On Monday, all the 4th grade students at Addison enjoyed the visit of Chef Beverlie Terra of Dolce Hayes Mansion and Chef Kathy Niven. Chef Beverlie discussed the benefits of eating fresh seasonal foods, visiting local farms and farmers markets, while Chef Kathy shreded the vegetables.

The students were surprised to learn how we can taste food with our eyes and our nose. The kids mixed together vegetables that had an array of different colors, and they “tasted” the vegetables with their noses by enjoying all the different smells.

Chef Beverlie and Chef Kathy then taught the kids how to make lettuce wraps. Each child took a lettuce leaf and filled it with all the different shredded vegetables such as yellow squash, zucchinis, cucumbers and rainbow carrots…. They added some homemade Ranch dressing, and voila — delicious lettuce wraps. While the students were busy eating their wraps, Chef Beverlie demonstrated how to make Ranch dressing using a whisk.

The line for seconds was huge!! The lettuce wraps were a big success!