Exploring Healthy Snacking with Tempeh! 🌱
📍 Location: 26 Classrooms
🍽️ Special Collaboration: Tempeh Today Healthy Snacks
🎓 Programme Organiser: Miss-Collect
At Veggie4School, we believe in planting seeds and growing minds, and recently, students across 26 classrooms have been expanding their taste buds too! Thanks to our collaboration with Tempeh Today, students have participated in interactive tasting sessions, exploring the benefits of healthy, plant-based snacks. These lessons taught students how food fuels both their bodies and minds!
During the sessions, students used the Interactive Tongue Map, an engaging activity that helped them understand different tastes and why they’re essential for a balanced diet.
🔍 What Did They Learn?
- Bitter: 🌿 Curry Leaves are rich in antioxidants and support digestion.
- Umami: 🥦 Broccoli & 🍲 Tempeh provide savoury, protein-rich goodness. Tempeh, with its mildly nutty and earthy flavour, is an excellent source of plant-based protein.
- Sweet: 🍎 Apples & 🍌 Bananas offer a quick, natural energy boost.
📝 Incorporating Tempeh into a Healthy Diet:
Students discovered that tempeh is a fantastic source of plant-based protein, perfect for building strength and supporting growth. This ties into the Rainbow Thali model, emphasising variety and balance in the Veggie4School program.
👨🏫 Nutrient Detectives: Discovering Food with Tempeh
In each session, students became Nutrient Detectives, investigating how tempeh and other healthy snacks contribute to balanced meals. They explored flavours and the benefits of plant-based proteins and practised real-life skills like harvesting and seed-saving, equipping them to grow their ingredients.
🌟 Mission: Taste and Learn!
- Explore your taste buds with the Interactive Tongue Map.
- Recognise healthy snacks like tempeh and their benefits.
- Master Harvesting Skills: Learn when to pick produce for the best flavour and nutrition.
- Create your Rainbow Thali: Fill your plate with colourful, nutritious veggies, grains, and proteins.
This collaboration with Tempeh Today is a significant step in showing students that healthy eating can be fun, educational, and delicious!
A special thank you to the entire Tempeh Today team for ensuring every classroom received fresh tempeh chips, especially Henk and David, who ensured we had a continuous supply of these healthy snacks for our tasting lessons. Your efforts have truly enriched the experience for our students! 🌟
Miss-Collect
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