The Delectable Delights

Hey everyone!!Club activities are in full swing at Sancta Maria. Children are having fun and there are no words to express their joy.

After the brainstorming session with students, 3 clubs were chosen from their suggestions.

The Meccano Club –A club for materializing different scientific ideas into real /prototype models,

The Delectable Delights-A club for budding gourmets and

The Creative Club –A club for making the best use of one’s artistic skills

They were started on 7^TH July 2011.

“The Delectable delights” -Wondering what it could be?

As the name says, it is the place where we have absolute fun and happiness from self-cooked delicious food. Yes, “The delectable delights” is Sancta Maria’s cookery club.

But is there anything that you learn here other than cooking and eating??

Well! It’s not. There are so many other things accomplished in the background.

Children learn to plan things well (plan the recipe, shop for ingredients), how to store food, time management, presentation, nutrition and hygiene, responsibility, seasonal awareness, safety procedures and above all just the plain enjoyment of eating!!

Other benefits for children cooking also include:

Opportunities for mastery of new skills, self-confidence, the art of giving for other's enjoyment, a sense of service, increased creativity and imagination, better self-image which comes with accomplishment.

We have our club activities on every Thursday. Here are some snippets of our activities in the month of July.

On the 7^th of July, we made hedgehog chocolate slices. Though we could not make slices, kids really got absorbed into the caramelized yummy taste of the chocolate-nut mixture.

On 14^th, we made Chatpata Pasta-a creative way of cooking pasta in Indian Chat style. Have a look at the mouth-watering picturesJ

Cute little Zehra cutting vegetables

Students engrossed in cooking

Finally the yummy Pasta

Hey we had fun!!

On 21^st, We had a surprise cook who taught the kids a simple yet very exiting recipe. Guess who it could be?

Yes…Mrs.Ratnalekha Shetty, our principal taught the kids to make Salsa Papad-a tomato-cheese filling in papad. Here are the pictures.

On 28^th ,Supriya Jain ,Principal’s PA came up with a very interesting recipe-Kachi Dabeli. It is a Gujarati snack.Believe me-the kids could not resist a second serving. It was scrumptious!!!

The students are also taught to clean the workspace after cooking!!So moms…look forward to see your kids making more lip-smacking dishes for you at home!!!!