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  • Spinach Omelet
    1 egg per child
    1 slice cheese per child
    Well drained spinach enough for a
    vegetable for each child
    Scramble eggs slightly add spinach and cheese. Place under broiler until hot and bubbly. Serve with biscuits and fruit and milk.
  • Chocolate Chip Cookies
    1 roll of frozen chocolate chip cookies
    Cut up dough according to package directions and put on cookie sheet. Bake as directed. Other flavors of cookies are available at your nearest grocery store.
  • Rain/Snow Catcher
    Make a rain catcher with a rinsed clear plastic peanut butter jar. Place it outside for a set time then measure the water/snow inside. Try to guess what the next measurement would be if the can had been left outside for twice as long.
  • Making Natural Dyes
    Collect plants moss herbs roots nuts and so on. Chop a quantity of one of these materials and put it through a meat grinder. Cover it with water and let it stand overnight. Drain off the water the next morning and save it. Add a little more water to the pulp and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain off this water and add it to the first water. Add more water to cover fabric. You can get the following colors by processing one of these materials. Brown - walnut shells Redbrown - onion leaves bark Purple - blueberries sumac peach leaves moss Red - root and berry of the cactus Black - oak bark gum from pinon tree.
  • Natural Egg Dyes
    Place desired number of eggs and desired coloring material (see below) in saucepan. Add 1 teaspoon vinegar. Simmer in water to cover for 20 minutes. Polish with a small amount of oil on soft cloth to intensify color and add gloss. Adding a small amount of cream of tartar to water may deepen some shades. Fresh mint or oregano - beige Strong coffee - brown Spinach - grayish gold/pink Yellow delicious apple peel - lavender Beet juice - reddish purple Red cabbage leaves - blue Walnut shells - buff Carrot tops - greenish yellow Onion skins - orange Cranberry juice - red.