Ashley – Hummus and Bean Salad Lessons

Ashley students have helped get ready for a parent breakfast with this morning announcement they prepared about making hummus and a corn bean salad.  They also helped prepare a movie that we share here and also featured at a Parent Breakfast about how to make hummus.
Listen to Morning Announcement
RECIPE IN ENGLISH
Ingredients:

1/4 cup garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
1/8 [...]

Ashley Chicken Salad (W)Rap

Thanks to Ashley 5th grade students in the classes of Mr. Herd and Mr. Zwick for helping prepare these stories.  Eat Your Radio Journalists helped prepare these programs for broadcast in morning announcements and for sharing at Parent Breakfasts and cooking classes, and also on the Ashley Elementary school website.
Parenting Tip: Kids try more [...]

Ashley – Kwanzaa Celebration and Holiday Bazaar

Ashley students created morning announcements about their Kwanzaa celebrations, plus announcements about a Parent Breakfast and cooking class and the holiday bazaar where many parents helped make healthier offerings for the celebrations.  These videos were shared at a Parent Breakfast and on the Ashley school website.

Kids eat “healthy” when healthy food is fun.
Listen to [...]

Corn and Bean Salad Lesson at Ashley

Children try more new food when it’s fun.
Watch Ashley Corn and Bean Salad Video!
Click here to see another video about Corn and Bean Salad
Ingredients:       Yield: 6-8 servings

2 cans of corn, drained (15 ounces)
1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed (15 ounces)
1 red pepper
1 zucchini
1/4 cup red onion, diced
2 limes, juice
2 tablespoons oil
Salt [...]

Chicken Salad Wrap – At Ashley

WATCH Chicken Salad Wrap Class (1 MINUTE)

Recipe: My Pyramid Chicken Salad Wrap

Ingredients

1 – 2 lb. seedless grapes
1 to 2 lb. romaine lettuce, bagged 8 oz.
plain yogurt
12 6” whole wheat tortilla (fajita style)
2 – cans chicken 10 – 12 oz

Instructions

Open and drain canned chicken
Wash grapes and cut in half; put in a bowl
Mix grapes, chicken [...]

Superfoods Day – Apples – Ashley Denver

LISTEN to FRIDAY Superfoods Announcement (25 Seconds)
LISTEN to THURSDAY Superfoods Announcement (30 Seconds)
WATCH Video about Superfoods Day

Walk to School Day — from Ashley Denver

Wednesday, October 5th is International Walk to School Day.  Check out Ashley Elementary School’s work to make this a great event!
WATCH Ronny, Andrea and Emelio
LISTEN to Ronny, Andrea and Emelio (45 seconds)
LISTEN to 30 Ronny, Andrea and Emelio (30 seconds)
LISTEN to Alex, Fabri and Xavier (30 seconds)
WATCH Alex, Fabri and Xavier

Since 1997, communities around the [...]

Jose and his mom make a corn salad

Thanks to Jose and his mom for this story, and to radio producer Sarah Hughes and video producer Maeve Conran for this final report.

Call-in Show: Children’s Nutrition Policy in Colorado

KGNU Station Manager Sam Fuqua talks with three experts on Colorado’s Nutrition Policy for children.
Katherine Moos
Child Nutrition Program Manager
Hunger Free Colorado

Anne Bennett, MPH, RD Director of Nutrition Services
WIC Services – Women, Infants and Children
Tri-County Health Department
Cody Belzley
Vice President of Public Affairs
Colorado Children’s Campaign
LISTEN (1 hour)

Iron Chef – Broomfield High Catering