August 03, 2008

The MacGregor and Rodriguez Elementary Summer Camps have Kids Cooking and Gardening!

Not only did these fourth and fifth grade groups continue to hone their cooking and gardening skills, over the course of four weeks, they each focused on a special project.



The Food Marketing Group at MacGregor researched, developed, tested, created, packaged and marketed their own healthy food product. Over the course of the program the children learned all about how food is marketed to them. Then they turned the tables to apply their newly acquired skills to the development of a healthy packaged food using produce from their 1/4 acre Recipe Garden. What was the final product? Rainbow Ribbons, brightly colored handmade fettuccini noodles created by adding beets, spinach and basil, and other garden fresh goodies to their basic homemade pasta recipe.


The Jr. Master Gardener Group at MacGregor worked to get their full accreditation and completed all of the projects necessary to receive the Golden Ray recognition in garden nutrition. They also operated a Farmers Market, harvested food for snacks and "sold" produce to the Marketing Class to use in their pasta.


The class at Rodriguez combined time in the gardens and kitchen to study the traditions of a Three Sisters Garden and produce a Native American Harvest Festival that celebrated the culture of food.



All of the children took 3 movement breaks each day to enjoy a variety of exercise opportunities from walking, to yoga and dance movement class.



Dr. Allen Inspects the Produce


The Market Stand at MacGregor


Rainbow Ribbons Handmade Pasta for Sale

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Recipe for Success Summer Camps Make Lasting Impressions


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Cookie magazine will feature Recipe for Success this winter.

In June, photographer Mark Leibowitz flew in from Los Angeles, Gracie flew back to Houston from Vermont, we rounded up Chef Randy Evans and all met at MacGregor Elementary School to do a photo shoot for Cookie magazine. Recipe for Success operates a Summer Camp at MacG with Team Leader Carlos Meltzer and his kids were more than happy to participate in the fun. The story about the creation of Recipe for Success will be a "Mothers of Invention" feature in the Conde Nast pulbished magazine.


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In June, Gracie was a guest on Dr. Oz's radio show

Listen to the show


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May 18, 2008

Welcome to New Members of the Recipe for Success Foundation Board Members

Molly Hubbard, Michele Luke, Kathi Mosbacher


Carolyn Roch & Rick Terry

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Mark Your Calendars for June 1, when Voice at Hotel Icon and Slow Food Houston are giving a party benefitting Recipe for Success Foundation

You can follow this link to the evite and make your reservation now,or RSVP to Cissy Davis at csgall@swbell.net

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The Fifth Grade RFS Dinner Club at Mac Gregor Elementary School Have Planned a Special Year-End Garden Party

The Spring Fling will celebrate a year of cooking from the bounty of Mac Gregor's Recipe Garden. Under the tutelage of RFS Team Leader, Carlos Meltzer, the Dinner Club has organized every grade group participating in RFS Kids Cooking Afterschool. Each will be preparing a different specialty dish for guests who will include their parents, as well as Recipe for Success sponsors and board members. But their most treasured guests will be the PriceWaterhouseCoopers employees who volunteered their time over two hot summer days last year to build their Recipe Garden. If you would like to come see what we have been up to at Mac Gregor, please RSVP to Leah Whitley leah@recipe4success.org

Generous donations for the Spring Fling picnic include:
organic, all beef hot dogs by Jolie Vue Farms and Australian Spring Water by Good Vibes for You.

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