Kale Cooking Demo at Odom Elementary

Families at Odom Elementary School in Austin, TX were in for a treat when the Brighter Bites Austin team hosted a produce education and cooking demo centered around the yummy superfood kale! The event started with a discussion of the science behind kids’ palates (hint: did you know kids taste food differently than adults’?) and then transitioned into a talk about the health benefits of kale and a lesson on multiple ways to prepare it.

The Brighter Bites Austin team then demonstrated how to cook Brighter Bites’ own “Smoky Greens” recipe in front of the 15 parents and 2 students in attendance and served the vegetable four different ways: with sauteed potatoes, tomatoes, and green bell peppers; on a baked potato with chives and parmesan cheese; on whole wheat toast with avocado and scrambled eggs; and finally in a raw smoothie with apple, mango, cucumber, and avocado! In addition to the yummy meals, families also got to try homemade baked kale chips, which were quite the hit.

The demo incorporated almost every item from the Brighter Bites produce bags for Odom families that week! We hope it prompted lots of kale creativity 🙂

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