Fun at Margaret's Farm

At Margaret's we. . .

Got to pet a rabbit.
Watched a goat getting milked. Margaret makes cheese with the milk. You can make yogurt and ice cream with the milk too.
Saw a chicken lay two eggs. She got so excited she laid two. We got to pick them up while they were warm.

We saw 8 foot tall sunflowers
A preying mantis that eats bad bugs.
Her honeybees.
Chickens eating bad bugs.

She has:
Fruit-apricots, peaches, apples, watermelon.
Veggies-onions, potatoes, beets, pumpkins, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, cabbage, radish, carrots, kale, popcorn.
Herbs, cilantro, basil, lavender, mint, fennel, coriander.

We got to smell:
basil, mint, lavender, fennel, coriander.

We tasted Indian grass, crunchy beans, cilantro, and fennel that tastes like licorice.

Pizza and Food Groups for Lunch

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars Recipe

The most requested recipe from camp.


Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

1 1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 cup oats-regular of quick
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Combine all ingredients, but the oats and chocolate chips. Blend well and then stir in the oatmeal and chocolate chips. Press into a greased  9 x 13 pan.

Bake at 350 for about 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Be careful not to over-bake. The middle may be slightly soft.

Cool slightly and cut into squares.

We doubled the recipe and used a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.

Lasagna for Lunch

   

the yummy lasagna

Zucchini chocolate Muffins after Hocking Fitness

Sloppy Joe Lunch

Menu board for  Monday

Veggie tray

Nicky's Potatoes

Alec and Zach cutting the buns

Potato getting cut

Fruit skewer 

Cooking and Gardening

Christopher's picture of a beet and people working in the garden.

Winter washes a beet.

Lettuce and cucumbers

Hannah mixing Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars.

Flattening the cookie dough.

Painting garden markers.

Rate Your Lunch Week Four

Turkey Wrap
13 kids gave the turkey wrap the highest rating
4 kids gave it a 4
6 kids gave it a 3
4 kids gave it a 2
12 kids gave the turkey wraps the lowest rating
8 kids said it was their favorite lunch of the week and 13 said it was their least favorite
15 Kids had seconds

Mac and Cheese
15 kids gave the mac and cheese the highest rating
7 kids gave it a 4
10 kids gave it a 3
4 kids gave it a 2
5 kids gave it the lowest rating
4 kids said it was their favorite meal and 5 kids said it was their least favorite
15 kids had seconds

Stir Fry and Fried Rice
10 kids gave the Stir Fry lunch the highest rating
6 kids gave it a 4
5 kids gave it a 3
6 kids gave it a 2
11 kids gave it the lowest rating
4 kids said it was their favorite lunch this week and 8 kids said it was their least favorite
16 kids had seconds

Pot Pie
15 kids gave it the highest rating
3 kids gave it a 4
9 kids gave it a 3
6 kids gave it a 2
5 kids gave it the lowest rating
8 kids said it was their favorite lunch this week and 3 said it was their least favorite
10 kids had seconds

Pizza with whole wheat crust and roasted veggie sauce
21 kids gave the pizza lunch the highest rating
10 kids gave the pizza a 4
7 kids gave it a 3
1 kid gave it a 2
2 kids gave it the lowest rating
14 kids said it was the best lunch this week
4 kids said it was their least favorite
15 kids had seconds