30 Soups in 30 Days: Refrigerator Soup
If you’ve got veggies in your fridge, you’ve got the makings for a great soup!
Continue reading »Adventures in Campout Cooking
Tweet Yesterday I wrote about extending campout fare beyond burgers, dogs and s’mores. Today was the day I put theory into action. G1, the youngest cabin of girls, were the subjects of my little food experiment. Tonight at campout, in addition to the usual veggie burgers, dogs and burgers, I tossed some red peppers and [...]
Continue reading »Beyond Hot Dogs & S’mores
Tweet When I’m not busy in the garden, one of the fun aspects of my job as food educator here at summer camp involves joining each cabin of campers on the cooking portion of their campout. As a former Girl Scout leader, there’s nothing I love more than cooking on an open fire. Burgers, hot [...]
Continue reading »Up, Down and all Around
The Ballibay garden and staff continues to teach me all sorts of things
Continue reading »Smoothies
Tweet Today was the long awaited opening day of Camp Ballibay. For me, that means smoothies. As the camp “food expert” my job gives me the opportunity to meet parents as they are dropping off their kids at camp and tell them about how great our food and our garden is this year. I travel [...]
Continue reading »Ode to Mulch
Tweet The more you learn about gardening, the more you come to appreciate mulch. It puts the kabosh on weeds, helps to keep your plant’s roots evenly hydrated, and encourages earthworms, Mother Nature’s rototillers. I haven’t seen many earthworms since I arrived, so I’m hoping that a nice layer of mulch will encourage them. Here [...]
Continue reading »Its the Journey, Not the Product
Tweet This concept is at the core of the Camp Ballibay philosophy. The road that leads to a completed project, artwork or performance is the most valuable to the student, regardless of the final outcome. If the process of development and discovery is positive, then valuable learning and growth have occurred. I’m really glad this [...]
Continue reading »Eating Weeds
Today for lunch at Ballibay we had weeds in our soup. No joke!
Continue reading »Day #1 in the Camp Garden
This year at camp, I’m in charge of 1000 sq. feet of garden along with some other food related projects.
Continue reading »Fun @ Camp is About to Begin
Camp Ballibay is leading the way in camp food that is fun and delicious.
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