This simple, kid-friendly salad features sweet local strawberries, baby spinach, and sweet and tangy dressing. Use locally grown spinach leaves, too, if you can!
Recipes
The following recipes are parent, teacher, and kid-approved! They highlight local, seasonal ingredients and are perfect for making memorable meals and snacks both at home and in the classroom. Share your favorite local food recipes here. Ver nuestra página de recetas españolas.
Fry Bread : A Native American Family Story
Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family,
Chef Mark DeMarco’s Sweet Pepper and Summer Vegetable Salad
From Mrs. Holt’s 2nd grade class–they love basil. This is a great fall recipe when school gardens are overflowing with basil.
Chef Kirk’s Kale Basil Pesto
Print Chef Kirk’s Kale Basil Pesto Ingredients 2 cups packed kale 1 cup packed fresh basil leaves 2 tbsp. lemon juice ½ cup grated parmesan ½ cup olive oil 1 tsp black pepper salt to taste Instructions In food processor or blender, add all ingredients except olive oil. While food processor/blender is running, drizzle in
Garden Plot Cracker recipe and lesson plan
This delicious salsa utilizes a variety of local ingredients when they are at their prime!
Downloads
- Garden Plot Crackers recipe and lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects, and Recipes for Families
Readers will learn about the relationships between people and the gardens of Earth, seed preservation, Native diets and meals, natural pest control, and the importance of the Circle of Life.
What’s in the Garden?
Good food doesn’t begin on a store shelf with a box. It comes from a garden bursting with life, color, sounds, smells, sunshine, moisture, birds, and bees! Kids will find a variety of fruits and vegetables, and a tasty, kid-friendly recipe for each one to start a lifetime of good eating. A food for thought
Green Smoothie Magic
This story gets children excited about nutrition, healthy foods, vegetables and fruits, green smoothies, and the science of plants.
Carrot, Orange, and Honey Soup
Recipe from Chef Kirk Fiore, Biltmore Print Carrot, Orange, and Honey Soup Ingredients 1 onion, diced 2 celery stalks, diced 4 medium local carrots 2 tbs local honey 1 orange, juiced 1 qt water 1 tbs butter 1⁄2 cup heavy cream or milk salt and pepper to taste Instructions Combine all ingredients in a sauce
Authors in the Pantry: Recipes, Stories, and More
Filled with recipes, stories, and book recommendations from children’s authors and illustrators, this book is a great resource to connect cooking with children’s literature.