Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden

SAKGP Garden and Kitchen Programme

News - from Chris and Mel in the kitchen & garden

Our cooking and gardening classes are each Tuesday

We would love to have more volunteers in both the garden and kitchen classes.

No garden or kitchen skills required, enthusiasm to support the students as they learn is all you need.

If you would like to know more, come into the office and see Chris (Principal)

In Cooking this week Grade 5 and 6 celebrated eggplant and made Eggplant Parmigiana and Roasted Miso Eggplant.

From the garden we used white and purple eggplants, a variety of tomatoes, oregano, parsley, chives and green onions. We also used dried oregano that dried last year as well as Sue’s olives that we brined last year.

Scott’s group cut up the white eggplants into small pieces for the Roasted Miso Eggplant. Andrew and his group did a great job cooking the eggplant in batches in the air-fryer (we used this as our oven was full with the trays of eggplant for the Parmigiana.) We might have to purchase one for the kitchen, Andrew loved using it! Anais and her group cut the green onions into small pieces for the topping. Sophia and her group roasted the sesame seeds and combined the Furikake and Japanese spices to add to the onions. The topping for the Roasted Eggplant was so delicious, we all added more!

While we were cooking, Levi, Patrick and Javi made sure the dishes were rinsed and they kept the dishwasher running.

Levi, Patrick, Liv and their group sliced the eggplant, brushed it with oil and baked and cut up the onions and the herbs for the Eggplant Parmigiana. Liv and her group grated the two cheeses. We cooked up all the ripe tomatoes harvested last week and Lizzie, Grace and their team used the Passata Maker to remove the seeds and skin to create the tomato passata. They then cooked with the onion and herbs to make a delicious sauce for the Eggplant Parmigiana.

Everyone worked well to clean up and set and decorate the table and plate up the delicious dishes.

While we enjoyed the eggplant dishes, students shared what they thought about the food.

Anais said the melted cheese on the Eggplant Parmigiana was delicious.

Levi said the Eggplant Parmigiana was his favourite.

“The Eggplant Parmigiana was delicious, yum, yum!” James

“The Japanese Furikake spices we added to the Miso Eggplant was the best!” Sophia

“I ate the sauce on the Eggplant Parmigiana because I like sauce” Tahj

“I really liked the home-made olives that I made with Anais and Tahj.

"We used olive oil, parsley, chives and black pepper to serve the olives.” Dante

“I didn’t like eggplant until I ate the Eggplant Parmigiana” Chloe C

‘I liked the cheese and the home-made tomato passata in the Eggplant Parmigiana” Angel

Well done Scott and Grade 5 and 6 students, it was a great cooking session.