Herbert Marcus Elementary School - After school program

Week 1: Crepes		Kids had a great time preparing crepes! 100 students prepared their choice of regular and chocolate crepes. These crepes had 66% less fat and calories as regular crepe recipes.
Week 2: Pasta		4 varieties of fantastic crostinis were made. The kids samples all 4 and discovered the different flavors, temperatures, and textures.
Week 3: Crostinis		What a wonderful time we had! Kids learned how to roll truffles and how to decorate homemade candies.
Week 4: Banana Pudding		Kids learned how a healthier choiced Banana Pudding from scratch. 2/3rds less fat! Students also learned about the myPyramid.gov (US FOOD PYRAMID)
Week 5: Dessert Nachoes		Students learned about how much sugar really is in food products. They also learned about foods high in fat such as the chicken nuggets, french fries and many sausage style products. Kids learned that a healthy diet contains 10% - 25% fat. A demonstration of how chicken nuggets are made showed the kids how digusting this kind of instant food is and how bad it is for their health. Kids enjoyed fresh chicken with herbs along with homemade BBQ sauce.