I have been encouraging my daughter to write a blog about how she earned money to pay for her 8th grade class trip. She, and her sister, are against it. However, with today's economy her journey may be interesting. If she does start up a blog, I'll post the link. Here is what she has done so far. We are a long way from reaching the amount needed.
$22.00 earned from selling homemade macrame jewelry at an event
$12.00 earned from the summer library program for reading books
Amount still needed: $545.00
It's been a difficult journey. We'll see what happens over the next month.
Friday, July 2, 2010
When kids get bored....
My 16 year old daughter made this delicious quesadilla by using up leftover "refried beans." The day before, I soaked and dried a bag of pinto beans, added onion and seasoning and mashed them. We make lots of recipes with these "refried beans."
She diced up green and red peppers and sauted them with onion in olive oil. Then added the leftover beans and placed them in between two whole wheat tortillas. After that was heated completely, she topped it with cheese slices (and these are not Kraft slices), sprinkled it with chili pepper and added a dallop of sour scream. Then she added snipped, home grown, green onion.
Man these were good! She needs to come up with a name for her new recipe. She's been having fun in the kitchen, especially when bordem strikes.
Of course, they don't tell me they are bored so often any more. If I hear them say it, they are immediately assigned a cleaning job - any job that needs done.
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