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Today, I came downstairs to find that my mom had made me a bowl of mac and cheese before she left for work, for no apparent reason. An unexpected gift of my favorite comfort food (and a delicious lunch!) MMD.
Submitted by: StuckAtHome
High School Students Build A Farmer’s Market In A Food Desert
Bertie County, N.C. is the poorest county in the state. Although it’s an agricultural economy, most residents are obese and have no access to fresh grown food. Emily Pilloton works with Studio H, a design/build program in the local high school. She and a class of high school students designed and built a farmer’s market pavilion for the area. The project took over a year to complete. None of the students had any designing or building experience, and some had never used a hammer.
Pilloton started with the basics, teaching them math and how to use the shop tools. Students received college credits a summer salary for their work in building the 2,000 square foot pavilion. Pilloton says the idea for the project came from the community. Previously, Studio H has built chicken coops that were given away to families after a flood destroyed their town. Pilloton isn’t sure what the next project will be.
“I want it to come from the students,” she says. “I want to help them find something that they’re going to be passionate about.”
September has been a horrible month. Due to unexpected hospital visits and bills, there isn't enough money for food for us and, worse, the food pantry was shut down thanks to budget cuts. Just when everything looked grim, we've received a phone call from a family friend. Someone had way too much food from a party and was giving us the left overs! Not only do have more then enough food, it'll hold us over til the next paycheck for groceries! IMMWeek!
We were on the Amtrak for a very long ride. The food on the train is often very expensive and not that great. So we ordered a pizza and told them to deliver it to the train station ahead of us. After we stopped, we finally found the pizza guy as the train was about to leave, and enjoyed a delicious, cheap pizza instead of instant noodles.
Submitted by: terrible train
Today, I drove my friend up to the dealership where her car had some repairs done. She kept thanking me for going out of my way, but really it was the hours I got to spend with her in the car and wandering around town that was the real joy. The random conversations, food and time we hung out together MMD.
Submitted by: Simple Joy
Schools Restore Fresh Cooking to the Cafeteria
Many schools across the United States have caught on to the idea of making school lunches better and healthier. Mostly, schools with money and more involved parents have been the ones to adopt the new cooking practices, but one city in northern Colorado hopes to change that. In Greeley, Colo., where 60 percent of students qualify for reduced-price or free lunch, the school district sent its kitchen staff to a weeklong boot camp where cooks relearned how to make healthy food from scratch.
Greeley's schools will be cooking 75 percent of their food from scratch, and they hope to increase that number to 100 percent some time this year, when ovens and dough mixers for making whole wheat pizza crust will be up and running. Just by switching away from pre-made factory food, the amount of sugar and sodium in school lunches has decreased dramatically. Dessert is also now a special occasion, rather than an everyday thing.
“We’re going to teach children how to eat again,” she said.
Every summer I work at summer camps and one of the many things I have to do is make dinner for the kids. Since it's not always like the food they're used to getting at home (plus we make them eat their vegetables, even if they don't want to) they complain about it a lot. But last week I kept getting compliments about how good the food was and they always came back for more! IMMWeek!
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