For The Love of Food & Dining Earth Day in the Kitchen The Earth Day initiative was started in 1970 and quickly became popular due to the “perfect storm of public awareness, political will, and dedicated activism,” according to the Official Earth Day website. Until 2017, it was the largest public, peaceful demonstration of its kind. The site says that it is an “organization that promotes environmental awareness and solutions through partnerships with schools, community organizations, businesses, and governments.” There are numerous events and projects that you can get involved with and you can find them on their website at EarthDayInitiative.org or EarthDay.org. April is a perfect time to get your kids involved in the initiative, teaching them to grow their own food and to source sustainable products. I thought it would be fun to find a few food projects for you to try with your little ones. Your kids and grandkids will have a blast and you can use the time together to catch up and teach them a few things. Who knows, they might end up teaching you a few. Make a big veggie and fruit platter. Save the seeds from your produce and teach them how to germinate and plant them. Soon you will be eating your own produce! Arrange pretzels and veggies on a plate to make your own little Earth Day scene. Make Easy, Earthy Dirt Cups. Serves 8 Using chocolate pudding, Oreo cookies and gummy worms, you can make an Earth-inspired treat that your kids will love on Earth Day and any other day of the year. This recipe was adapted from the Kraft Foods version. Ingredients: 1 package (3.9 ounce) Jell-O chocolate instant pudding 2 cups cold milk 1 tub (8 ounce) Cool Whip whipped topping, thawed 16 chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed, divided Gummy worms, spiders and insects Directions: Beat pudding mix and milk in a large bowl with a whisk for 2-3 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes and then fold in the whipped topping along with 1/2 cup of cookie crumbs. Spoon into 8 (7 ounce) paper or plastic cups and top with remaining cookie crumbs. Refrigerate for 30 minutes and then add gummy candies right before serving. You can make sand cups instead of dirt cups by using vanilla crème sandwich cookies or vanilla wafers instead of chocolate. Jen Wead, a Florida Native owns Catering by The Rose, formerly Rose Cafe and Catering in downtown Zephyrhills. She has been catering events of all sizes and styles for over 20 years in the Tampa Bay area, as well as all over Colorado. In addition to operating a busy catering business and writing For the Love of Food, she teaches monthly healthy cooking classes for Humana Resource Centers of Zephyrhills and Kissimmee. Jen loves building relationships through food and has dedicated her professional life to just that. Exquisite Taste for your next special event! Let us cater your social or corporate event and you make the memories. CATERING 20+ years of catering experience by the ROSE corporate events • buffets • weddings • full service catering 813.377.6600 www.facebook.com/rosedowntown • www.rosecafeandcatering.com Don’t Miss Our Deadline! April 15th for May Issue! 813-682-9364 6 Community Magazine April 2017
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