Food and kids

[fabrisse]

I'd like to thank everyone who commented on my last post. I'm going to go ahead and submit my questions and suggestions to them, but I think I'm going to look at one of the other available positions here instead. There's just too much chance of physical or mental harm to me if I go for that one.

I have found out that we may be founding a cooking club starting next month. One of the kids here is very interested in becoming a chef (he's hoping to go to Johnson and Wales), and loves to cook already. Right now, I'm lending him some cookbooks for other regions (his primary culture is Caribbean).

Now, the cooking club is a good idea. However, as is so often the case, the execution will be poor. Money is the cause. The most the club will put toward it is $50.00 per month. There will be five or six kids involved, plus me and a staff member. It is not impossible to feed 8 people on $12.50, but we'll have no staples to call on. The staff person is talking about grilled cheese and tomato soup again.

Admittedly, I'm planning on meals that can be done cheaply. Macaroni and cheese that doesn't come out of a blue box, for example. But I also want to serve a salad with it, if at all possible. Suggestions are welcome.

Comments

[kstanley.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it sounds like you need to do some fund raising. Perhaps you could create a list of staple ingredients that you need and work with a local grocery chain? Maybe they could ask people checking out at the cashier for donations (like the do for other charities)? A few people donating a pound of rice here, a bag of flour there, ought to make a difference.

[tpau]

i was thinking, even aske some of your employed friends, and you can at least double the budget each month...

[tpau]

and i meant that as in " don't ask the unemployed ones, they probably need the monye " sort of way...

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I don't think the club would permit it. They already use the local chains for the daycare food and will be calling on them for the Kid's Cafe. But I may start hitting up friends for flour, sugar, oil, and rice.

*sigh*

I like my friends, I'd like to keep them.

How are you, sweetie?

[kstanley.livejournal.com]

Dandy. It's all Going So Well. I'm the happiest I have been since I was a kid, and I'm just not lying. This going back to school thing was a great idea.