Today we were excited and surprised how huge this carrot was when we harvested it. We know this carrot will be a bit woody and tough to eat as it has reached the end of it’s life cycle and gone to seed. Next time we will harvest it sooner.We have learnt about seed saving and will place the seeds in a brown bag to dry them and plant later in the year. Carrots like sandy soil and this helps them grow straight.

Today in kitchen our group made Indian Yellow Rice. It was a really interesting  learning the different cooking techniques and spices used in Indian cooking. Everyone shared roles and got a chance to do what they liked to do. Other groups cooked Vegetable and Chickpea Curry, Coconut Dahl, Flatbread and Beetroot Raita.

It was a colourful kitchen.

In small groups students are using the STEM design process to design, plan and build their own mini greenhouses! Picking up some tools and building the greenhouse is a challenge the students are looking forward. This completely collaborative learning experience creates a simulation of the real world that can be hard to translate in a classroom.

The skills and strategies learned as part of this practical education will be highly benifical.

The kitchen skills we used were peeling, chopping and being exact with the measurement and mixing.

We made the meals for The Lighthouse Foundation to give to homeless Melbourne youth.

We would like to wish that the people who get this meal will enjoy it and we look forward to making them more next term.

Zipping around of the garden beds students were excited to successfully earn their wheelbarrow licence.

We know what the facts are: one in four Australian children is overweight or obese, and these children are likely to become obese adults. Our Kitchen Garden Program shows children and their families how to delight in, share and celebrate great food at school and consequently at home.

The program is the longest and most structured intervention children and families will participate in is the education system. Experiencing pleasurable food education means children will see it as equally important as everything else they learn, and gain more from their education than we could ever hope for. The program has so many benefits including opening up to children and their communities what they could do and what they have to offer the world in a way they had never drempt of.

Our Philosophy

Wherever you travel in the world, you will see people sharing a meal. More than just food, a meal is a platform for sharing stories and culture, of experiencing the lives of the people you seat yourself with. Restaurant culture separates us from the group at the next table, and finances separate some from the table entirely.

Lentil as Anything believes everyone deserves a place at the table.

HANDMADE is a book of recipes collected from 34 widows of the war in Sri Lanka.

The women featured are from the North East of the island and throughout the book their incredible stories of courage are shared through their relationship with food.

Stunning photography is combined with the recipes that gave these women hope to provide a better life for their children.

Commissioned by Australian based charity Palmera, 100% of all profits from the sales of HANDMADE will be reinvested in rural women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka.

You can purchase a copy in store at our Abbotsford, Thornbury (Melbourne) and Newtown (Sydney) locations or through our online store.