Mousse potted-plant desserts are here: it turns out teachers are foodies too

Teachers

are "engineers of the human soul"

On the three-foot podium they nurture students, with a single piece of chalk they write the seasons

When teachers step down from the podium

and take up baking

what is it like?

Recently, the university labor union held the first Beautiful Life training activity at the faculty and staff activity center in the East Family Area. Wang Dan, an employee of Wuhan Shendong Lanmei Culture Communication Co., Ltd., was invited to serve as the baking instructor. A total of 35 female faculty and staff members from our university participated in the activity.

Embellish life, pass on beauty

The faculty and staff Beautiful Life training series takes "Embrace a healthy life attitude, pass on a beautiful lifestyle" as its theme, and consists of three training sessions with baking, floral art and tea art as the main content.

As soon as she entered the training classroom, Xiao Wan's first glimpse was of the ingredients on the front desk: chocolate chips, fruity gummies, macarons, light cream, mint, cookies, various fruits... a dazzling array of everything imaginable. Just seeing these things was enough to make one excited.

At the start of the activity, instructor Wang Dan gave the teachers a detailed explanation of how to make dessert mousse potted plants, and demonstrated the steps.

The teachers listened attentively and opened their phone cameras one after another to photograph the baking recipe and steps.

After the demonstration ended, the instructor began handing out the tools and ingredients. Under the instructor's guidance and help, the teachers began making vanilla filling and whipping cream. For a moment, the air was filled with a rich milky aroma...

Making mousse potted plants requires consideration of color matching. Monochromatic, analogous, contrasting and multi-color combinations all have their particular rules. If color matching matters visually, then texture matching matters for taste. Vanilla filling and fruit can cut the creamy sweetness, while cookies and Oreos can make the mousse's texture richer.

The teachers injected the specially made vanilla filling into the "pots" made of cookies, sprinkled in a little Oreo cookie powder, and gave free rein to their creativity, arranging decorative foods such as chocolate chips, macaron cookies and various fruits flexibly, successfully creating mousse potted plants each with its own distinctive features.

Display of finished mousse potted plants

The instructor also prepared exquisite outer boxes for the teachers, so they could take the finished mousse potted plants home and share their DIY food with their families.

To encourage the teachers' enthusiasm for participating, instructor Wang Dan also prepared prizes.

First prize

Jingdezhen teacup

Second prize

Fruit tart cake

Third prize

Wreath

Teachers have something to say

This is my first time participating in an activity like this. I always thought baking was very complicated and rarely tried it. This training has given me a strong interest in baking, and given the chance I will continue to take part in future activities.

-- Teacher Wang Shanping, School of Marxism

During the training everyone got along very harmoniously, and the classroom was full of laughter and chatter. The instructor patiently explained every step clearly. It has been a long time since I gathered with a big group of people to do something interesting together. I am very happy today.

-- Teacher Zhang Yurong, School of Management

Today I learned how to make mousse potted plants. After going back I can make them for my family to eat. This method is very simple and also very practical. Usually we buy them from cake shops outside, but now we can make them ourselves, which is very healthy and convenient.

-- Teacher Yang Liu, School of Foreign Languages

This activity helps enrich the lives of our university's faculty and staff, further improve the quality of life of the masses, and raise residents' happiness index. During the activity, Xiao Wan saw that every teacher's face was covered with a smile too deep to dissolve. In their teaching work they are rigorous, careful and meticulous; in their spare time they also have a lively and lovable side.

A tiny mousse potted-plant dessert

Instantly embellishes a monotonous, dull life with endless fun

Adds flavor to life

So every day can be spent smiling freely and laughing heartily

Let us together

Carry the beautiful life through to the very end (South-Central Minzu University)