November Try Day to Preview Cooking Class

LCCAA Head Start’s Nutrition Staff have been working to find creative ways to bring easy, healthy recipes to families at centers and at home.

The program’s Try Days have been a popular way to introduce children to new foods. Classrooms receive the food in raw form and investigations involve all five senses. Sometimes information is shared on how the food is grown or a story about the food is read.

This year’s first Try Day will feature barley during the week of Nov. 4. On Nov. 6, dietician Marge

Robison from Pisanick Partners will be in the lobby at HopkinsLocke so parents can try barley too.

In December, the Nutrition Staff returns with its popular virtual cooking lessons. The Out of the Box series will also feature barley with a recipe for vegetable barley soup shared on Dec. 4. An easy no-knead bread recipe will be shared Dec. 11.

Mark your calendars for these great events held via Zoom. Watch your email or ask your child’s teacher for sign up details.

Last fall, Hopkins-Locke students tried sweet potatoes in a joint Try Day/Thanksgiving event.