Parts of the Plant fried rice

The XP teachers have the best ideas!  This time they decided to make parts of the plant fried rice.  We began by examining various foods: carrots, celery, cabbage, broccoli, pepper and identified them as: root, stem, leaf, flower or fruit.

 The children recorded these observations in their science journals.

 Vida helped them chop the ingredients at a nearby table before combining it all into a skillet.

 The final result was a huge success!!!

Inspired by my afternoon with XP, the toddler teachers and I decided to make fried rice with the morning class.

They chopped veggies with enthusiasm and we shared the abundance of rice with the children in all classes.
If you want to try it at home, here is an easy recipe:

• First cook some rice with green peas and refrigerate over night (we find this works better).
• Chop all the ingredients.
• Next, whip some eggs until frothy with some salt and scramble in some oil.
• Remove the eggs.
• Add some more oil to the skillet and cook the parts of the plant combo until tender but still a little crisp.
• Add in the rice and cooked eggs.
• Stir in some gluten-free soy sauce (that's what we used) and ENJOY!