Dishes - Around the World in 12 Dishes

We learned all about Iceland for kids, and made a great cookie recipe and some fun toys for us to play with.

As I put together this Canada unit for elementary, I enjoyed looking into our nearest neighbor up North and learning more about them.

As I put together this Canada unit for elementary, I enjoyed looking into our nearest neighbor up North and learning more about them.

Easy recipe for Portuguese Milk Rolls, part of the Around the World in 12 Dishes series. Great recipe for cooking with kids!

Have you entered my current giveaway yet? There is just over a day left to enter!! This month we are exploring Peru with Around the World in 12 Dishes. Now for Peru, I e-mailed my friend, Daria for recipe advice. Daria actually lived in Peru for part of her childhood. She suggested we make a mazamorra morado or Peruvian purple corn pudding. She even suggested a recipe for us. But before we get into our delicious recipe, let's talk about Peru. Now we discussed a little of Peru awhile ago when…

A fun online virtual tour of 12 countries from around the world, exploring their crafts, books and food!

Easy baking activity and free printables for children to learn about geography

This month we are exploring Portugal for Around the World in 12 Dishes. I wrote an introduction to Portugal there, so I am going to get into how we explored the country. As always we took some books out of the library. Our favorites for Hazel getting understanding are: Portugal by Kari Schuetz - an easy to understand overview of the country and culture A New Life in an Old Village by Hélène Tremblay - one family's story about life in a Portugal village The Little Horse of Seven Colors and…

Peruvian potatoes have been a staple food in the Andes for centuries- learn their history and importance, try this delicious recipe with your kids!

Don't panic - we got bannock! (February 5, 2014) Canada - our home country and how much more Canadian can you get than going native Canadian? We have had bannock before on a native reserve here right next to Calgary, but it is fried, so we had a look around to see, if there was a baked version and

Have you entered my current giveaway yet? This month starts a new season of Around the World in 12 Dishes! One of the biggest changes is that we are trying to all post on the third Monday of the month and Around the World in 12 Dishes has its own blog with an intro to the country also being posted on the third Monday of the month. I wrote this month's introduction, so be sure to check it out. I will not be sharing about the country here since it is already on the blog for Around the World…

We studied Portugal this month in our geography studies, and the kids had fun with the recipes we made.

Have you entered the amazing giveaway for Hispanic Heritage Month yet? This month we are exploring Vietnam with Around the World in 12 Dishes. Since I wrote the introduction post on the Around the World in 12 Dishes blog, I will not repeat myself here. However the past few days I have been thinking about what I really want Hazel to get out of these experiences. I review many multicultural books, participate in multicultural blog hops for the various heritage months and cook a dish from a…

We made one more Vietnamese dish last week. This one needed to marinate for at least four hours, so we did it on a different day. I found the recipe in Cooking the Vietnamese Way by Chi Nguyen and Judy Monroe. Hazel helped me make the marinade and soak the skewers. First we had fun with the lemon grass sticks though. We played air drums with them. We pretended they were rhythm sticks. And we gave ourselves bunny ears. Then it was on to cutting, measuring and mixing. The recipe called for two…