Food & Fun Recipes

Strawberry Parfait Pie

Ingredients (For 2 students to prepare together)

• 1 quart-size zip-top plastic bag
• 1 T instant pudding mix (vanilla or cheesecake flavor*)
• scant ¼ cup milk*
• 2-3 fresh or frozen strawberries, sliced
• 1 rounded T whipped cream
• four pretzels
• two 9-ounce paper or plastic cups

*You may substitute scant ¼ cup vanilla yogurt for the pudding mix and milk

Instruction

1. Place all but the prezels in the plastic bag.
2. Gently knead bag to mix.
3. Crumble pretzels into paper cups to create crust.
4. Clip the plastic bag at one corner.
5. Squeeze half the strawberry mixture into each student's cup.
6. Top with spray whipping cream.

Reading Compare and Contrast Activity

In the story Cook-A-Doodle-Do, by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens, Crummel, a rooster, wants to make strawberry shortcake (a plain cake with strawberries and whipped cream on top).  Other animal friends try to help and cause lots of trouble.  After several tries, they finally get it right. Compare and contrast their strawberry recipe to the one you just prepared. What things are alike?  What was different?  Did your team have trouble, like the characters in the book, or did it go smoothly?