Kid's Cooking - The Final Days for 2007

The 2007 Summer Kids Series of cooking is over.  We had the final day yesterday and as always the group did a fabulous job.  We served our usual 45 or so people and were ready for our guests at 1 pm.  There was much work before then to get ready.  The final menu consisted mostly of Thursday recipes and was:

• Cheesy Garlic Bread
• Hearty Spaghetti and Meatballs
• Applesauce
• Lemon Squares with Raspberry Sauce

In addition to all the cooking, and there was a lot - 50 apples, 5 pounds of pasta, 6 pounds of ground beef, 3 pans of lemon squares, 6 long loaves of garlic bread, we had to be sure the kitchen was clean and places were ready for the guests.

I do have to take you back to Thursday, the day of competition.  As with the previous weeks, we had guest judges and the student chefs chose menus, planned the cooking, plated the meal and presented to the judges.  Our wonderful volunteer judges this week were Mary Moore owner of The Cook's Warehouse and Linton Hopkins owner of Restaurant Eugene. 

The judges seemed to enjoy the process and loved the food.

The winners were Ben, Courtney, Amanda and Sarah and they each won a KitchenAid Baking Suite consisting of a hand mixer, a baking pan, measuring cups and spoons and a spatula.  I want to thank LuAnn at KitchenAid for the generous donation of the prizes.

The summer is going by quickly and the garden is growing well.  Lots of tomatoes and we're enjoying tomato, basil and mozzarella salad.