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Welcome to Father Bill’s Kitchen!  A kitchen is many things to a home.  It is a place of love when bread is broken, a place of learning when homework is done.  It can even be a place of council when serious topics must be discussed.  It is our hope that Father Bill's Kitchen will be all those things and more to our family at École Monsignor William Irwin School.  This blog will attempt to give you an insight into our Wellness goals and dreams for our new school through photos and links related to the mind, body and spirit.

Plans for our focus on health and wellness for our students began before the doors to the school even opened.  A dedicated team of parents and teachers had a vision for a healthy school.  The start to their plan began with the establishment of a "Soup Day" to replace the old concept of the pizza lunch and to involve the students in the process.  We were featured in the Edmonton Examiner on September 29^th with the heading “Souper Duper” School promotes healthy lunches!  Here are the photos that accompanied the article.

 Here are two of our students helping to make a delicious minestrone soup that was eaten for hot lunch that day.  It was accompanied by a carton of milk, a whole grain roll and crunchy apple slices.

Our students really loved helping the parent volunteers to create a delicious and nutritious lunch.  If you want to make the soup we had at school that day for yourself, here is the recipe:

MINESTRONE SOUP

Ingredients:

1.5 lb. lean ground beef

1 large onion, chopped

6 carrots, peeled and chopped

6 celery stalks, chopped

1 796 ml. can tomatoes, diced

1 cup green beans

1 can pinto beans

3 large white potatoes, chopped

1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 - 900 ml. beef broth

2 cups of water

1 tsp salt

Directions:

1. Brown beef and onion.

2. When beef is completely brown add vegetables, broth and spices.

3. Bring to a boil.

4. Cover and simmer until veggies are done.

5. Enjoy!

Makes approximately 12 large servings