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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Grow Your Own Herb Butter
Lesson Description:
Students will grow an herb garden! They will then use the herbs from their gardens to make seasoned butter.
Eco-Fact: Children and teenagers should be physically active for 60 minutes every day, or most every day.
Procedure:
Students will grow an herb garden! They will then use the herbs from their gardens to make seasoned butter.
Eco-Fact: Children and teenagers should be physically active for 60 minutes every day, or most every day.
Procedure:
- Pour heavy cream into jars and cover tightly with lids. Shake and shake!
- After some serious shaking (15-20 minutes or so – kids often share the task), the cream will solidify into butter. Now you can spoon out from the jar onto bread, or proceed with steps below to make specialty butters.
- First, spoon butter from jar into a bowl. Mix in salt to taste, and add herbs from the garden (i.e. parsley, thyme, basil, lavender, sage, rosemary, etc. – or a combination!).
- Spread onto bread or freshly steamed vegetables and enjoy!
Adaptations: - Students can take turns doing the cream shaking.
Lesson Type:
- Experiment
- Project
Sustainability Topic:
- Gardening
GEF Program Category:
- Green Thumb Challenge
Time Needed:
30 minutes plus time for growing
30 minutes plus time for growing
Materials Needed:
- Recycled, cleaned baby food jars with lids
- Bowls and spoons for blending
- Cutting board and knife for slicing bread
Ingredients:
- Heavy cream
- Salt
- Fresh herbs from the garden
- Bread for snacking
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
School or Group:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
