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FAMILY MAGAZINE must-try recipes POWERUP KITCHEN QUESTS KIDS' ACTIVITIES 10 POWER CHEF SKILLS TO LEARN IN THE KITCHEN 1 What's Inside? CAN YOU FIND EACH OF THESE 9 POWERUP KITCHEN QUEST 3 PICTURES HIDDEN IN ANOTHER CONQUER THE COOL CUCUMBER PLACE INSIDE THIS MAGAZINE? QUEST 1: 4 Chef hat, pan, five, cabbage, whisk, QUEST 2: BE BRAVE! 6 pepper, grater, measuring cup and TRY SWEET OR SPICY PEPPERS the letter Q QUEST 3: CRUNCH THE CELERY 8 QUEST 4: GET SUPER POWERS 10 WITH SUPERHERO SQUASH QUEST 5: GET CURIOUS 12 ABOUT CABBAGE POWER CHEF SKILLS 14 RECIPE BOOK 18 FOOD AND ALLERGY SENSITIVITIES 19 TRY FOR 5 SUPER SLAW INSERT POWERUP RECIPE CONTEST INSERT ARE YOU READY TO GO ON A QUEST? A quest is a journey to learn about something important, like how to be a Power Chef! Inside, your quest will be to TRY FOR 5 by trying 5 different veggies. A quest is also an opportunity to explore and have fun. Turn to page 14 to sharpen all of your Power Chef skills. NOW TURN THE PAGE TO START YOUR QUEST! share it! FOR MORE FUN WAYS LOOK INSIDE! TO POWERUP, VISIT You�ll find stickers you can use to HEALTHPARTNERS.COM/POWERUPFAMILY track the quests you complete! 2 POWERUP KITCHEN HOLD ONTO YOUR CHEF'S HAT, IT'S TIME TO TRY FOR 5! You don�t need to go to a faraway land, When adventures in the kitchen are close at hand. From the counter top, fridge and pantry too, Fruits and veggies are waiting for excitement with you. They long to be chopped, sliced and diced, Or measured and mixed with just the right spice. Peel, grate and shred are more options still, The tastes and textures can be such a thrill! And let�s not forget about adding some heat, Sautéing and roasting make veggies a treat. Recipes guide us to a finished dish, But you can change and create whatever you wish. Think of cooking as a quest in the kitchen, And Power Chefs are always up for the mission. So be brave and cook up delicious creations. Then taste and share to help spark inspiration! 3 3 QUEST CONQUER THE COOL CUCUMBER TRY IT washed and sliced; use your senses to see it, smell it, feel it, taste it! Cucumbers come They call me the “cool” from a large family cucumber, but do you know made up of melons why? Because I’m 10-20 and squash. degrees cooler on my inside than my outside. 4 CTIVITY THIS IS HOW I GROW On a vine! IF YOU TOSS CUCUMBER SLICES INTO WATER, WILL IT TASTE LIKE CUCUMBERS? Give it a try and see! Toss cucumber slices into a pitcher or glass of water and cool it in the fridge for 20 minutes or more. Then give it a try! What does it taste like? KABOBS Thumbs up or down? Throw it on a stick! RECIPE ON PAGE 22 WHAT CHEF SKILLS DID YOU USE? Learn about these skills on pages 14-17. SILLY-DILLY PEEL TZATZIKI Put it in a dip! RECIPE ON PAGE 25 SQUEEZE SCRUB WASH TOSS IT PUT YOUR IN THE R STICKER HERE E SUPER SLAW B IF YOU TRIED M U Find the recipe THE COOL C CU on your insert. CUCUMBER! 5 TRY IT washed and QUEST sliced, use your senses to see it, smell it, feel it, BE BRAVE! taste it! TRY SWEET OR SPICY PEPPERS Explorers who came We start out green, but to America gave change color as we ripen bell pepper its name on the plant. We can turn because it had the yellow, orange, purple shape of a bell. and red. 6 CTIVITY THIS IS HOW I GROW PEPPER MAZE On a plant! Help the green pepper turn yellow by helping him through the color maze. VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLL (goi cuon roll) Wrap and roll! RECIPE ON PAGE 28 MELON SALAD WHAT CHEF SKILLS WITH CHILES DID YOU USE? It's a little bit sweet, Learn about these skills on pages 14-17. but green chile peppers SLICE & CHOP make it a little bit spicy. RECIPE ON PAGE 27 SCRUB WRAP & ROLL WASH TOSS IT IN THE PUT YOUR SUPER SLAW STICKER HERE IF YOU TRIED R E P Find the recipe A SWEET OR P PE on your insert. SPICY PEPPER. 7 QUEST CRUNCH THE CELERY TRY IT washed and sliced; use your senses to see it, smell it, feel it, taste it! Celery was used as a “bouquet of flowers” The month of to reward winners April is National of athletic games in Celery Month. ancient Greece. 8 CTIVITY THIS IS HOW I GROW POWER CHEF WORD In the dirt! SCRAMBLE: EPPPRE ______ TAH ___ BOULDER TUNA SALAD I'm stuffed! POCH ____ NAP ___ RECIPE ON PAGE 25 eelp ____ HSUAQS ______ (Answers: pepper, hat, chop, pan, peel, squash) peel, pan, chop, hat, pepper, (Answers: CELERY WHAT CHEF SKILLS LEAF PESTO DID YOU USE? Presto Pesto! Learn about these MEASURE RECIPE ON PAGE 31 skills on pages 14-17. SCRUB WHISK WASH TOSS IT IN THE PUT YOUR STICKER Y SUPER SLAW HERE IF YOU R E L E Find the recipe CRUNCHED C on your insert. THE CELERY! 9 QUEST GET SUPER POWERS WITH SUPERHERO TRY IT SQUASH washed and sliced; use your senses to see it, smell it, feel it, taste it! You can eat the Squash goes by a lot of different entire squash plant. names. Yellow squash is a summer The leaves, stems, squash, and so is green zucchini. flowers, seeds and There�s even winter squash, like the fruit. acorn squash. 10 10 CTIVITY THIS IS HOW I GROW CAN YOU GUESS WHICH OF On a plant! THE FOLLOWING ARE IN THE SQUASH FAMILY? SQUASH RIBBONS 1 2 3 Oodles of zoodles! Try noodles made from veggies, like yellow squash. RECIPE ON PAGE 22 4 5 6 4–Butternut Squash, 5 – Sweet Potato, 6–Pumpkin.) Potato, Sweet – 5 Squash, 4–Butternut (Answer: 1 –Zucchini, 2 –Yellow Squash, 3 – Broccoli, Broccoli, – 3 Squash, –Yellow 2 –Zucchini, 1 (Answer: ZUCCHINI PANCAKES WHAT CHEF SKILLS DID YOU USE? Shredded zany zucchini pancakes! Learn about these skills on pages 14-17 RECIPE ON PAGE 23 SCRUB SHRED WHISK WASH TOSS IT IN THE PUT YOUR SUPER SLAW STICKER HERE H S A Find the recipe IF YOU TRIED U S Q on your insert. ANY SQUASH! 11 11 QUEST GET CURIOUS ABOUT CABBAGE TRY IT washed and sliced; use your senses to see it, smell it, feel it, taste it! Cabbage is eaten It can be purple and green, eaten all over the world, raw or cooked. Cabbage grows in from borscht all shapes and sizes – from big and soup in Russia to round to leafy and small. Some even kimchi in Korea. grow on a stalk and look like baby cabbages, called Brussels sprouts. 12 CTIVITY THIS IS HOW I GROW In the ground! EVER WONDER HOW PLANTS DRINK WATER? When you need a drink of water you sip it from a cup. But when a plant needs water, it gulps it up from the ground. That�s called “capillary action.” To see this fun experiment in action, add food coloring to a glass of water. Stick CABBAGE WRAP in a leaf of bok choy, lettuce or a AND ROLLS stalk of celery. What happens? A new twist on the traditional egg roll. RECIPE ON PAGE 30 and give the leaves a refreshing drink of water.) of drink refreshing a leaves the give and (Answer: the water will carry the color up the stalk stalk the up color the carry will water the (Answer: ROASTED WHAT CHEF SKILLS BRUSSELS DID YOU USE? SPROUTS Learn about these There's no doubt skills on pages 14-17. HEAT roasting makes these sprouts sweet. RECIPE ON PAGE 31 SCRUB WRAP & ROLL WASH TOSS IT PUT YOUR IN THE STICKER HERE IF YOU WERE E SUPER SLAW CURIOUS G A B Find the recipe AND TRIED B C A on your insert. CABBAGE! 13 "Now I know my abc's..." KILL: KILL: "mmm-mmm" SKILL S S S W F : F C F A E T E R E R S H Y H U H H C C B C 1. SCRUB 2. WASH 3. TRY! Before the real cooking begins, For clean cooking, all fruits A Power Chef always tastes Power Chefs know dirt and germs and veggies need to be washed. what they create, need to get washed away. Here’s how a Power Chef does it: To make sure the flavors and 1. Wash your hands with warm, 1. Wash them under running water. textures taste great! soapy water. 2. Scrub them with a soft brush This is the final step in every 2. Scrub front and back, under your (even a clean toothbrush or cloth cooking adventure. fingernails and between your works). For small fruit or veggies, fingers for 20 seconds (that’s the like berries or cherry tomatoes, It’s the reward of the journey, time it takes to sing the ABC song). put them in a colander (a bowl like a tasty treasure! with small holes) and rinse them 3. Dry your hands with a clean towel well under running water. And if the bite is not what you or paper towel. thought it would be, 3. Now they’re ready to cut, cook or eat. A different quest awaits for you to try another recipe. IT'S FUN TO TRY NEW SKILLS WITH EACH KITCHEN QUEST.