Kids participate in Healthy Living Cooking Class

The Santa Paula Unified School District in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Paula presented a “Healthy Living Cooking Class” as part of its 2015 Summer School Program. This session culminated with a special end-of-year lunch held on Wednesday, July 15 at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Paula where the young chefs were involved with preparing a seven-course, tasting menu consisting of gazpacho, a hummus trio, endive bruschetta, tropical ceviche, roasted corn and poblano quinoa, grass-fed beef with chimichurri, and citrus sorbet. The Health Living Cooking Class began on June 17 and ended on July 15 and the 5th-8th graders met at the club everyday (Monday – Friday) to learn special cooking techniques as well as to have fun working as a team.