What the Girls Ate: April 3-7, 2017

After almost a full week of being sick, little miss was feeling better and ready to go back to preschool!
We also finally (!!!) had some sunshine, and were able to spend the day at the zoo!

Monday April 3, 2017

• Strawberries
• Dragonfruit
• Homemade Banana Muffins

Tuesday April 4, 2017

For our trip to the zoo I packed snacks and lunch.

Snacks:

• Homemade Mini Banana Chocolate Chip Loaves
• Strawberries
• Dragonfruit
• Cucumbers
• Baby Carrots

Lunch:

• ABC Pasta with Beefy Tomato Sauce (Lauren)
• Macaroni and Cheese (Olivia), not pictured

Wednesday April 5, 2017

• Mini Sausage Rolls & Ketchup
• Baby Rainbow Carrots
  
  

Friday April 7, 2017

• Homemade Orange Loaf (Recipe Below)
• Heart Shaped Strawberries

Orange Loaf

Recipe adapted from Company's Coming Muffins & More

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

Zested rind from 2 medium oranges

Juice from Oranges to make 1/2 cup (4 medium oranges)

1.5 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease 9x5x3 inch loaf pan .

Beat butter, sugar and 1 egg in mixer. 

Beat in second egg.

Stir in rind and juice.

In a separate bowl combine flours, baking powder and salt.

Stir well and add to wet ingredients. 

Mix until just moistened.

Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean. 

Let stand 10 minutes before removing loaf to cooling rack.

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