Mama Mia! CA2 Italian Buffet

Working in pairs, Culinary Art 2 ProStart students planned a 5 course Italian menu
that focused on either Northern or Southern Italian styles. Teams presented their menus to the class and who then voted on what would be prepared for our Italian buffet that included the following:

• Antipasto - hot or cold appetizers 
• Primo ("first course"), usually consists of a hot dish like pasta, risotto, gnocchi, polenta or soup
• Secondo ("second course") usually fish or meat 
• Contorno ("side dish") may consist of a salad or vegetables. A traditional menu features salad after the main course. 
• Dolce ("dessert")

Chocolate, Bow-Ties, and Rainbows... Just a typical day in CA1

Bow-Ties... Made with much more love than the box variety

After having some good ol' fashion practice preparing basic pasta, the Culinary Arts 1 ProStart students were able to explore their own pasta whims, which included hand-made bow-ties, chocolate pasta, and even rainbow colored pasta!

Chocolate Pasta

Bow Ties with Creamy Pesto Sauce

A Crayola like bowl of pasta

Chocolate Pasta with Nutella Sauce and White Chocolate

Fettuccine with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Adding the final touches

Process of Rainbow Pasta

Break the Fast and Get Cookin!

Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet

Banana, Berry, & Flax Seed Oatmeal

Family Foods students planned a breakfast combination food to include a whole grain, low-fat or nutrient-dense protein, and a fruit or vegetable.  If eating breakfast is THIS tasty, how can you go wrong??!

Hr 2 Winners: Breakfast Skillet

Whole Wheat Pancakes

Whole Wheat Waffles with Berry Coulis (and a little happiness)

Pulaski...The new Italy (for a day or two...)

Culinary 1 and 2 students became pros in producing homemade, fresh pasta.  Using a basic pasta recipe, ProStart students were able to first practice the recipe itself and then have a second day to prepare another batch of pasta with their choice of sauce through an open-cupboard lab.

The results-magnifico! 

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That's a Wrap!

Hr 2 Winners: Salsa Verde Chicken Wraps

Going along with the MyPlate guidelines, Family Foods students prepared wraps using whole grain tortillas and their choice of fillings.

Hr 3 Winners: BLT Avocado Wrap

Hr 1 Winners: Chicken Ranch Wrap

Um Num Num...Risotto

Culinary Arts 2 students were able to kick-start their Italian cuisine unit with a demonstration from Fox Valley Technical School culinary student and Pulaski High School's 2011 graduate, Zach Beaver.  As Zach demonstrated a fantastic mushroom risotto, ProStart students followed along preparing their own servings.

Piiiizzzzzaaaa!!!!!!!

Who needs Papa John's when you can make homemade pizza from scratch?!? 

Not our Family Foods students!

                

Hr 3 Winners!