Golden Treasures

Age 9, Group or Independent

Indoors with kitchen equipment

• Explore the variety of flavorful California seafood by sampling and creating meals from around the world.

Time

• Two or three 45-minute periods to prepare a Seafood Recipe Treasure Chest
• 45 minutes to prepare each recipe provided.

• Recipe treasure chest pattern
• recipe cards
• scissors
• lightweight cardboard (poster board)
• equipment list
• tape or glue
• color markers and other decorations such as beads, sequins, glitter
• old consumer magazines
• 5 x 7-inch index cards (optional).

• Duplicate treasure chest pattern and recipe cards.
• Distribute materials.

• Construct and decorate seafood recipe treasure chests.
• Have everyone complete a recipe card with a seafood recipe from another country (seafood pizza, ceviche, seafood taco, cioppino, bouillabaisse, seafood kabob, etc.) A trip to the library or old consumer magazines from home might help with this project.
• Duplicate the completed cards so everyuone has a set for the recipe treasure chest. (The recipes could be glued to index cards or lightweight cardboard.)

• Prepare some of the recipes as a group.
• Make a seafood recipe treasure chest for a gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah or other holiday.