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[Ya-ta Boy]

This school does not have a stove, sink, oven, microwave or anything else remotely related to cooking. However, I'm thinking of doing some 'cooking' lessons in Summer Camp classes...especially in the class with 40 behavior problem students.

I thought one lesson a week for three weeks: pineapple salsa, tuna sandwich, and....WHAT????

I checked the no-bake cookie recipes but that was a no go. They all require cooking--just not baking.

Who has a great idea (and recipe) to share?

[ttompatz]

[Hotpants]

I've seen a ready-to-use chocolate product in a tube used for cake decoration in the supermarkets. You could use it to decorate some cookies or marshmallows.

There's also making play-dough. Not quite edible, but it's fun to make, especially if the kids can add food coloring. They can then make their own decorations/ornaments with it.

Fruit salad. (Are they safe with knives??)

Any salad.

Sandwiches.

Gimbap or triangle rice balls. (Can you pre-cook rice or get the kids to bring in some rice.)

Ice cream and milk and fruit shakes.

Pineapple/cocktail sausage kebab sticks.

If you're planning a lot of cooking activities, it may be inexpensive to get one of those gas burners with canister refills.

[poet13]

What about submarine sandwiches? The possibilities are endless with those. You can also create crudites, raw cleaned and cut vegetables in dipping sauces. The sauces are easy. Get a supply of raw garlic, parsely, pepper, salt, chile peppers, mayo, etc. Mix and match. You can google dipping sauces. Going in sauces, how about salsa and chips? Tomatoes, lemon, a little salt, chile peppers, mire poix of onion...
From there you can go to guacamole. Avocados, lemon juice, salt, onion...
If you can boil stuff at home and bring it in, then you can do potato salad or macarone salad.
Salads. You can do fruit salad. You need to make a simple syrup, I forget the ratio, but its just sugar and water. You can make salads in school, and again, making your own salad dressing is the key. A basic balsamic is olive oil, a little balsamic, onion, black pepper, and a few drops of water. Blend well, or if no blender, make sure your onion is chopped almost to a paste. Ratios available on the net...
I used to live in Greece, so.....greek salad!
Gazpacho (sp?), or cold cucumber soup. Neither need cooking, and in teh summmer they are delicious.
Ah, I could go on, but class is coming in....

Hope that helps...

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I made peanut butter and jam sandwiches with my students and it was lots of fun. It didn't take much time, either, which could be a plus or a minus. I used it to finish off a lesson about food and recipes. I was also able to explain how, in NA, most kids bring their own lunches in bags or boxes and why sandwiches are so popular. The kids really loved it.

[teachingld2004]

Make butter.

It is fun. But be carefull that the kids do not play 'cach" with the glass jars.

Fill a glass jar half way with whipping (heavy) cream. Put the lid on tight and shake it for about 15 minutes.

I usually use one jar per 4 students. They pass around the jar and just shake it. The cream gets very thick and coats the jar. Then you can see a layer of very thin milk.

THen you see a very thck mass. Keep shaking and you get butter. Pour off the milk, that is butter milk. Drink it. It is great. Add salt to the butter, stir and put it on crackers.

Easy and fun.

[inspector gadget]

Banana Splits baby,

they were the most popular by a country mile or kilometer

[OiGirl]

Countertop Chemistry Experiment 15
Ice Cream
http://www.science-house.org/learn/CountertopChem/exp15.html

[tzechuk]

Non-baked cheesecake.

It's one of the easiest things to make.

You need:

digestive biscuits (Graham crackers)
melted butter....... uh.... you can bring in a portable gas range to melt the butter, I think?
vanilla essence
sugar
cream cheese
fresh fruits for topping (or you can use tinned fruits like tinned cherries or blueberries)

Method:

Crush digestive biscuits, mix in melted butter. Press it on the bottom of a glass dish.

Mix softened cream cheese (this you can do just by leaving it out in room temp.) with sugar and vanilla essence. The amount of sugar depends on how sugary you want it to be...

You can use either normal cream cheese or flavoured cheese. If you use normal cheese, add some topping.... whereas flavoured ones you can just leave it as it is.

Chill for an least an hour and serve!

Make sure you use lots of cheese to make it, well, really cheesey!

[OiGirl]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Hey!

Thanks for the great ideas.

Hmmm...buy a little stove thingie....I don't know why that didn't occur to me.

[OiGirl]

My students in America loved it when we made pancheon on an electric griddle. They got to choose the ingredients they wanted...something like that.

[seoulsista]

How about pasta salad. You could cook the pasta at home first and then they could mix the dressing and cut up the vegtables and mix it themselves.

Potato salad as well.

[Hyeon Een]

[huffdaddy]