Fresh Food Express Lived Up to Its Name- Central's First Salad Bar a Hit

Salad Dressings

Third grade students had the opportunity to make salad dressings for tomorrow's salad bar. Here are the recipes if you would like to make them for your own family:

ITALIAN DRESSING (ALSO CALLED VINAIGRETTE)

1.  MIX 2 TABLESPOONS MUSTARD WITH SALT AND PEPPER.

2.  ADD 1/4 CUP CHOPPED CHIVES

3.  ADD 2/3 CUP VINEGAR

4.  WHISK IN 1 ½ CUPS OLIVE OIL AND WHISK TOGETHER

5.  TASTE AND ADD MORE SALT, PEPPER, OR OIL IF NEEDED.

6.  PLACE IN A JAR, COVER, AND KEEP IN THE REFRIGERATOR.


GREEN GREEN GODDESS DRESSING

1.        IN A BLENDER ADD 3 TABLESPOONS CHOPPED BASIL, ½ CUP CHIVES, 6 CHOPPED SCALLIONS AND ½ CUP PARSLEY. BLEND.

2.        ADD 1 CUP YOGURT TO THE BLENDER, 4 TABLESPOONS LEMON JUICE, 4 TABLESPOONS WINE VINEGAR AND 1 CUP OLIVE OIL. BLEND

3.        ADD SALT, PEPPER AND MORE LEMON AND OIL IF NEEDED.

4.        PLACE IN A GLASS CONTAINER OR JAR AND REFRIGERATE.


RANCH DRESSING

1.        WHISK 1 ½ CUPS MAYONNAISE, 1 CUP BUTTERMILK IN A BOWL.

2.        ADD 4 TABLESPOONS FINELY CHOPPED PARSLEY, 4 TABLESPOONS CHOPPED CELERY LEAVES, 3 TABLESPOONS LEMON JUICE, 3 TEASPOONS MUSTARD AND 1 ½ TEASPOONS ONION POWDER. ADD 2 TABLESPOONS CHOPPED FRESH DILL.

3.        TASTE FOR SEASONING AND ADD SALT AND PEPPER. COVER AND REFRIGERATE.

Local Farms Support Central School's First Salad Bar

Tuesday, June 14th will mark the first time Central Students will have the opportunity to dine on the produce from their hoop house. This will include radishes, kale, spinach, peas, microgreens, beet greens and more. Third grade students will make their own salad dressings in preparation for this special event. Many thanks to the following farms for supplying additional veggies to make sure there is enough to go around:
Old Fields Farm in South Berwick
Garen's Greens at Riverside Farm
John Forti, Master Gardener at Strawbery Banke
Moondance Farm, South Berwick
Brookford Farm, Rollinsfod, NH

Dining on Greens, our Greens! Attention Volunteers

It is time to enjoy the first harvest from the hoop house at Central School! Thank you so much for all your help in making this a reality!

To celebrate, chef Kathy Gunst and principal Vicki Stewart are organizing a salad bar for Tuesday, June 14th. (This is also the field day for the school.) The salad bar will be free to all students (and volunteers). We will enjoy several kinds of greens, peas, radishes and turnips the students have raised in the hoop house, in addition to fresh produce generously donated from several farms. We will also get to enjoy salad dressing prepared by third grade classes on Monday!

If you can help wash, chop and serve items for the salad bar, please join Kathy any time between 8:30am and 1pm on Tuesday the 14th. We will be prepping veggies in the cafeteria and serving them in the outdoor courtyard. Bring a salad spinner and a peeler if you have one! We are hoping to have parent volunteers preparing the salad, as well as helping serve different items from the salad bar during the all-school lunch hour.

Please let us know if you can join us!

Hope to see you there, and thank you again for all you have done to help make this possible!

Central School's Hoop House and the ReWilding