Food at Home Challenge - Week 2
By Emma Moore | Posted: Tuesday April 7, 2020
This week I thought we would look at vegetables - it coincides with the two competitions open online to students. Years 1-8 - Kids can cook competition (for your younger siblings) and the NSSCC (National Secondary Schools Culinary Competition).
This task requires you to use 3 different vegetables in a creative dish and a video of its preparation (see entry criteria for details). Vegetables are usually best used 'in season' when they are at their peak - in flavour, freshness, abundance and nutrition. They are usually cheapest at this time as well, which is even better. It is recommended we have at least 3+ vegetables a day in a balanced diet.
Vegetables are very versatile you can have them for lunch or dinner and in a range of different dishes. We often make dishes in line with weather and mood - this week it felt like soup weather. I made a Butternut soup with peanut butter and homemade ciabatta bread. Butternuts are currently about $3.99 or you could use pumpkin. Soups are pretty easy and can easily a family.
For this competition think outside the box - maybe a vegetable lasagne, a vegetable tortilla stack or maybe a curry.
Thanks to the Taste of the Valley (Clutha Valley Primary School) cookbook and Janine Sutton for her Kumara, Pumpkin and Peanut butter soup recipe that I adapted this week. Both recipes, along with photos are included at the bottom of this article.
Below are the links to the competitions and useful websites:
https://www.vegetables.co.nz/vege-chat/news/kiwi-kids-can-cook-at-home-competition/
https://www.cadt.nz/page/at-home--online-competition/
https://www.vegetables.co.nz/education-and-resources/videos-and-teaching-resources/vegetable-cuts/
https://www.veggieboys.net/index.php?route=product/category&path=71_73
https://www.eatwell.co.nz/recipe/8574/CafeStyle-Vegetable-Tortilla-Stack/
https://nadialim.com/recipe/sambar-lentil-vegetable-curry/
https://www.foodinaminute.co.nz/Recipes/Roasted-Vegetable-Lasagne
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