Recipes for a More Just World
By 826 Valencia
Students from 826 Valencia, a literacy organization in San Francisco, share their recipes.
Illustration by Montana Manalo.
Vera Huang, Age 10
826 Valencia’s Exploring Words Summer Camp
How to Make the World a Better Place
Ingredients
3 teaspoons of some trash ♻️
1 pinch of reusable paper 📝
5 handfuls of puzzles 🧩
2 cups of art supplies 🎨
7 gallons of trees for oxygen 🌳
6 gallons of stuffed animals 🧸
10 handfuls of clothes 👔
5 tablespoons of homemade food 🍱
8 ounces of amusement park🎡🎢🎠
Directions
Fry 3 teaspoons of some trash in the garbage can. ♻️ Garbage cans are very important because they keep the trash from flying like a bird 🦢 🗑
Boil 1 pinch of reusable paper 📝 We use too much paper so reusable paper is helpful
Pour 5 handfuls of puzzles 🧩 puzzles makes you think more, it’s time passing, and they make you challenge yourself
Pinch 2 cups of art supplies 🎨 Art is very ✨soothing✨, very relaxing and crafty.💫
Cut 7 gallons of trees for oxygen 🌳 Trees and oxygen are very important to humans because without it we will be extinct 🪵🍀
Sunlight is important because it gives us vitamin D and don’t forget your sunglasses, sunscreen, and hat.🧴 🕶 🧢
Grill 6 gallons of stuffed animals 🧸 Stuffed animals are very cute,cuddly and furry 🕊
Slice 10 handfuls of clothes 👔 Clothes are important because if you didn't have clothes you'll be freezing cold.
Layer 5 tablespoons of homemade food 🍱 Homemade food is yummy and less expensive than store bought food.
Melt 8 ounces of amusement park🎡🎢🎠 Amusement parks are fun
Abdullah Alduais, Age 11
826 Valencia’s Exploring Words Summer Camp
Melted Cheese Makes Things Better
Ingredients
2 moos of milk
3,000 fish
500 video games
7,000,000 dogs
9,000,0000 books
10,000,000,000 cars
523,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 houses full of sugar
111,000,000,000 trash cans
360 cats
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 clouds of rain
Directions
Grate 2 moos of milk. This makes cheese. Melted cheese makes things better.
Scramble 3,000 fish. The fish are for animals and humans if they have no food.
Simmer 500 video games. They are for myself, to play with my friends.
Add 7,000,000 dogs. Dogs are important because they can save people’s lives.
Broil 9,000,0000 books. When you read, you get more calm because you don't have to worry.
Cut 10,000,000,000 cars. Cars can help you travel far away, like to visit your mom in another state or in Oakland.
Mix 523,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 houses full of sugar like candy and donuts.
Add 111,000,000,000 trash cans. We need trash cans so that people can throw away their trash instead of on the ground.
Add 360 cats, because some little kids want a cat to play with.
Add 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 clouds of rain, because we need water to live.
Anna Chang, Age 10
826 Valencia’s Exploring Words Summer Camp
A Recipe for a Better World
Ingredients
4 quarts home sweet home
2 ounces heart of the sea
3 tsps rainbow blood
2 ounces fluffy clouds
1 cup unicorn fluff
2 tsps generosity
6 tsps patience
8 gallons kindness
6 quarts happiness
9999 gallons LOVE <3
1 tsp tears of regrets
2 cups bravery
3 ounces tea blessed by the moon
3 cups mercy
4 cups justice
5 quarts determination
Directions
Pour 4 quarts of home sweet home in a bowl. Home is important cause you will have a place to stay.
Add 6 tsp of patience. Having patience is important because if you have to wait to get something and didn’t have patience you would never get it.
Pour 9999 gallons of LOVE. EVERYONE WANTS LOVE.
Add a teaspoon of tears of regrets. It has the taste of sadness and regrets.
Add 8 gallons of kindness. If you treat people with kindness than they will treat you with kindness.
Pour 2 cups of bravery. If you are brave than you are past your fears.
Pour 2 ounces of tea blessed by the moon. If you drink it It’ll make you immortal.
Add 3 cups of mercy. Mercy has you forgive someone.
Add 4 cups of justice. Justice is important to make things.
Add 5 quarts of determination. It gives you hope to not give up no matter how hard it is.
Alicia Liu, Age 8
826 Valencia’s Exploring Words Summer Camp
Why Koalas Are Important
Ingredients
3 trucks of hospitals
10 quarts of kindness
5 gallons of libraries
20 handfuls of koalas
3 cups of love
200 handfuls of water
10 ounces of animals
8 gallons of trees
10 quarts of stuffies
300 sprinkles of painbrushes
Directions
Slice 3 trucks of hospitals on a cutting board. Hospitals are important because they help people who are hurt or sick heal.
Grill 10 quarts of kindness, then put them in a bowl. Kindness makes people feel special and happy.
Spread 5 gallons of libraries around the world. Books have a lot of stories so having a lot of libraries can make more people happier.
Add 20 handfuls of koalas into a bowl. We need more Koalas because they are cute and they are my favorite animal. Koalas will give the people that are homeless hope.
Scoop 3 cups of love then put them into the same bowl. Love is the best four-word letter word.
Mix in 200 handfuls of water. Water is important because nothing living can stay alive without water.
Blend in 10 ounces of animals. If there were more animals it would prevent animals from extinction.
Fry eight gallons of trees. Trees make the oxygen better so having more trees would make everybody breathe air that is cleaner and fresher.
Melt 100 sprinkles of paintbrushes. Art is a way of expression so having paintbrushes nearby is really helpful.
Santiago Quevedo, Age 9
826 Valencia’s Exploring Words Summer Camp
4 Cups of 826 Valencia
Ingredients:
3 ounces of a nice variety of masks
7 cups of trash picking
5 quarts of patience
2 gallons of food and water
8 tablespoons of hugs
6 ounces of less pollution
1 gallon of respect
4 cups of 826 Valencia
10 quarts of gaming
9 cups of Empanizado
Directions
Add 3 ounces of a nice variety of masks into a bowl. Having a variety is important so that people smile at each other.
Blend 7 cups of trash picking. Picking up trash is important so that our streets are clean.
Scramble 5 quarts of patience. We need a lot more patience in the world so that we have a better community.
Spread 2 gallons of food and water. Food and water are very important for people to have enough to eat and drink.
Melt 8 tablespoons of hugs. Hugs are important because it shows we care.
Grate 6 ounces of less pollution. Pollution is all over our planet and needs to be destroyed to have less of it.
Stir a gallon of respect. We need more respect to make a better community.
Pour 4 cups of 826. We need a little more 826 because it is fun!
Stir 10 quarts of gaming. Gaming is also fun because you can play with friends.
Fry 9 cups of Empanizado. Empanizado is very yummy.
