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What's In Your Lunchbox II

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Participants: Idalia Dinzey (Host), Gracie Hubbard, Stephanie & Annelise Howard, Sarah Frain, Luke Frain

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01:07 Hello friends, and welcome
01:08 to your 3ABN today in the kitchen program.
01:12 I am so pleased to be able to share
01:15 this following hour with you.
01:16 We have two special guests with us,
01:19 they are no stranger to you.
01:21 We are like family here.
01:22 You know, it's so wonderful to share recipes
01:24 and spend time in the kitchen, we get to know each other.
01:27 Well, you al know Stephanie Howard, of course.
01:29 Welcome back.
01:31 It's great to be here. Well, glad to be here.
01:32 Wonderful. And Sarah Frain, welcome.
01:34 Thank you.
01:36 Thank you for being with us
01:37 and for sharing all these wonderful ideas you have.
01:40 The theme of this hour of the menu--
01:42 what is it that we're preparing?
01:45 We are talking about eating the rainbow today.
01:47 Wonderful. One bite at a time.
01:49 One bite at a time.
01:51 Well, it's important we remember
01:52 our children cookbook Kidlicious.
01:53 Yes.
01:54 We've learned that most important things
01:55 is eat lots of colorful fruits and vegetables.
01:57 That's right.
01:58 And so for making it fun
01:59 we're taking about eating the rainbow,
02:00 things that are red, yellow, green, blue and even purple
02:03 then people will get good nutrition.
02:05 And so we tell the kids
02:06 we're gonna eat the rainbow today.
02:07 Very good.
02:09 And, Sarah, you are here
02:10 because you are also a mother.
02:11 Yes, I am.
02:12 And your biggest desire as we share that as well
02:17 is to feed our children the best food possible.
02:20 What do these projects and recipes,
02:23 what do they do for your son and your family?
02:26 Well, I think they definitely does encourage good nutrition
02:28 but also having fun in the kitchen.
02:30 And we definitely find that when we cook with our children
02:32 they get more involved, they get more excited
02:33 and they want to try the things
02:35 that they've helped to make as well.
02:36 That's good.
02:37 And we do have a saying that, we go--
02:38 we do with our fruits and vegetables.
02:40 You want to say it with me?
02:41 One, two, three.
02:43 Strive for five but eight is great.
02:46 Oh, yeah.
02:48 Strive for five but eight is great.
02:51 Very good.
02:52 Well, as some mother and fathers out there
02:56 we often think of the mother taking care of the children.
03:00 Generally you know, for the most part it is that way
03:03 but we are thinking about you, single fathers
03:06 that are taking care of their children as well.
03:08 So I just want to tell you, grab something to write on,
03:11 we're gonna share some tips and ideas with you.
03:14 The recipes are gonna be available here through 3ABN
03:17 and we're also gonna share the contact information
03:19 for Stephanie and Sarah.
03:22 You can contact them and get recipes.
03:24 And I am sure if you have any questions
03:26 you can contact them
03:27 and they will be happy to answer the questions.
03:30 And you know one idea creates another and another.
03:33 So I am sure that our viewers also have
03:36 some ideas to share with you.
03:37 But for now these are the recipes
03:40 that we will be preparing for you today.
03:43 The first one is Rainbow Fruit Roll Ups.
03:49 Next we'll be making Cauliflower Popcorn.
03:51 Cauliflower Popcorn. All right.
03:56 The fun one and then the Swamp Water Smoothie is great too.
03:59 Oh, boy. All the kids said, what?
04:02 You don't have to wait for your birthday,
04:03 we have Veggie Presents.
04:04 Oh, yes, we're going to even have presents for you.
04:09 And then one of my personal favorite is the Apple Nachos.
04:12 Oh, how fun is that.
04:13 Look at that, it looks amazing.
04:17 And then the kids are gonna come
04:18 and have some fun with our fruits and vegetables.
04:20 We're gonna make a Mango Hedgehog
04:22 and show you how to make a racecar as well.
04:27 All right.
04:28 Well, guys, I hope you are ready
04:30 because I am ready
04:32 and we are pleased to share these recipes with you.
04:35 We're gonna learn how to make the Rainbow Fruit Roll Ups.
04:38 And what do we need for this recipe, Stephanie?
04:41 All we need for this one is--
04:51 Well, friends, yes, we do have
04:53 some friends in the kitchen with us.
04:55 We have Annelise. Welcome.
04:58 And you co-authored the cookbook,
05:01 Kidlicious, right?
05:03 With your mom? Yep.
05:05 Oh, she looks at mom.
05:06 Yes, we sure did. It was a team effort.
05:09 But you also have your friend Gracie with us.
05:12 Welcome. Thank you.
05:14 I am excited.
05:15 I've never made fruit roll-ups before.
05:17 So please teach me what are we gonna make here.
05:20 How are we gonna do it?
05:21 Okay, all you have to do is put everything in the pot.
05:23 Gracie, we're gonna start with four cups of blueberries.
05:25 Okay.
05:26 And these have been frozen
05:28 and then we just starved them out.
05:31 The great way to use frozen fruit and get good,
05:35 you know, good fruits in your diet.
05:37 Yes.
05:38 Especially when it's not fruit season.
05:40 You are doing a good job, Gracie.
05:42 Look like you have experience in the kitchen.
05:45 And then we're gonna add
05:46 just a quarter cup of dried fruits.
05:48 The dry fruit is optional,
05:49 it's just adds a little extra sweetness to the fruit.
05:52 And sometimes it's not as sweet as it can get frozen.
05:56 So how long do we cook the fruits for?
06:00 Well, really the only reason
06:01 we're cooking it is to get the juices
06:03 to come out of the blueberries a little bit
06:04 and soften up that dried fruit.
06:06 Okay.
06:07 If you are in a hurry you can stick
06:09 it in the microwave or you can even just--
06:11 sometimes I'll just put everything in a bowl
06:13 and leave it on the countertop overnight
06:15 and it will be all soft by the next morning.
06:16 So we're just going to do that real quick
06:19 and then we're gonna drop it into our blender.
06:21 And we're going to blend it up and spread it out.
06:24 It's super easy, you do not need
06:25 to dehydrate it to make this.
06:26 Oh, wonderful.
06:27 And the kids love to have it in their lunchbox.
06:30 They think they are getting a special treat
06:31 because all the other kids have specials things,
06:32 and it's almost like eating candy but you're--
06:34 all you have is fresh fruit there.
06:36 Yes, but tell me what are the-- why should I use this option?
06:42 What is there in the ingredients
06:44 for the regular fruit roll ups that we see in the stores?
06:48 What ingredients that they use?
06:49 Well, there's a lot of ingredients
06:51 and lot of times the first ingredient is sugar.
06:53 Right.
06:54 And sometimes you'll find high fructose corn syrup--
06:57 They don't even have real fruits.
06:58 You are doing good.
06:59 Some of them don't even have real fruits.
07:01 Yes.
07:02 And some of them are--
07:03 some might don't know what's in them
07:05 because I can't pronounce the words.
07:07 That's right.
07:08 So this one here we know we have blueberries
07:09 and we have pineapple. Right.
07:11 We know that so we're good.
07:12 Okay.
07:13 So the less ingredients the better,
07:15 the more natural it is.
07:17 That's right, if you can read all the ingredients
07:18 and what you are eating you are probably doing pretty good.
07:21 Okay, so is this good?
07:22 Let's call that good for now. Okay.
07:24 So you used pineapples,
07:27 dry pineapples in this recipe, all right.
07:30 I use pineapples because-- Here let me.
07:33 Just a second, let me take that.
07:34 All right.
07:35 Because they have a mild flavor.
07:37 If you are doing peaches or something
07:39 you can use dry apricots or something like that.
07:41 Right.
07:44 But pineapples have mild flavor
07:45 you can put them in just about everything.
07:47 And so that's really that-- here sweetheart,
07:48 because I am gonna give you
07:50 the pan to spread in just a second.
07:51 Can I turn it on? Just a second.
07:54 You can pop the lid on and we're going to make
07:55 just little bit of noise for a second, okay?
07:59 Here we go.
08:01 Okay, here we go. Wow.
08:04 We got to turn them into one more time.
08:07 Okay, so there's your fruit roll up sauce.
08:11 When I give this to Annelise--
08:12 she's going to need that spatula there
08:14 and we're going to spread this thin.
08:17 Okay, so we're not using a fruit dehydrator, we're--
08:20 We are not, we're gonna just put it in the oven.
08:22 It only goes in the oven at the lowest temperature
08:25 your oven goes to which is-- mine goes to 170.
08:27 Okay.
08:29 And it takes about four hours in 170 degree oven.
08:33 Four hours.
08:35 So you would make it and just let it sit there.
08:39 Pour it on. Yum.
08:41 Yummy. I love blueberries.
08:44 We as a family go blueberry picking
08:47 and we have so much fun.
08:50 We love the blueberry pick too.
08:51 Oh, you see that.
08:52 So you want to spread it thin enough to get this toothpick,
08:55 it doesn't dry out as well.
08:56 Okay.
08:57 But you don't want to be able
08:58 to see through very well either.
09:00 So you want to do make it thin, a nice thin layer.
09:04 So should I just keep it on the paper
09:08 or if I get it on the cookie sheet itself,
09:10 does it stick too hard or?
09:12 It's better to leave--
09:13 This is parchment paper that we're using.
09:15 I put on a parchment paper and you know,
09:16 when you get it from local grocery store
09:18 they have the paper backing
09:19 and it's fun to pull the paper up the backing.
09:21 So this-- it will stick to the paper
09:24 and then you cut on the paper.
09:25 I am gonna show you how to do that real quick.
09:26 Okay. We're gonna spread that out.
09:27 Now I'll show you what it looks like
09:29 when it's all done.
09:31 Sounds good to me.
09:34 This is like 100% fruit smoothie
09:37 put in platter like that of 8 inch deep.
09:41 You can actually do this with apple sauce too.
09:44 You can do apple one. Okay.
09:47 That looks beautiful.
09:48 Annelise, let's cut that down
09:49 and I am gonna let them see what this,
09:51 what the finish product will look like
09:53 and then we're gonna cut it into pieces and let you try it.
09:55 Let me take this out of the way.
09:57 There you go. I'll take this.
09:58 Yeah, take that too. The blueberries are all over.
10:01 Yummy.
10:02 This is what it looks like when it comes out of the oven.
10:04 It's stuck to the paper. Oh, yeah, sure is.
10:08 And I usually use pair of scissors
10:11 but you can also use a pizza cutter
10:15 and kind of cut it across.
10:17 But to me I have a kitchen scissor,
10:18 I saves these specifically for food.
10:24 Oh, these are kitchen scissors.
10:25 These are my kitchen scissors.
10:26 I cut the edges off so that you have nice even edges.
10:32 Let me cut this one out and then I'll cut the slice.
10:34 And the kids run and say,
10:35 mom, may I please eat the edges?
10:38 Yes, that's right.
10:39 Can I eat the edges? Can I eat the edges?
10:41 And so we're going to cut a piece here
10:44 and what I do is--
10:45 They are still on the paper.
10:47 Yes, still on the paper. Okay.
10:48 And what I do at home is I roll them up.
10:51 Yes.
10:53 And I'll put it-- I'll wrap them in plastic wraps
10:55 and it will get you know, kind of crusty
10:57 and then I can put them in the lunch box.
10:59 And then when she goes to eat them
11:01 all she has to do is peel the paper--
11:02 You want to do that?
11:03 Peel the paper off and give a little piece to Mrs. Gracy.
11:05 That's right. I'd like to see that.
11:07 Do you like to try a piece of it?
11:08 Look at that. Oh, yes.
11:11 Wonderful. That was perfect.
11:13 Isn't that beautiful. It comes right off.
11:16 Well, you want to take a small bite,
11:17 so take a-- cut the piece off
11:18 and give it to every-- give a piece to everybody.
11:21 Great, now which flavor is this one that you made?
11:23 This one is mango. We made mango.
11:25 Oh, my goodness. I love mango.
11:28 And mango, peaches are good flavor.
11:29 You could make any flavor you like really.
11:34 Oh, my. What do you think?
11:37 I love it. That's mine.
11:40 The rest is mine, you've lost it.
11:42 Whole mine.
11:43 It's yummy, yummy food. We like it.
11:45 And it's so good for you
11:46 and they think they are getting candy
11:47 almost from the grocery in the lunchbox.
11:48 This is so good. I love it.
11:50 I got to make this for my boys.
11:52 Well, while you are reading the next recipe
11:54 I am going to keep eating this fruit roll up.
11:58 Okay. That will be great.
11:59 Our next recipe is cauliflower popcorn.
12:13 I have never heard of cauliflower popcorn
12:16 but it is so good.
12:18 So, okay teach us
12:19 how to make this famous cauliflower popcorn.
12:22 This is super easy.
12:24 And you know, something I'd like here,
12:25 let's just put this together.
12:26 Let's start with the cauliflower.
12:28 We just cut the cauliflower up into popcorn size pieces.
12:31 Okay, if I don't have fresh head of cauliflower,
12:34 can I use frozen cauliflower or it does not work this way?
12:36 I am not sure it goes well with frozen
12:38 because the texture is gonna change.
12:40 That's true. Okay.
12:41 Okay, we're going to drizzle on a little olive oil.
12:43 Olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil.
12:47 Just like popcorn. Just like popcorn.
12:50 And then you can put in a little bit of salt.
12:55 And a little bit of onion and garlic powder.
13:01 Little bit of seasoning. Here we go.
13:03 It got stuck in it. Oh, yes.
13:04 There we go.
13:05 It's all right. Okay, next.
13:08 And we have garlic powder here.
13:13 Doing good, Annelise.
13:15 Here's your spoon, just stir it up.
13:17 No wonder you do that cookbook with your mom.
13:19 Right. She's got it all down.
13:21 Something I learned when I was cooking for kids,
13:23 learning to feed kids is if kids don't like vegetables
13:27 they might like them roasted.
13:29 And vegetables roasted have a different flavor.
13:31 Yes, they do.
13:32 And they are little sweater
13:33 and people, kids tend to like it better.
13:35 So I roasted the cauliflower
13:36 and I try this out at Annelise's school
13:38 I do hot lunch every once in a while
13:40 and I served the cauliflower popcorn
13:42 and couple of kids came by and they say,
13:43 I don't like-- I don't like cauliflower.
13:46 Just try a piece.
13:47 I don't like cauliflower but I like this.
13:50 But you love that. And that's what happened.
13:51 The kids came back there for seconds
13:53 because they love the cauliflower popcorn.
13:54 You know, that's one good thing I admired that in you
13:58 because you encourage the children to at least taste it.
14:00 Sometimes we don't encourage our children to taste the food.
14:04 Yes, it is different, just go ahead and taste it.
14:07 Take two bites out of it. You are not gonna die.
14:10 Right?
14:11 And you know what it's very funny.
14:13 There is a study done by a--
14:15 I don't remember who did the study
14:16 but the study basically said, if they try a food enough times
14:20 then they will learn to like it.
14:22 So they don't have to try it.
14:23 I think it was like 7 to 15 times putting on the food
14:26 if you just have them try it, if they are willing to try it
14:29 then they can-- their taste buds adjust to it
14:32 and they learn to like the food after a certain time.
14:35 Well, I am a living testimony of that with the asparagus.
14:38 I did not like asparagus but I prayed,
14:40 Lord, help me to like the asparagus.
14:42 So I ate it, I don't know how many times
14:44 and now I just love asparagus.
14:46 All right, so let's just prepare this.
14:49 Now we're gonna bake this is or?
14:50 We're just gonna bake it in the oven
14:51 at 475 degrees, it's a hot oven.
14:54 475?
14:55 And we're gonna do it very quickly,
14:56 we want it to get brown just kind of corners
14:58 and the bottom then we stir it up a little bit.
15:00 So, Annelise, you're gonna help me dump it in there?
15:03 I'll dump and you stir it with the spoon.
15:05 There you go.
15:06 Well, I encourage all the parents
15:08 to get your kids in the kitchen
15:11 so they can learn how to-- their way around the kitchen.
15:14 Very good.
15:15 So all you have to do is simply bake it at 475.
15:19 For how long?
15:20 For just about 10 minutes.
15:21 Ten minutes.
15:22 You give it a shake every once in a while
15:24 so you get brown on all the sides.
15:25 It's very yummy. Very good.
15:28 Well, we have the finish product here.
15:31 It is nice and brown.
15:33 It's been baked at 475 for about 10 minutes,
15:37 it's been seasoned and I tell you what,
15:40 it's gonna be a famous treat in your household.
15:44 Try it out.
15:45 Let us know how everyone reacted to that recipe.
15:49 Well, it's interesting
15:50 how some of our parents do call us and say,
15:54 how do I get my children to like vegetables?
15:57 And sometimes we ourselves as mom or dad
16:00 whoever is cooking most of the meals,
16:03 we just do the same old routine,
16:06 same thing over and over again.
16:08 And it's interesting that
16:09 I am used to making a cauliflower puree
16:12 you know, like mash potatoes instead or steamed
16:15 but I never thought of doing the cauliflower popcorn.
16:17 Right.
16:19 Just different ways to serve it.
16:20 Some people like it differently.
16:21 I've learned like a lot of different vegetables
16:23 with asparagus, with Brussels sprouts.
16:26 I can get my husband eat Brussels sprouts for anything
16:29 and I started roasting them and he likes them that way.
16:32 That is a very good tip, very good idea.
16:35 Start roasting our vegetables and try to, just explore.
16:40 That's what the kitchen is, it's laboratory, right.
16:42 That's right.
16:43 Just explore a little bit of this
16:46 and a little bit of that.
16:47 And just-- we're talking about eating the rainbow
16:49 you'll notice that there is no rainbow in cauliflower.
16:51 Oh.
16:52 However-- There's the clouds.
16:54 There's the clouds. Excellent.
16:57 The white does count as a color
16:58 because it's very nutritious
17:00 even though it doesn't have your--
17:01 you think you always need red or green or something
17:03 but white is a very good color as well.
17:05 It has-- each color
17:07 has a different vital chemical
17:08 it helps you fight different germs and diseases.
17:10 But not for white bread.
17:12 Well, it doesn't count for bread, that's correct.
17:15 You know your stuff, young lady.
17:17 That is very good.
17:18 Your bread should be brown. What?
17:21 Your bread should be brown.
17:22 That's right, your bread should be brown.
17:24 Whole wheat bread, whole grains.
17:26 All right, well, are you ladies ready for the next recipe?
17:29 The next recipe we have here is some veggie presents.
17:33 That's right. Whose birthday is it?
17:37 Yours, today.
17:40 Okay, our ingredients for the veggie presents are--
18:09 Okay, ladies and gentlemen,
18:10 we're gonna pretend it's my birthday.
18:12 Okay?
18:14 Okay, and we're gonna make you a present.
18:15 A colorful present. Okay, what are we doing?
18:19 Okay, well, what's more fun
18:21 than getting a present at the dinner table.
18:22 That's right.
18:23 And if it's a present of beautiful,
18:25 colorful vegetables it's even better.
18:27 It's a present for your health is what it is.
18:28 That's right.
18:29 So we're gonna make a little present.
18:30 We're going to make a pouch of vegetables.
18:34 So we're gonna start off with our potatoes.
18:37 Yes.
18:38 And we're using red potatoes
18:40 because the great thing about red potatoes
18:42 is you don't have to peel them.
18:45 And I don't like peeled potatoes.
18:46 So and we're going to follow that up
18:48 with some zucchini that we chopped up.
18:51 Wonderful.
18:52 So you have red potatoes, you have the zucchini.
18:55 Some green.
18:58 And we're gonna put in some yellow squash
19:02 because it adds another color and we like color.
19:06 And we're gonna add a little bit of red pepper for color.
19:08 Oh, yes, very colorful. Look at that.
19:10 We love colors.
19:11 Remember,we are eating the rainbow today.
19:12 We are eating the rainbow today.
19:15 Then we're gonna have onions.
19:16 I didn't know I could eat a rainbow.
19:18 Eating the rainbow.
19:21 Eating the rainbow, one recipe at a time.
19:22 Go and stir that a little bit
19:23 and then we're going to put our dressing on.
19:28 So we-- that dressing that
19:30 you're gonna be putting in there
19:31 is the Italian style seasoning that you made?
19:35 Yeah, it's the Italian dressing that I make from home.
19:38 One neat little tip is that the Italian dressing packets
19:41 at the grocery store are very yummy
19:44 and you can easily make those healthier
19:46 by adding lemon juice instead of vinegar.
19:47 That's right.
19:48 Don't put all the vinegar just put it little bit in.
19:51 And then the vitamin C from the lemon juice
19:53 helps you to absorb the vegetables,
19:55 absorb the minerals from the vegetables
19:58 better than like the vinegar would.
20:00 Right.
20:01 And vinegar is for cleaning house,
20:03 it's not for eating.
20:06 That's right. Very good.
20:08 So it's a light season, right?
20:10 It's lightly seasoned.
20:12 It looks so good already.
20:14 It does look good.
20:15 We're gonna wrap it up in some parchment papers.
20:18 Look at all that beautiful color in there.
20:20 We're gonna make a little noise just for a second.
20:23 Now the biggest problem I have when I make these
20:26 is my husband and my son, and both have big apetites.
20:29 Okay.
20:31 And I can't seem to make enough of these to make them happy.
20:35 So they go through two or three or four of these.
20:37 Do you have any more of those veggie presents left?
20:40 So that's one of our problem.
20:42 We'll make two out of this batch today.
20:44 So we're going to-- can you spoon about half
20:46 of the mixture into here put it on?
20:51 All right, I'll hold it for you.
20:53 She's my left hander.
20:55 Yes, I know it is. My brother is left hander too.
20:59 Very good.
21:00 Very good. That's pretty good.
21:02 So Annelise has co-authored a cookbook, Kidlicious.
21:07 And I can see she really enjoys her time in the kitchen.
21:11 So I want you to see
21:13 if we can get a kind of a close up on here
21:14 so I can show you how to wrap up the corners of this.
21:17 That will be good.
21:18 So do you remember how to do it, Annelise?
21:20 I think. You fold the first corner over.
21:24 Oops, you have to do it slow. They have to see it slow.
21:26 So you do one corner
21:27 and then you fold it one more time
21:29 and do another corner,
21:31 and then you just keep doing that all the way around.
21:33 Sometimes you have to scoot the stuff in
21:36 until you get all the way to the other side.
21:38 Now if we're gonna place this present into the oven
21:43 as we place it on a cookie sheet
21:45 but how hot does the oven need to be?
21:51 We leave cooking it about 375 degrees
21:54 and we cook for about half an hour
21:56 to get all those veggies cooked.
21:57 Okay.
21:58 So once you get all wrapped up,
22:00 the bottom one I usually tuck under
22:01 because sometimes it doesn't stay.
22:03 You can do this in an aluminum foil
22:05 if you're maybe cooking over a fire or something
22:09 but this is a fun way to do it inside the house and nice.
22:12 I don't like to cook
22:13 in aluminum foil too terribly much.
22:15 So we just do it on the parchment paper.
22:17 The wrapping paper is colorful.
22:20 That's right.
22:22 Now the-- when you bake this
22:25 does the present open up by itself or--
22:28 No, you get to unwrap your present at the dinner table.
22:31 Oh, very good. Okay.
22:34 So it's good-- You put them on the table,
22:35 you can give everybody their own present on their plate
22:38 and you can serve it
22:39 with whatever else you are having for that day
22:41 whether you're having a loaf or a sandwich even.
22:45 It's good with a lot of different things.
22:47 Well, this is really nice because when the kids take
22:50 their lunches to the school it's all in one place.
22:56 They can also take that present
22:58 and put it in the microwave I am assuming to warm it up.
23:01 If you have leftover from the night before
23:03 or whatever, you can put it in the school lunch.
23:06 I am a full a fan of using leftovers in the lunch box.
23:10 Me too.
23:11 Because it makes life easier for us.
23:12 It's practical, you know. Very practical.
23:15 So if it's too much at the edge
23:17 just move the vegetables in more,
23:21 just adjust them as you go.
23:22 As you need it. Yep.
23:23 You are doing very good, Annelise.
23:26 Roll them up.
23:27 Maybe someday you'll have your own restaurant?
23:31 I like inventing my own things.
23:32 You like inventing your own things, that's good.
23:36 How old were you when you started
23:38 being in the kitchen?
23:40 You couldn't talk yet
23:42 and you were helping momma holding the stuff.
23:43 I'll tell you a little secret on her.
23:45 When she was little we had a countertop
23:47 that had like a corner.
23:48 Yes.
23:49 And so when she was very little
23:50 I put her in the back little corner
23:51 and she would sit up and watch me
23:53 go cutting or cooking or whatever
23:55 and she would sneak food even then.
23:58 She would sit there and she take a bite of tofu
24:00 even it was raw tofu or whatever she just take it.
24:03 And she think it was funny.
24:05 You are not supposed to say that.
24:06 Oh, sorry.
24:08 So ever since she could sit up
24:09 because she obviously sit up to do that,
24:10 she's been sitting in the kitchen
24:11 and helping me cook.
24:12 Very good.
24:13 And it's good and it's just-- and I can't emphasize it enough
24:20 to bring your children into your kitchen.
24:22 Sometime we think that they are in the way,
24:23 they are gonna slow us down
24:25 but in reality, in my personal life
24:28 with my children they learned to assist you
24:33 and someday you're gonna go to college if the Lord--
24:36 and who's gonna attend after you, right?
24:38 Who's gonna cook for you?
24:39 You're gonna be away, mom can't do it all your life.
24:42 So yes, bring your children into the kitchen,
24:45 introduce them to the colors of the rainbow in our foods
24:49 and just get them used to having
24:51 or learning to choose how to make healthy choices.
24:55 Well, we do have another recipe and this is such a funny title.
25:01 That's just so cool. The Swamp Water Smoothie?
25:06 Wow, well, let's find out what we need for this recipe.
25:29 This is the swamp smoothie. Absolutely.
25:32 How did you come up with this recipe?
25:34 Well, you know, sometimes to get those boys
25:36 to eat their greens you have to get a little creative.
25:40 Well, right now friends,
25:41 as you can see here we have Luke Frain with us.
25:44 He is Sarah's son and we are so excited
25:48 that he's here in the kitchen.
25:51 So boys, you need to be encouraged.
25:53 Thank you so much for being with us.
25:55 You are welcome.
25:56 Is this like one of your favorite smoothies?
25:58 Yeah. It is?
25:59 Okay, walk us through, what are we going to do?
26:01 All right.
26:02 What should we start with? The bananas.
26:04 We're gonna start with our bananas.
26:06 Now those bananas look like they are frozen.
26:08 These bananas have been frozen
26:10 and that we cut them into pieces
26:11 so that it will be easier for our blender to deal with.
26:14 Okay.
26:15 And you can put those right in the blender, okay?
26:17 And when you are doing bananas for smoothies
26:19 you're gonna want to look for bananas that are spotted
26:21 because they are lot more sweet than the ones that are
26:24 little bit green on the end and that kind of things.
26:26 So look for bananas that are spotted,
26:28 not quite as ripe as you want them for banana bread
26:31 but good and spotted like this.
26:32 And you'll just peel them, slice them,
26:34 you can put them in the Ziploc bag,
26:35 you can put them in bowl.
26:36 I actually have a bowl in my freezer all the time,
26:38 it has bananas in them.
26:40 So anytime we want a smoothie
26:41 or anything like that we can just go to our banana bowl
26:43 and put them right in our smoothies.
26:44 That's right.
26:45 Okay, so next, we have some frozen mango.
26:49 We actually are using one cup of frozen mango today
26:51 instead of the pineapple and the mango combination.
26:54 So the nice thing about smoothies
26:56 is that they are very flexible, you can do just about
26:58 any fruit or vegetable combination that you want.
27:01 So today we have a little bit
27:02 of tropical flavor with the mango.
27:05 We have-- we're actually using lementine today.
27:07 So we're doing two small clementines
27:08 instead of one peeled orange.
27:11 You can really adjust
27:12 any of these quantities to your liking.
27:13 Very good.
27:14 All right, next we have what's going to make
27:16 our swamp water color.
27:19 We are using kale.
27:21 Kale has really become very popular
27:23 over the last few years or so
27:25 and it's been listed on super foods list.
27:28 And so kale, if you can get your kids to eat kale
27:30 you'll be doing them a huge favor.
27:32 Kale also, it does tend to have
27:33 a very strong, almost bitter flavor.
27:35 So if it's your first time putting greens in the smoothie
27:38 you may want to start with a more mild green
27:40 like spinach or something else like that
27:42 because kale is a very strong flavor
27:44 or even do half and half, that's kind of how we started.
27:46 We did half spinach, half kale and then we moved to the kale.
27:49 Very good. All right.
27:50 That's a very good tip right there,
27:53 just gradually you know, changing
27:55 because if you start something
27:57 that you've never done before you're gonna be like,
28:00 oh, I don't like it.
28:01 But it's just a matter of adjusting, right?
28:03 So very good.
28:05 So now you are to the point that you just use the kale
28:07 not the spinach in there?
28:08 Okay.
28:09 Now what else do we put in this swamp?
28:11 We have a very small sliver of ginger, fresh ginger.
28:15 We're gonna put that right in our blender.
28:17 Now sometimes we have seen this at the grocery store,
28:19 it's a very funny looking, has lots of figures
28:23 and different things like that.
28:24 This is called ginger root
28:26 and it has a very strong flavor which is why we are using
28:29 this in very small amount in our smoothie today.
28:31 What you gonna want to do
28:32 is just cut a little bit of a piece off of there
28:34 and you're going to want to peel it
28:36 when you put it in your smoothie.
28:37 But this is gonna add a very, very--
28:40 Tangy taste to it, right?
28:42 Yeah, it's got a good taste to it.
28:43 So we're going to put-- and if you don't care
28:44 for the flavor of ginger you can leave this out too.
28:47 Oh. Oh, wonderful.
28:48 Okay, now we're gonna put a little bit of fresh mint
28:51 and this is just gonna make the smoothie come alive.
28:54 Whenever you put fresh herbs in something
28:56 it just really gives it a lot of fresh flavor and--
28:59 I have to say this is a super-duper swamp smoothie.
29:04 Absolutely. Wonderful.
29:05 Look at all those ingredients. Okay.
29:07 Okay, and now we're going to put our liquid in there
29:09 because we need to have-- allow this to be able to blend.
29:12 So, Luke, if you want to start it with half of that,
29:13 this is apple juice that we are using.
29:16 And really you could use any type of juice that you want.
29:19 I even sometimes use water or non-dairy milk as well.
29:22 Good, good to know. Okay, all right.
29:25 That's just gonna add a little bit of extra sweetness.
29:28 Okay, so we have all of our ingredients in our blender.
29:31 Luke, if you want to just put that right on there.
29:33 Okay.
29:34 Now make sure we put our lid on
29:36 otherwise we could have our swamp water on our ceiling.
29:40 All right, here we go.
29:56 All right, now this one we could have
29:58 probably put a little bit more kale in.
30:00 This is not maybe as green as swamp water truly might be.
30:04 So if you wanted to add a little bit more of the kale
30:06 you definitely could do that or any other green
30:08 that you would like to use.
30:10 Yes.
30:11 So we love to have fun with our smoothies
30:14 and have fun different cups that we can pour them in.
30:18 so this one is kind of like Mason jar.
30:21 You want to give that a try?
30:22 You're going to drink that green drink?
30:25 Yeah. You are?
30:27 The guys, the guys your age,
30:29 the boys are gonna be like,
30:30 oh, no, I don't think I can drink it.
30:33 Well, let's see if it's child-proof.
30:35 All right. This is boy-proof.
30:37 All right
30:41 Is it good? How is it?
30:42 Real good.
30:43 Real good. All right.
30:44 It's not just good, it's real good.
30:46 All right.
30:47 Well, sometimes you might have little bit of extra smoothie
30:49 left once everyone has gotten their fill
30:51 for breakfast or snack or whatever you have made it for
30:54 and there's a lot of different things
30:55 that you can do with your leftover smoothie.
30:56 One of our favorite things
30:57 is to pour the leftover smoothie into popsicle molds
31:02 so that you can have it frozen later on
31:03 a hot summer day for a popsicle.
31:05 So Luke, if you want to just pour
31:07 some of our smoothie mix in there?
31:10 That's such a good idea.
31:11 And then another idea,
31:12 if you would like to pack this in your kid's lunch,
31:14 sometimes smoothies cool off,
31:17 they get watery and they don't taste as good.
31:19 So something that you can do
31:20 is just to take your leftover smoothie mix
31:22 and then pour it into freezer size small container
31:25 and take that out in the morning
31:27 when you are packing your kid's lunch
31:28 and then by the time,
31:30 at lunch time comes around it's been thawed
31:31 and they can eat it with the spoon
31:33 kind of like an apple sauce consistency
31:35 or you know, maybe even there might be
31:38 smoothie consistency by that point.
31:39 So there's lots of different things.
31:40 Don't throw your leftover smoothies away
31:42 if you have anything leftover in the mornings, don't.
31:44 This is great.
31:46 Our family is a smoothies family.
31:48 My boys love smoothies and this is one new smoothie
31:52 for us to try at home for sure.
31:54 The great thing about smoothies
31:55 though is they are so much flexibility.
31:57 You can just really put almost
31:58 anything into smoothie and it's gonna taste great.
32:00 Yeah, it's like Granny Smith is the green apples, right?
32:04 That would add a really nice tart taste to them as well.
32:06 What we found that it's really important
32:08 to put a banana or-- frozen banana
32:10 or maybe an avocado or something like that,
32:11 that really adds to the creaminess stuff factor.
32:14 Well, guys, I am sure you are savoring all this at home
32:19 but we must move on to the next recipe.
32:22 And this is some Apple Nachos.
32:25 What do we need for this recipe?
32:27 For Apple Nachos we need--
32:45 To make the Peanut Butter Drizzle you'll need--
32:52 And to make the Hot Fudge Sauce you'll need--
33:06 Very good, guys.
33:08 Now this is a very healthy option,
33:10 you may see the fudge syrup
33:13 and what we're using is the carob chips.
33:15 We are using carob chips.
33:16 Okay, well, walk us through.
33:18 I am excited.
33:19 I had never ever heard of apple nachos before.
33:23 They are favorite in our family
33:24 and we sometimes have it even for breakfast.
33:26 It's so healthy you can even have it for breakfast.
33:27 So, we definitely enjoy having apple nachos at our house.
33:30 So, Luke, if you want to start
33:31 by layering our chips on our plate there,
33:34 we're gonna call the apple chips.
33:36 So what we did to the apples
33:37 was we just cut them in half and--
33:40 We cut them in half
33:41 and then took the core out of them
33:43 and then we very thinly sliced the apples.
33:46 And to keep them from browning what we did
33:49 was just pour a little bit of lemon juice on them.
33:51 So these actually have been cut for a little while
33:53 and they haven't turned brown so that's a good tip.
33:55 And is just to remember pour a little bit of orange juice
33:58 or apple juice, either juice that has acid in it.
34:01 Yep.
34:02 And that works out just great.
34:04 Sometimes if you find that the apples are little bit damp
34:06 you might want to wipe the juice off
34:08 so you don't have such a strong apple
34:10 or pardon me, lemon flavor.
34:12 And then we did try to choose some apples as well
34:15 they were very tart crisp apples
34:17 or very sweet and crisp apples.
34:19 You definitely want the crispy apples.
34:21 So we have some Granny Smith apples,
34:23 we have a couple of Pink Lady apples in there.
34:26 Honeycrisp will also be fantastic.
34:28 So just any crisp apple
34:29 would really work out well for this recipe.
34:31 There are so many versions of-- types of apples.
34:34 And when I go to the grocery store anymore it's like
34:37 when did this one come around, you know.
34:39 It's true, and we are from Michigan
34:40 and we get lots of apples growing in Michigan.
34:42 So we really get to experience.
34:44 Okay.
34:45 So well, Luke-- while Luke is setting up
34:47 the stage with the chips, the apples.
34:50 What are you gonna make over there in the pot?
34:52 We're gonna start with our hot fudge sauce.
34:54 And to make our fudge sauce I have put just a small amount
34:57 of our non-dairy creamer in here
35:00 and I am actually using a vanilla flavor.
35:02 And when you are using the non-dairy creamer
35:04 you actually kind of eliminate the sweetener if you want.
35:06 So we're actually not going to be putting
35:08 the maple syrup in the-- when we are making this.
35:11 And I am just gonna bring this to a boil.
35:12 And it won't take very long
35:13 because I have just about fourth of a cup here.
35:15 Okay.
35:16 How is it going there, Luke?
35:17 You are doing a really good job there.
35:20 It looks like a flower almost.
35:23 So this is usually corn chips
35:25 that people put for the nacho chips
35:27 and this is apple nachos.
35:29 Yes. Yes.
35:30 And so it's a nice dessert but it's also very healthy
35:34 and Luke actually has diabetes and so we're always looking
35:36 for foods that have lots of fiber in them
35:38 because that tends to stabilize his blood sugar.
35:41 And so leaving the peal on the apple
35:42 and having the apples in place of the chips
35:44 really adds a nice amount of fiber to our dessert.
35:48 That's right.
35:49 Okay, so I just have added
35:52 our carob chips into the boiling creamer.
35:56 And you turn off the burner?
35:57 I did turn it off and this should
35:59 just very quickly melt to make a nice smooth sauce
36:03 that we can drizzle onto our--
36:04 Just with the creamer?
36:06 Just with the creamer. Look at that.
36:07 If it doesn't quite-- if the chips don't quite melt
36:09 you can turn the burner back on again
36:12 but it should be good enough
36:14 just with bringing creamer to the boil.
36:17 Now this the-- once you drizzle it
36:19 and once it gets cold does it get hard
36:21 or does this remain soft?
36:23 It will harden up a little bit but with the creamer in there
36:27 it does keep a little bit
36:28 of a softer consistency, it won't harden.
36:30 Quite as hard as if it were the carob chips themselves.
36:33 Okay.
36:34 If want to make this at home, when I make it at home?
36:36 How long can I store it for?
36:38 And which other recipes I can use this for?
36:41 Well, you can use this carob fudge sauce
36:43 with lots of different things.
36:44 And it will store it in the refrigerator
36:45 for about five days.
36:46 Okay.
36:47 And what are some things
36:48 that we like to have our carob fudge sauce on?
36:50 Bananas. On bananas.
36:51 It's great dipped in bananas
36:53 and then you can roll in like chopped peanuts
36:55 and put them in the refrigirator
36:57 and make like a banana popsicle kind of thing.
36:59 Like clusters. Yep.
37:01 It's really great on ice-cream
37:02 like ice-cream sundae and that kind of a thing.
37:05 So there's lots of uses.
37:07 Luke, you used all of the apples quite amazing.
37:09 Would you like to have some of our--
37:10 Yeah. Carob fudge drizzle.
37:12 While he's doing that
37:13 I am going to start with our peanut butter drizzle here.
37:15 Okay.
37:16 And again, this is a very simple recipe.
37:19 I have just a little bit of maple syrup.
37:22 You can also use the agave nectar.
37:23 Well, I want our friends to look at this,
37:25 what Luke is doing.
37:28 He's doing a good job there.
37:30 Okay, Luke, I want to be your neighbor.
37:33 Speaking of neighbors,
37:35 if you wouldn't mind grabbing that little basket over there.
37:38 Not at all.
37:39 We've made a cute little basket.
37:41 We always like to do kind things for our neighbors
37:44 and we made a cute little basket there.
37:46 And if you can see the tag there
37:47 it says nacho ordinary neighbor,
37:50 just playing off of the apple nachos.
37:52 In there we have everything
37:53 that you would need for your neighbors
37:55 to make their own batch of apple nachos.
37:57 We have a couple of good crisp apples in there,
37:59 some little Mason jars filled with our drizzle sauces
38:02 and then little cute baggies full of the resins and nuts
38:05 that we're going to be topping
38:06 our apple nachos with here in just a minute.
38:10 Very good. I love this concept.
38:12 The tag says, nacho ordinary neighbor.
38:15 Yeah. This is awesome.
38:17 Great way to go and meet your new neighbors
38:20 or if you need to bring, get well gift to someone
38:23 or someone's had a baby or thing like that
38:25 then it's a really nice thing that you can do.
38:27 And it's something that keeps for a while
38:29 so it's a dessert that they wouldn't have
38:30 to immediately eat as well.
38:32 So they could you know, have it
38:33 save it for the weekend.
38:34 Just load it up, Luke.
38:36 I know you are enjoying that.
38:39 You are gonna share it
38:40 with your friends here in studio so it's okay.
38:44 And this fudge drizzle, pardon me,
38:45 the peanut butter drizzle came together
38:46 in just a matter of probably about 30 seconds.
38:49 That was just quickly bringing that to little bit of a boil.
38:52 You don't want to take it too long
38:54 because otherwise it will burn.
38:56 So just keep the good eye on it.
38:58 That maple syrup in there will burn pretty quickly.
39:00 Now how active are you in the kitchen, Mr. Luke?
39:03 I see that-- Pretty active.
39:05 Pretty active. You like to help out.
39:08 He likes to create his own recipe, so.
39:09 Good.
39:10 Yeah, he has lots of fun in the kitchen.
39:12 Well, having-- diabetes you said,
39:15 we used to call juvenile--
39:16 Yep, type 1 of juvenile diabetes.
39:18 Okay, you know it's such a blessing
39:20 to know these types of recipes that he can have
39:24 because many of our viewers have children like that too.
39:28 So this is so helpful a lot of times
39:30 and we don't have any health issues
39:33 and we don't know what to prepare for ourselves.
39:35 Let alone for someone that has a special need
39:38 such as this dietary issue
39:41 that you have, the juvenile diabetes.
39:44 And a lot of people these days are concerned with gluten
39:46 and that's obviously something
39:47 that will be gluten free as well.
39:48 So you can serve this to anyone who has gluten sensitivity.
39:51 Luke, why don't you put some of nuts on top?
39:53 Let's see what he is doing.
39:54 Obviously if someone has nut sensitivity
39:56 you wouldn't want to do all these toppings
39:57 but you can do a sunflower butter
40:00 or if it's peanut allergy then they could have
40:02 possibly almond butter or something like that.
40:04 Load it up, Luke.
40:05 You are doing a good job. Nice.
40:10 Okay, so we have the roasted almonds.
40:12 And we did toast these nuts in the oven
40:14 for about 10 minutes at the lower temperature oven
40:17 so there's extra crunch on with the nuts here.
40:20 And then if you want a little bit extra sweetness
40:22 we have some raisins that you can put on there,
40:24 you can use chopped dates,
40:25 you can just eliminate that all together as well.
40:27 Right. Right. Very good.
40:30 And this is all natural sweeteners.
40:33 And we don't have to worry about--
40:35 Well, this looks amazing. You did an excellent job.
40:38 We have the beauty shot right here, the final product.
40:42 These are the apple nachos.
40:45 That's right, you heard correctly, apple nachos.
40:48 So we had the peanut drizzle on there
40:51 and also the fudge drizzle.
40:53 Yum, yum, yum.
40:55 I think I am gonna sneak a slice of apple.
40:57 May I? Yeah.
40:59 Well, I better try some.
41:00 You do too, Luke?
41:01 Let's try this. All right, here we go.
41:07 Very good.
41:08 Good job. Oh, wow.
41:10 I think I am gonna go sit in the corner
41:12 while you guys read the next recipe.
41:16 Our next recipe, we're making a couple of fun fruit salads.
41:20 The first one that we're making is the Racecar Salad.
41:22 And for that you'll need--
41:33 And we also be making a Mango Hedgehog.
41:35 And for that you need--
41:40 I am very excited and thankful for these recipes
41:43 because a lot of times we make salads, fruit salads
41:47 and we don't know what's in it.
41:48 And a lot of times kids are like,
41:50 I don't like this, I don't like that.
41:52 But this lady know exactly
41:54 what's in it and it's so much fun.
41:57 I wish I was a kid again.
41:59 Luke, what are you gonna be making?
42:01 We're going to be making racecar.
42:04 Racecar. Okay.
42:06 And, Annelise, you are gonna lead out doing which one?
42:09 Mango hedgehog.
42:10 All right, well, I love all these fruits.
42:13 Okay, mothers, tell us
42:14 how these recipes came about these ideas.
42:17 Stephanie?
42:18 Well, you know we're talking about eating the rainbow
42:20 and eating lots of different fruits and vegetables
42:22 and so we're looking at fun ways
42:24 to get the kids to eat more fruit.
42:26 And it's always fun to play with your food.
42:28 Yes.
42:29 And it's fun to create things and then we get to eat it.
42:31 I can't believe a mother should say that,
42:34 always hate to play with your food?
42:37 It is always okay to play with your food
42:39 if you eat it when you are done.
42:40 That's right.
42:41 We don't want to waste it, we just want to eat it.
42:42 That is true.
42:43 So we are looking different recipes
42:45 and different things the different ways
42:46 to make things look fun and cute.
42:47 And so it's hard to find a lot of butterflies
42:50 and flowers and stuff so we've tried to find
42:52 some that were friendly all the red
42:54 and the racecar is super friendly for boys.
42:56 Yes.
42:57 Because all boys like cars. Yes, they do.
42:59 Well, teach us how to make these--
43:02 Okay, before we do that the first trick
43:04 to doing the racecar is the proper banana.
43:06 Opening it in the backwards.
43:09 The banana has to be-- it's the top of the--
43:13 it's the one on the top of the bunch
43:14 that has a little curve in it.
43:15 You see? Okay.
43:17 Because this is the back of the racecar.
43:19 Oh.
43:20 And this is the front of the racecar.
43:21 So let's-- you'll see when it's all together.
43:23 But you need to check your bananas for that little curve.
43:26 All right.
43:27 Go ahead and open your banana.
43:30 Open it backward so that front doesn't get mashed.
43:33 You can do that.
43:34 That's how monkey opens the banana, you know.
43:35 That's right. That is the correct way.
43:37 It also keeps the strings from peeling off too,
43:40 if you peel it from the bottom.
43:42 You haven't peeled your banana?
43:43 And don't break it, keep the whole.
43:46 So you ladies try to figure out different ways
43:50 of making food fun in the kitchen.
43:53 Is there a time when you just run out of ideas
43:56 or do you say dear Sarah, you are dealing with Luke,
43:59 what I am going to make for him next?
44:02 Well, you know, again, we've talked about this
44:03 but it seems like whenever you let your kids get involve
44:05 or let them choose then there's a lot more like
44:08 what they are going to eat, what they are making.
44:10 So lot of times I'll just ask my kids,
44:12 what shall we make?
44:13 What vegetables do you want to have with?
44:15 That's a good idea.
44:16 Whatever we're having for dinner that night.
44:17 Okay, Luke, we're watching you.
44:18 All right.
44:19 What are you gonna do, Mr. Luke?
44:23 Next step, what is it?
44:25 You are gonna cut the kiwi.
44:27 Do you want me to cut the kiwi?
44:29 What are we using the kiwi for?
44:30 The kiwi is for the wheels.
44:33 Okay. Okay.
44:35 They are gonna cut the ends off.
44:37 Go ahead, Annelise, grab your kiwi
44:38 and go ahead and cut.
44:39 So your kids have been taught how to work with knife.
44:43 Yes, for sure. Very good.
44:45 How many wheels you're putting on your car?
44:47 Four. Four wheels?
44:49 Okay.
44:51 Annelise is preparing her-- Go ahead with that kiwi.
44:54 You got to cut them into--
44:55 you have to make them thin enough to get four slices.
44:57 Four slices. So you have four wheels.
45:00 It's so nice to do activities where our children are invited.
45:04 I don't usually attend activities
45:07 that my children are not invited
45:09 because the short time that we have with our children,
45:13 I mean, they spend all day in school
45:16 so I don't want to give up my time with the kids.
45:19 So when we are in the kitchen
45:20 it's one of the places in the house
45:22 that we spend a lot of time in.
45:25 So we have family worship, we have family cooking,
45:29 family washing dishes, cleaning the house.
45:31 So it's all part of raising children
45:35 that are you know, independent.
45:38 And not only for now they can take these skills
45:40 into their adult life and they will be
45:41 just that much further ahead when they go to college
45:43 and that kind of things as well.
45:44 Definitely.
45:45 Okay, so here Luke is poking-- ouch, ouch.
45:51 Okay, so you have the kiwi wheels.
45:56 All right.
45:58 So here we're making the cars, vroom, vroom.
46:02 Very good.
46:04 So these kids actually eat these fruits
46:07 once you are done making the salad.
46:11 That's the best part. It's a fun salad.
46:15 Very good. All right.
46:16 So then you put strawberry on top.
46:20 So what is that suppose to be?
46:22 The hood? The person.
46:24 Oh, the person, all right.
46:28 Are you having the fun yet?
46:31 Are you having the fun yet, guys?
46:33 Yeah. Yeah.
46:34 Very good. That's the end of the top.
46:36 Slice the top off.
46:39 This is really good I think.
46:41 What comes to mind is like an adventures club
46:43 or it could be beavers club,
46:45 you know, that they can make-- making it exciting.
46:48 Perfect.
46:49 Kids have friends come over after school
46:52 and they want to have a snack.
46:53 Definitely surprising. Yeah.
46:54 They would have so much fun,
46:55 they could make it as an activity as well as--
46:56 Awesome.
46:59 Very good. And then we have the head.
47:03 Oh, well, this car is done.
47:06 Well, I think we are missing something?
47:08 Oh, we are? What's that?
47:09 The guy needs a hat or some hair.
47:11 However you want to look at it.
47:12 I didn't put hat on the one we did
47:15 but they like the little hat.
47:16 Okay, now I got to see this little hat thing.
47:20 Okay, I think it's going--
47:23 We're just having crazy hair day,
47:25 Annelise, crazy hair day.
47:26 Look at this, Annelise has a flat tire.
47:28 Let's bring it here.
47:30 There you go. There you go.
47:32 Oh, how much fun that is.
47:33 There's no wrong way to make it.
47:36 It's always cute
47:37 and it's always just the way you like it.
47:38 You know what it's all about,
47:39 it's of having a good time and eating healthy.
47:43 There's nothing wrong with that.
47:45 Oh, so here's the hair.
47:46 The hair is the little--
47:47 Oh, oh, your toothpick isn't long enough.
47:49 Okay, so the key is to make sure
47:52 that the toothpick sticks out of the grape.
47:56 Just long enough to get through hair.
47:57 Just long enough to pin the hair on.
48:00 It's like a little topi.
48:05 There you go. There you go, yeah.
48:07 Looks awesome. Good job.
48:10 The wheels are ready to go.
48:12 Nice, vroom, vroom.
48:14 Let's go to the next recipe.
48:16 We have the hedgehog.
48:17 The hedgehog, that's right.
48:19 We're gonna move on to the little hedgehog.
48:20 Okay. Put the little car over here.
48:24 And the hedgehog is super easy.
48:25 We don't want to cut the mango right in half,
48:27 you want to cut it the other side of the pit
48:32 that's in the middle.
48:33 That's right. So there you go.
48:34 You can give that cheek, as we call it over to Lucas.
48:39 Use your knife to cut all the way through
48:40 or you're going to mess up if you your hedgehog.
48:42 Okay, then you put-- You cut that one off.
48:47 This knife little here-- this knife is a little bit--
48:49 Dull.
48:50 But we want it dull for children.
48:52 We don't want too sharp. That's right.
48:54 Just keep going. You got right to the pit.
48:55 We're almost there. We're almost there.
48:58 We did it. Success.
49:00 We have successfully cut our-- now before you do it,
49:03 Annelise, show them what we are doing.
49:05 Okay.
49:06 Show them how to make the little,
49:08 the little things on the hedgehog.
49:10 We make one--
49:11 Stop with that and let's use this knife.
49:13 That might cut the little lines better.
49:15 If you can put it flat so we can see.
49:18 You want to cut little lines straight through it.
49:22 Not through the skin.
49:23 Not through the skin, thought.
49:25 You want to cut it-- Only in the mango.
49:27 Only in the mango. Okay.
49:29 And then you want to make the, into little squares or diamonds
49:32 and the bigger you make them the bigger--
49:35 What you call those things? Spines.
49:38 Quills, there you go and you can make them really small
49:40 and you can make them depending on
49:42 how well you cut them or how you like to cut them.
49:44 So Annelise is cutting her's--
49:47 We've got to make food fun for our kids, you know.
49:51 We sometimes worry about our dinner,
49:53 we're going to put our dinner together,
49:55 we're going to have those Johnson's over
49:57 but we forget details, special details
50:00 for the menu for the children.
50:02 So even so if it's not a children's gathering
50:06 it's just nice to have-- to think about them.
50:09 They feel so special when you think about them.
50:12 I just love children and see their innovative ways of--
50:17 you know, they teach me, you know.
50:19 And when they get involved it's just so encouraging.
50:23 Okay, Mr. Luke, how's it going?
50:26 Are you ready to do the side cuts
50:28 so we can do the quills and what else?
50:31 He's doing a good job there. Oh, yes.
50:34 He's gonna have little spines.
50:35 Yeah, you're gonna have big spines
50:36 and he's gonna have little spines.
50:38 That's good.
50:39 That way we can see both at the same time.
50:43 Yes. All right.
50:44 So, well, he's cutting here we let Annelise to continue.
50:48 You turn it inside out.
50:50 You just turn it inside out.
50:51 You cut it little bit that's okay.
50:53 We'll just push it that way.
50:55 Oh, there you go. There you go.
50:56 There they go. There you go.
50:58 And then you bring them down and you put his little nose on
51:02 which is going to be a cute little raspberry.
51:05 Okay. So we have a raspberry nose.
51:08 And then two eyes, we use raisins for the eyes.
51:11 Okay.
51:13 Mom and son team here.
51:16 Look at that. Yummy.
51:19 It's got lots of quills, doesn't he?
51:21 Here Lucas, there's a raspberry for his nose.
51:23 These quills need to come apart.
51:26 Yeah, your quills are kind of stuck together, aren't they?
51:28 That's okay, we'll just hook with it.
51:30 So the mango should be fairly ripe.
51:32 It is to be a pretty ripe little mango.
51:38 Stick these out with the toothpick if you--
51:40 In you need to stay them in place.
51:43 Very good.
51:45 It's so much fun. All right, guys.
51:47 Well, we are going to pause now.
51:50 We're gonna go to your contact information
51:52 because you do have a cookbook available.
51:54 And also we're gonna take a break,
51:55 a news break and we will be right back.
52:00 If you like to purchase one of the cookbooks for yourself
52:03 or if you like to know more about this ministry
52:05 you can do so by writing to Emmanuel Institute,
52:09 PO Box 399, Pullman, MI 49450.
52:14 That's Emmanuel Institute,
52:16 PO Box 399, Pullman, MI 49450.
52:21 You can call 269-908-0446.
52:25 That's 269-908-0446.
52:29 You can also visit them online
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