What Now America

For our nutrition activity this week we continued our discussion of the benefits of apples. We learned that apples are low in calorie, are filling, and are full of vitamins and fiber. Fiber is good for us because it prevents heart disease and arteriosclerosis, which is when fatty stuff builds up in the lining of your blood vessels and hardens. When this happens, blood can't get to where it needs to go! For our cooking activity we made our own delicious caramel apples! Our healthy modification was to cover only the lower half of the apple.

Ingredients:
Apples
Individually wrapped caramel squares

Popsicle stick or chopsticks

1. Unwrap the individually wrapped caramel squares.
2. Heat the caramel squares and water in a saucepan over low heat.
Cook, stirring often, until caramel melts and is smooth.

3. Stick the popsicle stick 3/4 of the way into the apple.

4. Dip the apple halfway into the caramel and rotate it on its side, making sure to cover the lower half.

5. Set on wax paper and place in fridge to set.
6. Enjoy!

For our physical activity this week we had a special guest, Vu, from UC Berkeley teach us the Taekwondo basics. We learned the stance and all the basic moves including front kick, axle kick, and roundhouse kick. The hardest move was the front kick followed by the roundhouse kick, but most of us got it! Finally, we learned how to stretched properly so that we wouldn't hurt the next day.

At the end of the day, our caramel apples had set, so we enjoyed them together before we went home.