Sharing Kai - Our Matariki Soup!!

Matariki, the Maori New Year, is a special time on the calendar.  We have learnt that Matariki is a time to come together and share Kai, so today our Uxbridge Whanau all brought in a vegetable to add to our soup.  Our community basket was over flowing with beautiful vegetables thanks to a couple of mums and dads who so kindly whipped off to the vege shop and we were able to make this into the most yummiest soup ever.  Our soup consisted of pumpkin, onion, potato, kumara, celery, zucchini, cabbage, carrot and beetroot.  The tamariki all helped by peeling and preparing the vegetables, adding the water, then adding the stock and soup mix for extra flavour

It was delicious!!!!

Ari was delighted with the amount of vegetables filling up our pot

Jaxon and Gabriel were deciding what we needed to cut next.

Mel carefully supported the children using the knife

Lachlan waited patiently for his turn to chop up some beetroot.

Renee had brilliant skills - a great Chef in the making.

We discussed all the vegetables the our Uxbridge Whanau donated.

Our measuring jugs allowed us to pour just the right amount of water into our soup.

Ari asked why the soup tasted so good.  Mel replied that it was because it was made with love.  Before drinking his second cup, Ari asked Mel "Is this one made with love?

It was delicious!