4-26-10 Frog & Toad Parent Participation

Frog & Toad were the themes today.

Stories, stamps, songs, snacks

Friendship fruit salad

& ants of a log

4-24-10 Morro Bay Kite Festival

4th annual Morro Bay Kite Festival, down on the beach by the Rock. It was a beautiful day, started out with some fog, but cleared up & was gorgeous. There were hundreds of people out flying their kites.

The Chamber of Commerce had a booth where you could decorate your kite. Sissy helps Maddie decorate hers.

We met Jeff & Jackie down there...

Jackie & Jeff...

the girls flying their kite...

Now on to playing in the chilly water. Jackie, the ultimate beach girl, had no problem putting her toes in the cold water & playing with Maddie! Thanks Jackie! Jeff & I were a little more timid getting our feet wet.

4-19-10 Hummus & Pea Pesto Crostini-YUMMY

Hummus

4 cups (2 ½ cans) garbanzos (chickpeas) drained, reserve the liquid

½ cup tahini

1/3 cup warm water (I used the garbanzo liquid)

1/3 cup olive oil

2-3 lemons, juiced

4 garlic cloves

1 ½ tsp salt

2 tsp cumin

Fresh ground pepper

Paprika

Combine garbanzos, tahini, warm water, olive oil & juice of 1 lemon; process until smooth & creamy. Add garlic, salt, cumin & pepper. If needs more liquid, add more water (garbanzo liquid). May want to add more lemon juice, if desired.

Sprinkle with paprika for garnish

Julie Ashworth, Parent Participation 4/10

Pea Pesto Crostini

1 pkg (10 oz) frozen peas, thawed

1 garlic clove

½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1 tsp salt, plus more to taste

¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste

2/3 cup olive oil

8 (1/2-inch-thick) slices whole-grain baguette or ciabatta bread

8 cherry tomatoes, halved, or 1 small tomato diced

For pea pesto: pulse together in a food processor the peas, garlic, Parmesan cheese, salt & pepper. With the machine running, slowly add 1/3 cup of the olive oil and continue to mix until well combined, 1-2 minutes. Season with more salt & pepper if needed.

For the crostini: brush both sides of the bread with the remaining olive oil and grill until golden, 1-2 minutes. Transfer the bread to a platter and spread 1-2 tablespoons pesto on each slice. Top each crostini with 2 tomato halves & serve

Julie Ashworth, Parent Participation 4/10

4-19-10 Earth Day Cookin & Bookin

Painting the earth...

making sweet pea crostini! I HATE peas. But this was awesome! How can you go wrong with olive oil, Parmesan cheese & garlic?

delicious hummus!

4-17-10 Lindsay's belated Birthday dinner

My girls!!! Love it!

Sharing noodles

Yummy Italian restaurant in Los Osos, CA

We finally had chance for at least 4 of us to go to dinner to celebrate Lindsay's 19th birthday, only 2 months later! haha

More noodle sharing

4-15-10 Beerocks & Buddies

Today was cooking day. Lindsay's friend, Sam, wanted to learn how to make beerocks. She is getting married soon, & wants to learn some new recipes. We had a blast making them & I don't think we ever stopped talking!

Here's our ingredients:

Sam, is sampling the leftover potatoes (from the potato bread)

The busy chefs!

The finished product, yummy!

Of course, you need to have extra dough to make the meal complete & make ooey gooey cinnamon rolls!

Jamin' 4-11-10

From here: Strawberry field

to here: finished product-- over 35 cups of strawberry freezer jam!

Can you say yum?! i think we're set for another year...maybe~!

4-2-10 Coloring Easter Eggs

Maddie just loved coloring Easter eggs. We colored 2 dozen eggs & had a great time doing it.