Alisal Union School District Student and Parent Food Show

Sept. 28th HELP was invited to participate with the Alisal Union School District Student and Parent Food Show.

Chef Adrienne presented cookies made from MANN Broccoli Slaw and Pat and Ron,  HELP’s early childhood nutrition educators, presented healthy alternative snacks.
Over 250 people attended.

Apple Snack

Hey kids,

Here is a nutritious and delicious snack that is fun to make.

Wash your apple and core it.

Slice it in rounds.

Spread peanut butter, soy butter, almond butter or sun butter on your apple slice.

Take sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds and press the apple face down in to the seeds.

The peanut butter will make the seeds stick to the apple.

Eat and enjoy.

This is a yummy and nutritious snack idea that Chef Todd Fisher shared with the staff at HELP.

Press Release - Mann Packing

Press Release - Harden Foundation

Donations!

HELP would like to thank some very generous local companies for their donations to our programs!

MANN Packing donated $15,000 to HELP for the

Head Start Program

Harden Foundation donated $10,000 for the

After-School/Garden Program at

Monterey Park School in Salinas.



Summer Garden

Pictures of the summer garden at Monterey Park

This is a picture of the Garden before the Garden Club

The following pictures are current pictures of the Garden

 We have zucchini, tomatoes, green beans, apples, pumpkins, and strawberries waiting for the kids when Garden Club resumes in September.

Recipe - Spanish Rice

Help’s I Can’t Believe It’s Not Spanish Rice

Ingredients:

1 head of  Ocean Mist Farm’s Cauliflower

Cooking Spray or 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

1 cup diced red bell pepper

1 cup diced green bell pepper

2 chopped green onions

1 15 ounce can of black beans (drained)

1 tablespoon garlic salt

2 tablespoons mesquite seasoning or taco seasoning (dry) or any other Mexican style dry seasoning.

2 tablespoons of salt free Garlic and Herb Seasoning

Instructions:

Serves 6

1. Rinse Ocean Mist Farm’s cauliflower under cold running water and pat dry.
2. Cut cauliflower into small sections
3. Place cut cauliflower into a food processor (or use hand chopper) and pulse or chop until cauliflower looks like grains of rice, set aside.
4. Over medium-high heat, spray a large sauté pan with cooking spray or add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
5. Add red and green bell pepper and onions to the sauté pan. Cook until tender.
6. Add chopped cauliflower to your veggies and spray with more cooking spray.
7. Add garlic salt and Mexican style dry seasonings to the cauliflower rice.
8. Under medium-high heat stir-fry the cauliflower rice until cauliflower is tender (about 15 minutes). The longer you cook the cauliflower the fluffier it will become. Do not cover cauliflower when cooking or it will become mushy. 
9. Add black beans and mix to combine and heat through.
10. Serve as a side dish for chicken, beef or fish.

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