Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program
At St. Mark's Dingley we value and promote healthy living. As such, we are part of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. We hope to instil in the children at St. Mark's positive food habits for life. The program's mantra is to 'grow, harvest, prepare, share'. We have a kitchen garden with six garden beds as well as a variety of fruit trees within our school grounds. We plant seasonal vegetables in our garden and then harvest these before preparing them in the kitchen to then share as a meal together. We promote healthy eating and seasonality. The year 3/4 children have a one hour garden class each week for seven weeks and this is followed by a kitchen class where we prepare a bread, a dip, a salad and a vegetarian main meal. We then share this delicious meal together. At St. Mark's we also have our own mini mantra which is: "you MUST try everything but if you don't like it, that's ok as long as you try it."
Recipes
Desserts + Bread + Baked Veg Dishes
Fennel and Garlic Bread Sticks
Dips
Carrot, Red Lentil and Yogurt Dip
Creamy Artichoke and Spinach Dip
Creamy Eggplant and Caramelised Onion Dip
Tirokafteri (Feta & Capsicum Dip)
Main Dishes
Balsamic Glazed Roast Vegetables
Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Curry
Kale, Sweet Potato and Feta Frittata
Pasta With Tomato, Chilli and Borlotti Beans
Pumpkin and Spinach Pasta Bake
Spaghetti With Spinach & Garlic
Spiced Carrot Chickpea And Coriander Soup
Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls Dipping Sauce
Salads
Kale, Strawberry & Avocado Salad With Poppyseed Dressing
Moroccan Tomato & Chickpea Salad
Salad With Asian Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
Warm Zucchini & Broad Bean Salad