Cooking with Cauliflower

This week we made Cauliflower Bread for our snack.

Costco sells cauliflower already chopped which made it easier to work with the children.

I found the recipe at ifoodreal.

First you bake the cauliflower at 375 for 20 minutes.

When you take it out turn your oven up to 450 for the next step of baking to come.

Place a tea towel over a bowl and scoop all the baked cauliflower into it.

It is still hot so let it cool a bit.

I did this part myself while the children watched me magically

make water come out.

Once you have most of the liquid squeezed out place it in a bowl.

I had saved some of the original cauliflower and we did a comparison.

Next add 1/4 cup of egg whites,

and a half cup of cheese.

Sprinkle in a teaspoon of italian herbs and some pepper.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and

flatten it out.

Put it in the oven (at 450F) for 18 minutes.

Remove and sprinkle on another 1/2 cup of cheese.

Finish baking another 5 minutes.

Put it under the broiler till golden brown.

All that is left is to cut and eat.

Most of the children tried it and liked it.

I think because of the cheesy flavour.

A Corn Experiment

               
When we visited the Farm Market back in September I picked up this cob of decorative corn.  I wondered if it would sprout if it was left in some water.
                
                               Within three days it started.
     
The sprouts started underneath the cob, the part that was submersed in water,
                            grew around it and straight up.
              
Unfortunately the ends of cob started to mould so decided to plant it in the garden.

A parent suggested planting it in the greenhouse since it had already sprouted.
 
I wonder if it will continue to grow?  We will have to remember to water it.

Visit to a Farm Market

The children have really enjoyed playing in our centre’s Farmer’s Market so today we went and visited a real one.
 
We started out in the field admiring the pumpkins and climbing on a tractor.  Then we met the owner, Charlene, and she pointed out that some of the corn had been eaten right on the stalk.  We took a closer look and tried to guess what might have eaten it.  Was it a bird? A mouse?  She told us to look at the marks on the ground and we saw hoof prints, it was a deer.  Pretty clever that they can husk the cob to get to the kernels.
               
We walked over to the market stand and I handed each child a clipboard for a fruit and vegetable hunt. 
  
             
This gave the children with their grown ups a chance to explore all the produce that is still available.
         
Charlene showed us some vegetables that she had pulled straight from the field that morning.  Did we know what they were?  The beet, yes but the parsnip was difficult for the children to recognize.
We smelled the leek with it’s hairy root.
    
The brussel sprout plant is fascinating.  We each tried one and most liked them.

Part of our visit was to buy ingredients for Stone Soup.  The children collected the ingredients and we learned about the scale.


              From the scale to the bag to take back to school.
            
      We’ll take a closer at the tops and bottoms that we brought home.