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Happy Spring!

3/30/2023

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 "It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart." 
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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 The kids loved foraging and preparing some delicious dishes for our Spring Equinox Celebration! ​

​Here are some of our yummy recipes:
Dandelion Cookies
Ingredients:
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup coconut sugar
  • 2 Tbls maple syrup
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
  • 2 Tbls coconut flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1-2 cups fresh dandelion petals
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  • Preheat oven to 350 F
  • Mix melted coconut oil and egg until relatively smooth; add coconut sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla and blend until combined.
  • Add the flours, baking soda and salt and blend again. Make sure you've incorporated all those dry ingredients, especially the coconut flour.
  • Fold in dandelion flowers by hand.
  • Scoop onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet with a nice sized spoon. Press them down a bit to flatten them to 1/2 inch.
  • Bake 10 minutes or until browned around the edges. 
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Chickweed Salad & Pesto
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Chickweed is abundant, tasty, super high in vitamins and minerals, and the kids love it!
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These lovely plants grows wild all over the place! They found a nice home in the garden under our hoop rows.
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For the salad we just drizzled a little olive oil and sprinkled a little salt, then garnished with dandelion blooms.
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For our intuitive pesto we added a handful each of chickweed, basil, and walnuts to the vitamix then poured enough olive oil to cover the ingredients and a few pinches of salt. 

​The kids loved rolling the fresh basil to release more of it's lovely aroma and taste.
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Sunflower Seed Butter and Elderberry Jelly Sandwiches
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Dandelion Dance Performance
Check out the CG Facebook page for a video of the Dandelion Dance!
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​More Potluck Recipes!
So many parents expressed that this was one of the most delicious potlucks ever! Here are some links to some of the recipes we enjoyed:

Red Lentil Dhal

GF Olive Oil Cake with Lemon &  Almond Flour

Pan-fried Chickpea Salad
Spiderman Waffles
Big hugs of gratitude to Mama Christy-Lynn who brought in all the supplies and materials to for the kids to make some super fun waffles!
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The younger kids prepped the mix!
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And the older kids very carefully made the waffles! 
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We topped the waffles with crushed walnuts and sliced apples :)
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Thank you amazing waffle chefs!
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Spring Flower Projects!
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Thank you so much to Mama Parham for prepping and painting all the recycled cardboard for our collage canvases!
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Origami Geometry
Guest teacher Liam helped us make some fairy tale origami!
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Bubble Wands!
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Will a heart shaped wand blow a heart shaped bubble? Let's find out!
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Spanish Class!
We've been learning Spanish words for our body parts with Mama Annalise!
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Wolf Books!
Big thanks to Mama Sara, one of our kind library helpers, for bringing in some of our favorite books about wolves!
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Sweet Friends!
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​See you next time!
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