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I was making "swamp soup" from a friend's recipe (split pea soup) and put a whole bunch (literally) of parsley in the food processor with 2 garlic cloves. After I whirred it I thought it was too much so I held back 1/4 of the chopped bunch. I put it in a little mason jar and added olive oil; mixing it thouroughly. Then I smooshed it down and poured a little more oil in it to cover it all. This has been keeping in the refrigerator for a week now and it is as fresh as day 1.
Recipe:
Put your dip base in a bowl and mix the above parsley-garlic mix to taste. It's that easy! I like to use sour cream these days but I also use plain yogurt as a base for dips or salad dressings. For me it's about 2 tablespoons of base to about 1/4-1/2 teaspoon mixture. It has a little kick because of the garlic and the parsley is very refreshing. I don't even use salt if I'm eating it with something salty. Otherwise, for a veggie dip, you could add some Real Salt
.I even used this mixture to season some chicken I was baking and it gave it a good flavor.
I used fresh parsley, but you could use dried parsley as well. Parsley is one of those plants that I can actually grow! I planted mine outside at the wrong time of year and it overwintered fine. Now it's growing and thriving. Here
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are some organic seeds (pictures below). Here 
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are some organic dried parsley (pictures below). I thought this parsley-based all purpose cleaner 
was interesting - I've never heard of it before :).This recipe is part of Kelly's Real Food Wednesday.
http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2011/03/real-food-wednesday-3911.html
http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2011/03/real-food-wednesday-3911.html
Here is dd's language work she was doing the other day so she doesn't forget her parts of speech. We came up against some tricky words that *I* couldn't figure out either! I need to find out a few things for her (how humbling!). She used some cut-up sentences for the following: put sentence together; copy in notebook; label with Montessori grammar symbols above the words. She used the cards from Winston Grammar 
to help with a few. The small spiral you see poking out is where she writes the shelf works she's done each work period. Each dc has their own but I also have one where I write everyone's down.
but didn't refer to it in this month's calendar; although it has some good ideas for Holy Week and Easter. Many of the ideas also came from my own online searches with the links provided.
are actually imported from Seville yet still affordable, about the same as a box of crackers). The dc like them because they do have a sweetness to them. I had seen them in a few stores around town so when a saint came up that had been bishop in Seville (St. Leander of Seville) I thought it was a good reason to try them :). I found this recipe that I may try later:
(note: parental guidance suggested; there are a few graphic photos of war and death so this is not a book to just leave out for the children to read independently – use your own discretion; I even covered some photos, taped 2 pages together and actually tore out one page!)
Unit Study (A Journey through Learning). Unfortunately I accidentally ordered the unit study, not the 
by accident. If you get the lapbook adjust plans accordingly. They follow the same topics so it should be basically the same.
This has timelines for each decade, an overview of each decade, and some overhead pages at the end. I used these timelines for ideas for cultural activities (like the hula-hoop invention and such).
by S Markle; 
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is a children's biography of this very important modern world leader. I got it through inter-library loan a few years ago. I haven't read 
but it looks like a good one for children as well. I found 2 more biographies for children: 
; and 
I found the sequel for Joseph and Chico called 
I guess I need to start my ILL requests!
is one I would love to read:
. There are other flavors/products 
or online usually have soaked flour or oats which are then baked which are then crumbled which are then baked on low temp in the oven. This requires 2 oven bakes. I like those recipes and we have used them over and over. However, not having had an oven since June-ish I've had to develop a new way to make cereal for those crazy mornings or for easy snacks.
for them to take in their lunches for enrichment today.
