"How Not to Measure" and "
Call Me 'Yo Miss'" are vastly different -- one is full of adventures in the kitchen that just get thrown together and the other analyzes aspects of the world of education. But... somehow... they combined forces last night.
For my Human Growth & Development I, and my classmate Abby, presented to our class about the importance of nutrition. We actually had to fight other groups to be able to present on this topic, so we knew we had to make it good... Which was easy, because it's something we're both very interested in.
Only last month, the USDA passed new regulations for school lunches -- including the first financial increase in 30 years!! (An extra 6 cents per lunch.) But in the next 3 years school lunches will begin to include more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and decrease the amounts of sodium, trans fat, and sugar. All great changes. During our presentation, our main point was that students need to be educated about nutrition in order for changes to be really effective. They need to know what to choose and why they should choose it.
And, of course, we had to bring some treats in for the class! We both chose to make desserts using healthier ingredients just to prove that small changes can be made and they're not drastic or gross! Abby made delicious, fudgy, dense, chocolatey brownies using black beans instead of flour. (Once I get the recipe from her, I'll definitely post it.) And my treat was just regular chocolate chip cookies -- the same recipe from the back of the bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips. The only difference was all whole wheat flour instead of white flour and brown sugar instead of white sugar. (Oh, and my secret ingredient: a big drizzle of honey during the last few stirs.)
So yes to nutrition education and yes to healthy changes!
