaining how wheat is grown, harvested and made into flour.  They identified where pasta fits into the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating and worked cooperatively together whilst rolling and cutting the pasta dough.  Next week they will harvest basil from the garden and make pesto to enjoy with their pasta. 

Kitchen Garden

The Year 4 students made fettuccini and a delicious tomato sauce using tomatoes, herbs and bay leaves harvested from the garden.  

There wasn't an actual recipe for the tomato sauce (the students didn’t weigh the tomatoes, they picked the ones that were ripe), but this is how it was made.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• Two cloves of garlic, chopped
• Fresh tomatoes (we picked the tommy toe variety from the garden), chopped
• Fresh herbs
• 4 bay leaves
• Vegetable stock
• Brown sugar
• Pepper and salt
• Dried pasta

Steps:

1.  Heat the oil in a pan and add the onion and garlic.  Stir until the onion is soft.
2. Add tomatoes (you could use tinned tomatoes), fresh herbs (basil, thyme, oregano, rosemary) and four bay leaves.
3. Add the vegetable stock (approximately one cup), one tablespoon of brown sugar and season with pepper and salt.  
4. Cook on low heat until some of the fluid evaporates.  Make sure you stir it, so that it doesn't stick to the bottom.
5. Serve with cooked fettuccini. 

I always get the students to taste the sauce and add what is needed e.g. more salt and herbs.

Thank you!

Thank you to the Augelli family for the generous donation of kitchen appliances.