Cavs and Kids to Cook Up a Healthy Menu for the Holidays
Monday, November 16th – 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena
Cavs and Kids to Cook Up a Healthy Menu for the Holidays
“Sous-Chefs” (aka Cavs Players) Jamario Moon, Leon Powe and Coby Karl,
Join Aramark’s Chef Dave to Serve Up a Lesson in Good Nutrition
to Students from Olmsted Falls Intermediate School
Cavaliers players Jamario Moon, Leon Powe and Coby Karl team up with ARAMARK’s Chef Dave to share some nutritional eating tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle with 28 students from Olmsted Falls Intermediate School as part of the Cavaliers “Fit as a Pro” initiative presented by Medical Mutual. The Cavaliers Fit as a Pro program is designed to promote physical fitness and healthy eating habits among elementary school children in seven counties across Northeast Ohio.
The students will have the opportunity to talk with the players about the role good nutrition plays in keeping them physically fit and mentally sharp, and Chef Dave will explain the importance of what they eat and how to look for the best ingredients when shopping and other helpful hints.
Then it will be time to GET COOKING! With the holiday season fast approaching the students will prepare healthy dishes that they can replicate at home to share with family and friends for holiday meals and parties over the next couple of months.
The students will be broken up into groups and rotate between four stations to prepare the special recipes getting assistance from their sous-chefs straight from the Cavs Culinary Academy….Jamario, Leon and Coby. Upon completing the dishes, the Jr. chefs will get to sit down and enjoy their cuisine with the players.
Station #1 – Pasta- Moon’s Marinara Sauce…..with Whole Wheat Spaghetti
Fresh Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Homemade Marinara Sauce
Station #2 – Fruit & Yogurt- Powe’s Power Fruit Salad and Yogurt Shake
Fresh Fruit Salad, Vanilla Bean Yogurt Shakes
Station #3 – Turkey Chili- Karl’s Kickin Turkey Chili
What you can do with Thanksgiving leftovers! Turkey Meat, Beans, Cheese, Greek Yogurt, Whole Grain Rice
Station #4 – Organic Salad-“Wine is the New Green” Organic Green Salad
Organic Greens, Organic Cucumbers, Grape Tomatoes, Dried Fruits, Almonds, Cashews, Whole Wheat Toast points, Vinaigrette
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November 14th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
As the published author of the new “Sweetie’s Healthy Start”, the experiences being offered by the Cleveland Cavaliers is commendable. It is so refreshing to see athlete’s sharing their love of fitness and stressing the need for good nutrition to play at the highest level of competition. The main character of my book, Sweetie, also learns a few lessons for making better food choices and how fitness can be fun.
“FIT AS A PRO” sounds like a great program with a life essential message in this age of ongoing obesity in our society.
Terlene D. Terry-Todd, author
“Sweetie’s Healthy Start”
http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/SweetiesHealthyStart.html