Oakhill Volunteers

Everyday at Oakhill Day School, Mom’s help us in the lunchroom.  So the Bistro Kids Chefs and Oakhill Administration held a lunch to thank the mothers for helping.  All the students made them artfully decorated note cards with cute little messages like “thank you for showing me where the trash is.”  (How many of you out there wish your kids knew where the trash was at home?)

Then the Bistrokids Chefs had the moms split into teams for the First Annual Moms against Mom’s Bistrokids Do What We Tell You To Do Competition!  (If anyone can come up with a better name please email me at phil@bistrokids.com.  I couldn’t think of any other names prior to press release.  Sounds so big time doesn’t it?)  Anyway, back to the intense competition.  The mothers went through 3 stages

1. Pour water into 10 cups without spilling a drop!
2. Answer some Farm 2 School trivia questions that their children would know.  i.e. What was the feature food in March? 
3. Stack lunch trays and wheel them to the kitchen.  (I had issues with my tray back in the day and they were stacking them)

The three lucky winners received Bistro Kids T-Shirts for their efforts.  We love having the Mom’s involved and thank them for volunteering to help us serve their kids!

Healthy and Delicious! It’s how we…..Roll!

Chefs Montana and Jodi with Nurse Cathy.

Our volunteer Moms!

Michelle, Leah and Nurse Cathy from Oakhill!

The mom on the right is sharing the quickest way to get the stackable trays back to the kitchen!

On the left is the co-ordinator of it all….Stephanie!

Chef Katy serving salad to a…………..Mom

Don’t spill it!!!!

No one was injured in the running of the trays!

Oakhill Fun Friday with Jeff Adair

Jeff Adair

As many of you know, each month we have a theme.  It gives the kids the opportunity to learn more about the food they eat, where it comes from, how it’s produced and more importantly how it feeds them and the benefits both in the short and longterm health.  February was Bison month and Oakhill invited Jeff Adair from the New Bison Company to speak to the kids about the importance of Bison.  Jeff started off by explaining the “difference” between Buffalo and Bison (they are the same animal but Bison is the proper name), which now makes me think…..is it the Buffalo Bills?  Or the Bison Bills?  And do they play football in Buffalo New York?  Or is it Bison New York?  Hmmmm, could be fodder for a blog down the road.  Jeff also talked about the health benefits and the heritage of this beautiful animal.  The health benefits are listed below:

• Bison are handled as little as possible.  They spend their lives on grass, with very little time spent, if any on a feedlot.  They are not subjected to questionable drugs, chemicals or hormones.
• Nutritionally you are getting more protiens and nutrients with fewer calories and less fat
• Buffalo is a dense meat that tends to satisfy you more while eating less.
• Comparisons to other meat sources has shown that Bison has a higher concentration of iron as well as some of the essential fatty acids essential for your daily life.
• Readers Digest magazine even listed Bison meat as one of the five foods women should eat because of the high iron content

How's my hair?

One of the biggest kicks of the day was when Jeff would ask a question to the kids regarding Bison.  When someone answered the question correctly, they got to wear, “The Grand Poo Bah hat.”  It was FredFlinstone meet Oakhill day school at the Great Lodge!!!!!

The kids also sampled “Bison Bites” which my sources inside the Bison zone said they loved.  Now how many of you parents out there remember a day in your school when we got to try Bison?  The only thing that sticks out to me was…………Mystery Meat,  and that changed each time it was made.  That’s as close to a Fun Friday with food that I ever had!

The Power of the Poo Bah!

Junior and Jr. Bison

The Poo to the Bah!

Why yes….cool is my middle name!

Bow to the Poo Bah!

Who is the next Grandmaster Pooh Bah?

Fun Friday with Soy-Zen-Zay

What to choose? What to choose?

Yes parents, that’s a carrot and a smile!

So many choices, so little time.

YUMMY!

I like that one!

One of Bistro Kids fun fridays took place at Oakhill and invited special guest Ann Panovich to make Edamame bean dip.  Ann owns a small family business called Soy-Zen-Zay, and prepared several different bean dips for the kids to enjoy.  Now if you are like me, your first question will be……What exactly is Edamame?  Edamame are green soybeans which are rich in proteins and Vitamins A, B and C.  They are harvested at the peak of ripening right before they reach the “hardening” time.  The word Edamame means “Beans or Branches,” and it grows in clusters on bushy branches.  In East Asia, the soybean has been used for over two thousand years as a major source of protein.

The students enjoyed tasting the various dips which consisted of Asian Pepper, Garlic, Cucumber and Original.  My sources tell me that the kids voted Asian Pepper their favorite.  Once again a big Bistro Kids thanks to Ann Panovich and Soy-Zen-Zay for making the day a Fun Friday at Oakhill