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August 4, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: U.S. Toast
"Alphabet Kitchen" is a new video project created by WQLN! The series of 60-second video segments highlight fun and easy recipes kids can do with their parents right at home.
Here's the recipe and an additional learning activity follows!
Ingredients: 2 slices of whole-grain bread
2 tablespoons low-fat cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons strawberry jam or all-fruit spread
12 fresh blueberries, rinsed and patted dry
Directions:
Toast the bread. Spread softened cream cheese to cover the toast. Using a butter knife, make three stripes of strawberry jam or all-fruit spread crosswise on top of the cream cheese. Place two rows of three blueberries in the upper left hand corner of the toast. There's your flag! Enjoy! Makes two servings.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity
While enjoying your edible version of "Old Glory", have you ever stopped to think about the history behind the United States Flag? Using the Internet or your history textbook try to find the answers to the following questions. Once you start learning more about the flag, you may enjoy learning about the individual state flags also. Feel free to add questions and be sure to share your findings with your teachers, family and friends.
Questions to think about?
What do the stars and stripes represent on the United States Flag?
How many stars and stripes appeared on the first flag?
How many different versions of the United States Flag have there been?
Name the famous American credited for sewing the first United States Flag.
When was the first Flag Day?
Why do we celebrate Flag Day?
Are there special rules about folding a flag and disposing of old flags?
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
August 11, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: Turkey Twirls
"Alphabet Kitchen" is a new video project created by WQLN! The series of 60-second video segments highlight fun and easy recipes kids can do with their parents right at home.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity
Have you ever noticed what happens to your stomach after a long morning of schoolwork, sports or playing? – Around lunchtime, your stomach starts to rumble!
How does your body know it is hungry? The brain needs a sugar called glucose to give it energy. The glucose is carried in your blood from your stomach to your brain. If the brains supply of glucose is running low, you may feel tired, or even get a headache. When the brain senses that the stomach is empty it tightens up the stomach muscles. This shakes the liquid in your stomach and makes a rumbling sound. It can sometimes be embarrassing, but a rumbling stomach is just your body’s way of telling you it is time to eat!
Try this experiment for a few days, to see which foods keep you from getting hungry.
1. Try keeping a diary of what you have eaten for two or three days. Make a note of every time you feel hungry, and then think about how long it has been since you last had something to eat or drink.
2. Look carefully at what you eat and drink. Does it contain glucose or starch? How soon do you feel full? How long before you feel hungry again?
3. Look at your results. You should find that a square meal containing a balance of Carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins keep you going. Fatty foods also give your body energy, but they are not good for keeping the brain alert.
Experiment and information adapted from: Munch! Crunch! What’s for Lunch! By Janice Lobb, copy right date 2000, published by Snapdragon Publishing Ltd.
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
August 18, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: Kids Kabobs
"Alphabet Kitchen" is a new video project created by WQLN! The series of 60-second video segments highlight fun and easy recipes kids can do with their parents right at home.
Here's the recipe and an additional learning activity follows!
Ingredients:
Small bite size pieces of various fruits such as strawberries, melons, pineapple, grapes, apples, kiwi
Bamboo skewers
Yogurt for dipping (optional)
Directions:
Place small pieces of cut-up fruit on bamboo skewers, alternating the fruit and the colors.
Serve with yogurt dipping sauce.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity:
Have you ever heard the saying "Strive for Five" or "Five a Day the Colorful Way"? Why do you think it is important to eat a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables? Because colorful fruits and vegetables provide your body with the wide range of vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytochemicals needed to keep you healthy. Did you know it is recommended that you eat at least FIVE servings of vegetables and fruit every day? Did you also know that there are five color categories that most fruits and vegetables can be placed into? See if you can guess the five color categories and then try to name five fruits or vegetables that belong in each group. After all of that there is one last thing to do, give yourself a big high five!
Fruit and Vegetable Color Categories:
Here are the categories with a few examples of each group:
Blue/Purple
Blackberries
Blueberries
Eggplant
Purple Cabbage
Plums
Raisins
Green
Green Apples
Green Grapes
Kiwifruit
Limes
Artichokes
Broccoli
Green Beans
Peas
Zucchini
White
Bananas
White Peaches
Brown Pears
Cauliflower
Mushrooms
White Corn
Potatoes
Yellow/Orange
Cantaloupe
Grapefruit
Lemons
Mangoes
Nectarines
Oranges
Butternut Squash
Carrots
Pumpkin
Sweet Corn
Red
Red Apples
Cherries
Red Grapes
Strawberries
Watermelon
Beets
Red Peppers
Radishes
Tomatoes
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
August 25, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: Banana Caterpillar
Here's the recipe and an additional learning activity follows!
Ingredients:
1 large banana
1 tablespoon peanut butter
2 raisins
Directions:
Peel the banana and cut crosswise into round slices. Spread peanut butter on one cut side of each slice. Stick all the slices together. Add raisins with peanut butter to one of the banana ends for the caterpillar's eyes. Place in mouth, not in garden. Makes one large serving.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity:
Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? The correct answer is NOT "the grocery store". Before it arrives at the supermarket, some of the food you eat has traveled across the world. The next time you are in the produce department, take a look at the sticker on a bunch of bananas. See if you can answer the following questions: Does the sticker tell you the name of the country where the bananas were grown? Are there different varieties (kinds) of bananas for sale? Are different bananas grown in different countries? Back at home; see if you can find the countries on a world map or globe. Draw a line with your finger on the map from the banana's country to your state in the United States of America. By the location of the country, can you guess what type of climate (weather) the bananas were grown in? How long do you think it took the bananas to travel to your supermarket? Good luck, and remember, the next time you have a banana, you've just enjoyed a snack with a world traveler!
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
Get ready, get set and learn!
August 4, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: U.S. Toast
"Alphabet Kitchen" is a new video project created by WQLN! The series of 60-second video segments highlight fun and easy recipes kids can do with their parents right at home.
Here's the recipe and an additional learning activity follows!
Ingredients: 2 slices of whole-grain bread
2 tablespoons low-fat cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons strawberry jam or all-fruit spread
12 fresh blueberries, rinsed and patted dry
Directions:
Toast the bread. Spread softened cream cheese to cover the toast. Using a butter knife, make three stripes of strawberry jam or all-fruit spread crosswise on top of the cream cheese. Place two rows of three blueberries in the upper left hand corner of the toast. There's your flag! Enjoy! Makes two servings.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity
While enjoying your edible version of "Old Glory", have you ever stopped to think about the history behind the United States Flag? Using the Internet or your history textbook try to find the answers to the following questions. Once you start learning more about the flag, you may enjoy learning about the individual state flags also. Feel free to add questions and be sure to share your findings with your teachers, family and friends.
Questions to think about?
What do the stars and stripes represent on the United States Flag?
How many stars and stripes appeared on the first flag?
How many different versions of the United States Flag have there been?
Name the famous American credited for sewing the first United States Flag.
When was the first Flag Day?
Why do we celebrate Flag Day?
Are there special rules about folding a flag and disposing of old flags?
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
August 11, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: Turkey Twirls
"Alphabet Kitchen" is a new video project created by WQLN! The series of 60-second video segments highlight fun and easy recipes kids can do with their parents right at home.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity
Have you ever noticed what happens to your stomach after a long morning of schoolwork, sports or playing? – Around lunchtime, your stomach starts to rumble!
How does your body know it is hungry? The brain needs a sugar called glucose to give it energy. The glucose is carried in your blood from your stomach to your brain. If the brains supply of glucose is running low, you may feel tired, or even get a headache. When the brain senses that the stomach is empty it tightens up the stomach muscles. This shakes the liquid in your stomach and makes a rumbling sound. It can sometimes be embarrassing, but a rumbling stomach is just your body’s way of telling you it is time to eat!
Try this experiment for a few days, to see which foods keep you from getting hungry.
1. Try keeping a diary of what you have eaten for two or three days. Make a note of every time you feel hungry, and then think about how long it has been since you last had something to eat or drink.
2. Look carefully at what you eat and drink. Does it contain glucose or starch? How soon do you feel full? How long before you feel hungry again?
3. Look at your results. You should find that a square meal containing a balance of Carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins keep you going. Fatty foods also give your body energy, but they are not good for keeping the brain alert.
Experiment and information adapted from: Munch! Crunch! What’s for Lunch! By Janice Lobb, copy right date 2000, published by Snapdragon Publishing Ltd.
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
August 18, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: Kids Kabobs
"Alphabet Kitchen" is a new video project created by WQLN! The series of 60-second video segments highlight fun and easy recipes kids can do with their parents right at home.
Here's the recipe and an additional learning activity follows!
Ingredients:
Small bite size pieces of various fruits such as strawberries, melons, pineapple, grapes, apples, kiwi
Bamboo skewers
Yogurt for dipping (optional)
Directions:
Place small pieces of cut-up fruit on bamboo skewers, alternating the fruit and the colors.
Serve with yogurt dipping sauce.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity:
Have you ever heard the saying "Strive for Five" or "Five a Day the Colorful Way"? Why do you think it is important to eat a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables? Because colorful fruits and vegetables provide your body with the wide range of vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytochemicals needed to keep you healthy. Did you know it is recommended that you eat at least FIVE servings of vegetables and fruit every day? Did you also know that there are five color categories that most fruits and vegetables can be placed into? See if you can guess the five color categories and then try to name five fruits or vegetables that belong in each group. After all of that there is one last thing to do, give yourself a big high five!
Fruit and Vegetable Color Categories:
Here are the categories with a few examples of each group:
Blue/Purple
Blackberries
Blueberries
Eggplant
Purple Cabbage
Plums
Raisins
Green
Green Apples
Green Grapes
Kiwifruit
Limes
Artichokes
Broccoli
Green Beans
Peas
Zucchini
White
Bananas
White Peaches
Brown Pears
Cauliflower
Mushrooms
White Corn
Potatoes
Yellow/Orange
Cantaloupe
Grapefruit
Lemons
Mangoes
Nectarines
Oranges
Butternut Squash
Carrots
Pumpkin
Sweet Corn
Red
Red Apples
Cherries
Red Grapes
Strawberries
Watermelon
Beets
Red Peppers
Radishes
Tomatoes
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
August 25, 2006
Alphabet Kitchen: Banana Caterpillar
Here's the recipe and an additional learning activity follows!
Ingredients:
1 large banana
1 tablespoon peanut butter
2 raisins
Directions:
Peel the banana and cut crosswise into round slices. Spread peanut butter on one cut side of each slice. Stick all the slices together. Add raisins with peanut butter to one of the banana ends for the caterpillar's eyes. Place in mouth, not in garden. Makes one large serving.
Alphabet Kitchen Learning Activity:
Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? The correct answer is NOT "the grocery store". Before it arrives at the supermarket, some of the food you eat has traveled across the world. The next time you are in the produce department, take a look at the sticker on a bunch of bananas. See if you can answer the following questions: Does the sticker tell you the name of the country where the bananas were grown? Are there different varieties (kinds) of bananas for sale? Are different bananas grown in different countries? Back at home; see if you can find the countries on a world map or globe. Draw a line with your finger on the map from the banana's country to your state in the United States of America. By the location of the country, can you guess what type of climate (weather) the bananas were grown in? How long do you think it took the bananas to travel to your supermarket? Good luck, and remember, the next time you have a banana, you've just enjoyed a snack with a world traveler!
For more Alphabet Kitchen fun, visit www.alphabetkitchen.org!
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