Our troop normally meets for an hour, but, we made this into a field trip. We were lucky that we have a teen center in our area. The center is teen driven, giving opportunities for teens to explore and be leaders in various areas. We had a teen volunteer teaching the girls how to cook a few dishes to complete this badge. This meeting was about 3 1/2 hours long.
The girls made:
Classic Hummus (dish from a different time period)
Grilled Moroccan Chicken (from another country)
Moroccan Couscous with Roasted Vegetables, Chick Peas and Almonds *
Deep Dish Cookie Pie (dish that makes a statement: Vegan)
*had to skip the almonds, due to an allergy in our troop
Our teen volunteer put the girls to work. She split them up and had them working on various parts of the meal. Every girl was able to help make a dish.
We have a girl with nut allergies, so, we had to select recipes that did not contain nuts. We modified one of the recipes and just eliminated the Almonds. We also have one girl who is a vegetarian (my child, of course) so we used vegetable broth instead of chicken broth in our Couscous recipe. The girls were a little skeptical of the dessert (again, except for my child). No flour or eggs. They were pleasantly surprised at the result.
I had to marinate the chicken prior to the meeting. The chicken had to be marinated at least 2 hours. We didn't have time for the girls to do this during this meeting, so, I went ahead and did this step for them.
Once everything was cooked/baked, we all sat together and ate our meal. The food came out delicious. The girls were so excited about the meal they made. We even had copies of the recipes for them to take home so they can make the meal for their families.
The center did not provide the food for this badge. We had to purchase the groceries. We were lucky that the center has a kitchen with utensils. We priced various places for this badge and the prices ranged from $50 per girl (plus groceries) to $400 for a kitchen to cook in (not including groceries). We felt this was the best deal (free venue and we paid for groceries). Having a teen as an instructor was great. She goes to the local high school and related well with the girls. She also teaches a cooking class at the center once a week.
The next few posts will be the recipes for these dishes. I'm trying to make it easy for those who want to get to these recipes for this meeting and, well, just to try the recipes.
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