Thursday, August 18, 2011

Jello Playdough!

Yesterday we made some Jello Playdough....it was a little sticky for a bit but we figured it out!


Here's the recipe we sort of used.....we added more salt, and flour so it wasn't so sticky!


After we mixed all the ingredients we took it out of the pot....
...added a bunch of flour...
...and kneaded it in !
...then we rolled it out and cut it into pieces for the kids.  We used strawberry jello and it smelled delicious!



Thursday, August 11, 2011

Granola!

We made granola today!  We forgot to take pictures of the whole process but here is the final result...it was delicious!
Here's the recipe for The Happy Goat Girls Granola!  
*Note this made a LOT of granola....cut it in half to make a smaller batch!


Ingredients

 6 cups of old fashioned oats
1 -6 oz bags of sliced almonds
1 -6 oz bag of chopped pecans
1 -5 oz bag of dried cherries
1 -11 oz bag of white chocolate chips
1 ½ cups of shredded coconut
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of pure maple syrup
1 stick of salted butter
1 tbsp of vanilla


Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl mix together: oats, almonds, pecans, cherries, white chocolate and coconut.  In a saucepan over medium heat stir maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla and butter together.  Stir until butter is completely melted.  Pour the saucepan mixture over the dry ingredients and toss until coated.  Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.  Press granola evenly across baking sheet (about an inch thick).  If needed use two baking sheets.  Bake for 20-25 minutes, until granola is evenly toasted.  Toss granola often to make sure it cooks evenly.    Break apart pieces and store in an airtight container.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Creature Encounters!

Today "Creature Encounters" came to school to show us some different animals....
There was a hedgehog named Tulip.....

A desert fox....

A skink named Jimmy....

A Big Scary snake...

Ashley held the hedgehog.....

and there was a Chinchilla named Jeff!


Garden Update

Our sunflowers are getting ready to bloom....this one has cool purple veins!

A zinnia came up from our wildflower seeds....

...and some bachelor buttons too!

The cucumbers are starting to sprout.....


We even have some late summer strawberries!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Mini Fruit Pizzas!

This week for our cooking projects we made some easy mini fruit pizzas!

We bought some sugar cookies, raspberries and cream cheese.....

...and then the kids smeared the cream cheese on, added some berries and ate their yummy treats!