Preschool cooking class
February 10, 2023 7:11 pm
• Last Updated: February 10, 2023 10:13 pm
From left, Asbury Bean, 5, of Noank, slices miniature sweet peppers with a plastic knife while Gabriel Fournier, of Groton, and Mia Rosa, of Norwich, use a hand food chopper Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, during the Preschool Cooking Class at Groton Public Library. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
William Dwyer, 4, of North Stonington uses a vegetable spiral slicer to slice a zucchini while instructor Erica Benvenuti, left, helps hold the base as his mother looks on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, during the Preschool Cooking Class at Groton Public Library. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
From right, Mia Rose, 3, of Norwich, and Gabriel Fournier, 5, of Groton, make veggie wraps with the vegetables they sliced Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, during the Preschool Cooking Class at Groton Public Library. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Instructor Erica Benvenuti, RD, a community nutrition program educator with the UConn Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) serves veggie spaghetti that she made with the extra vegetables that the children sliced Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, during the Preschool Cooking Class at Groton Public Library. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Groton ― Children participated in at Preschool Cooking Class Friday at the Groton Public Library.
Children sliced zucchini, summer squash and carrots by hand or used a vegetable spiral slicer. They used the vegetables to make veggie wraps and Instructor Erica Benvenuti, RD, a community nutrition program educator with the UConn Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) made veggie spaghetti for everyone.
The cooking class that runs on Fridays began Jan. 20 and runs through Feb. 24.
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