Regie Rainbow visits our class!

Since we finished our visits to all the islands of healthy fruits and vegetables, Regie Rainbow came to visit our class. She encouraged the children to keep eating healthy fruits and vegetables and to try new and different foods during meals. The children were so excited to meet Regie Rainbow in person after learning about all the islands of color!

After Regie left, we made our island of purple recipe. We cut up lots of healthy vegetables and made ratatouille soup. Here's the link:

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The children enjoyed cutting up the eggplant, the zucchini and the tomatoes. As we cut the vegetables, we discussed why Regie would like this recipe. The children decided Regie would like the ratatouille soup because it had lots of vegetables and nothing sweet. "We don't put sugar in our soup!"

Through our cooking experiences the last few weeks the children have expanded their palates by tasting many new fruits and vegetables; practiced their cooking skills by cutting, measuring and mixing ingredients; and developed patience and self-confidence by waiting their turn. Our cooking experience have also engaged them on a sensory level, as they have been able to smell interesting ingredients like bay leaves and thyme, mixed ingredients by hand (very clean hands) and watch ingredients mix together to change in texture. We look forward to continuing with our cooking experiences the rest of the semester.