Fruit and Veggies Month,
Barley Mash Executive Chef Kevin Pent
Templeton and also Olive Wood Gardens.
You're both of you are here tody
to explain to us why we have soy
beautiful futures and veggies on the table,
how you guys have an incredible partnership,
and then also educating young kids in
our community about how to eat healthy.
So let's start with Kevin.
For those who have never visited Barley Mash,
where are you located and tell us about it.
We're down on 5th and market rit
in the heart of the gas lamp.
It's a beautiful restaurant slah
sports bar slash everything.
So we have a little bit of
everything for everybody.
So if you're coming down
visiting Gloria San Diego,
it's it's kind of one of those staple places.
And you know we have food from braised
short rib to entrees everything,
but we have some wonderful salads as well.
So kind of I'm up salad free,
so just press vegetables and all that.
I just love it. I could eat it all day.
Probably should eat it more oft,
for sure, but it's so
healthy. That's something.
You could add some of those
proteins with it and make it a
really full and fulfilling meal.
There's so much color on this t,
especially when diving
into some of those salads.
Let's talk to olive wood.
Tell us what your mission is,
where you're located,
and tell us about why this is so
important for kids here in San Diego.
Sure thing. So we are
located in National City.
We have an urban farm and a
teaching kitchen and we're realy
focused on everything food rela,
how to grow food,
how to prepare nutritious,
culturally relevant meals and tn
actually how to go out into our
communities and be advocates for health.
We have a really robust children's program.
We have students from
National School district.
Who come throughout the year for
garden and nutrition education d
then we're actually in all 10 National
School district schools managing
school gardens and doing school garden
lessons throughout the year as .
So really building those
connections between you know,
where our food comes from and
then how to prepare it to really
support our own bodies and heal.
Oh wow, what
an amazing mission.
And I know Kevin you're kind
of working on something.
What are you doing?
And also let's explore the
partnership between the two of .
Absolutely. Yeah.
We've worked with olive wood for almost 11.
Years now, doing fundraisers and
just having a good time with th.
The education part is so wonder.
So yeah, we're just intertwinin.
We got some wonderful herbs from olive wood.
I'm gonna make a quick little
vinaigrette so I have some
apple cider vinegar going on,
some fresh herbs,
and I have a little bit of garlic oil.
It smells so good. You can.
It's hard to describe the smell
of just green and fresh, but
it really has a specific smell,
especially on many of those sal.
And a good crisp vinegar is
the perfect way to top it off.
So if we're looking to do
something like this at home,
what are the ingredients so
you can do?
I mean, any fresh herbs you wan?
I love apple cider vinegar,
but you can do fresh lemon,
lime juice, citrus juice.
And a couple of keys for a vinaigrette,
you know how it separates
the oil and the vinegar.
So you always want to incorporae
the oil a little later.
But some fresh honey is a great binder.
And then also mustard powder is
a really good binder as well.
It gives a little bite to it,
but it'll help bind that to add.
So it's a little bit more conne.
Absolutely.
The tip for your perfect vinaigrette.
We were just talking about how a
lot of kids grow the the beauti,
you know, vegetables and fruits.
But they say I don't want to eat that.
You know, they're not really
understanding those health bene.
What do you tell them?
So, But, you know, there's an
interesting thing where when students
are actually harvesting straight from
the garden or in the kitchen, you know,
chopping their own fruits and veggies,
they're much more interested in trying it.
And so we talk a lot about being
adventurous in the kitchen,
being adventurous in the garden.
And Chef Kevin was just commenting how.
You know, they might start a cog
lesson saying I don't know if It
to eat that and then by the end,
ready to go. Yeah,
it's so great.
Well, thank you, both of you.
A barley mash and olive wood
gardens and Learning Center.
If this doesn't inspire you
to eat healthy and also learn
more about this program,
definitely get your kids
interested and involved if you .
Absolutely.
Thank you. Thank you.