Brainfood welcomed me to the new school year!!

Hello everyone, my name is LaSchellé Owens, I am the new instructor here at Brainfood-Chinatown location, I am so happy to be apart of Brainfood Kitchen All Star program this school year. My students are all from different schools in DC. I met such great students who are excited about learning, building life skills, and new cooking skills. I am learning so much myself as well. I am pumped up about what we have in store for the students this school year. So far we have started off with baking.  Our recipes varied from Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake Brownies and Vegan Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Chip Muffins to Cheddar Biscuits and Sweet Potato Biscuits. Which by the way were all DELICIOUS!!!  Everyone was so proud of their new found baking skills, such as sifting flour, separating an egg and measuring the “Brainfood Way” and so was I.  

 
The next week we were able to show our creative talents in creating our own pizzas; however it was not as easy as the students thought at first…. There was a catch. Pizza Challenge: Each group of students while creating their “master pizza”  had to not only create a pizza from scratch, learn about yeast and how to kneed the dough,  but had to add one new ingredient that they have never had on a pizza and place it “on the whole pizza.”  I was thrilled to see all of the students’ new ideas come to reality. Shapes varied from Mickey Mouse, triangle pizzas, square pizzas, Fish shaped, to Finn from Adventures of Finn & Jake (Cartoon watchers). Pizza toppings and sauces widely ranged from Jalapenos, pineapples, bacon, apples, pears, barbeque sauce, ranch sauce, and tomato sauce.

Just wait! This is only the tip of the iceberg for where these students will take the lead in expressing their passion and desire for learning and cooking. Stay tuned for more…
 
Thank Brainfood you for allowing me to be apart of your team :-)