McShan Elementary School - After school program

Session 1: Omelets		Kids had a great time preparing crepes! 50 students prepared their choice of regular and chocolate crepes. These crepes had 66% less fat and calories as regular crepe recipes.
Session 2: Crostini		4 varieties of fantastic crostinis were made. The kids samples all 4 and discovered the different flavors, temperatures, and textures.
Session 3: Chocolates		What a wonderful time we had! Kids learned how to roll truffles and how to decorate homemade candies.
Session 4: Mac and Cheese		Kids learned how a healthier choiced Mac and Cheese can be made that is just as delicious and satisfying as what they are used to. Students also learned about the many different shapes and sizes of pasta; and how to make a homemade cheese sauce for potatoes or pasta with 2/3rds less fat.
Session 5: Fresh Chicken BBQ		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.
Session 6: Nachos		Knife skills were introduced to this wonderful group of kids as they cut strawberries, bananas, kiwi in order to make Nachos topped with Mango Yogurt and fresh fruit with grated chocolate. Then kids did a craft for the holidays of making colored sugars to decorate their family's goodies over the holidays.