UPDATE!!

Hello Everyone,

Just a quick update for you :)

Everything is going great with my Vegetable Garden. Every plant is looking healthy and is standing tall. They are all surviving seeing it has been cold and rainy in Christchurch. I have just been watering them if they need it. 

Look out soon because I have been working on a savoury scone recipe using herbs you can plant yourself ;)

Any questions or suggestions, let me know. Leave in the comments below. Remember to follow my blog if you want more.

Thank you,

Talk to you soon,

Online Food Girl :)

Planting Vegetables

Hello Everybody,

Yesterday I went to buy some Vegetables. I bought Snow Peas, Peas, Beetroot, Spinach, Leeks, Broccolini, Mini Cabbages, Lettuce and a Cranberry Plant. At home I already had Parsley, Chives, Mint, Basil, Lovage and Runner Beans.

Today was planting day.

Here are some photos of the Vegetables I bought:

    – Some of my Herbs I already had.

I can’t wait to see them grow and use them for creating recipes.

If you have any questions or suggestions, leave them in the comments below.

Thank you,

Online Food Girl :)

Mentor Meeting and Buying Veges

Hello Everybody,

I had my Mentor Meeting with my Mentor. I went very well and my mentor is very helpful. She has her own vegetable garden at her home and at our school.

In a couple of days I am going to go and buy my Vegetables. Some are Spinach, Rocket, Pak Choi, Beetroot and lots more. I will also buy Potting Mix and those Netting for the Garden.

I will use these vegetables to create recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert.

My idea was to get boxes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert and write the recipes on little cards. If you have any suggestions of how I could present it, leave it in the comments below.

Thank you,

Talk to you soon,

Online Food Girl :)

School Lunch Ideas

Hello Everybody,

Todays Blogpost is going to be 3 ideas for School Lunches.

1. Healthy Chicken Wraps:

Ingredients: Chicken (Substitute Ham or Salami) Lettuce (You can grow Lettuce in your Garden) Cheese, Wraps. (If you want to be extra Healthy, use Wholemeal Wraps)

First off you have to cook your Chicken.

Lay out your Wrap and add Chicken, Lettuce and Cheese. Roll the Wraps up. Place Wrap in SnapLock Bag (Substitute Tinfoil) so the Wrap doesn’t fall apart.

And there we go. Your very own Healthy Chicken Wraps.

2. Healthy Salad.

For this Recipe all of the ingredients can be grown in your Garden.

Ingredients: Lettuce, Spinach, Cucumber, Tomato, Strawberries and anything else that you would like to add.

Grab a Container and your ingredients. Mix them all in your container and you are done.

You could also make a Fruit Salad instead of a Greens Salad.

3. Trail Mix

Ingredients: Any Nuts that you prefer (Peanuts, Cashews, Almonds, Pistachios, Pecans, Pine Nuts, Hazelnuts etc..) Raisins or Chocolate Raisins. Any dried up fruit. Cranberries for example. Anything else you would like to add.

Grab all of your ingredients and mix in a container and you’re done.

Extra: Add either Cucumber, Strawberries, Lemon or Mint Leaves (You can grow all of these plants in your garden) to your water to make it taste better.

Thank you for reading,

Let me know in the comments what you think of this Blogpost and if you like these type of posts. Tell me in the comments if you do any of these for your lunch.

Talk to you later,

Online Food Girl :)

Grapes, Grapes, Grapes

Hello Everybody,

For today’s blogpost I am going to do it on Grapes.

At my House, I have a Grape Tree in my Backyard. Now is the perfect time to pick Grapes. You want to start planting a Grape Tree in the Early Spring because they need lots of Sun and Water. If you would like any more information about how to plant a Grape Vine, let me know in the comments below.

Now onto why Grapes are good for you.

Apparently, studies have shown Grapes can prevent Cancer, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure and Constipation. Also eating Grapes may help to alleviate symptoms of allergies including runny nose, watery eyes and hives. There hasn’t been any human studies to prove this though.

Here is some ways to incorporate Grapes into your diet.

• Slice grapes in half and add them to a salad.
• Make your own fruit cocktail with fresh fruit (including grapes.)Drizzle a small amount of honey on top of the fruit mixture for an extra sweet treat.
• Freeze grapes and eat them as a snack or dessert on a hot day.
• Have a quick 100-calorie snack with 1 cup of fresh grapes.
• If you don’t like Grapes, you can dry them up into Raisins. For an extra, dip the Raisins or Grapes into Chocolate.

If you would like to know any more ways, let me know in the comments below.

Here are some pictures of my Grape Vine:

    

Thank you so much everybody for reading this,

Talk to you soon,

Online Food Girl :)

Hello and Welcome

Hello,

My name is Amelia.

I am a Year 8 student at Selwyn House School. In Year 8 we have to do a Passion Project. A Passion Project is when we chose something that we are Passionate about and we do something with our Passion.

For my Passion Project I have chosen to do a blog on Healthy Eating using Vegetables from your garden (I am growing Vegetables in my Garden) and using them for recipe ideas for Lunches, School Lunches, Dinners and Desserts.

I hope you enjoy my Blog. Follow if you want more. There will hopefully be two or three blogposts every week.

Thank you!

Online Food Girl :)