Strawberry Picking!

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Back in the spring, I was planning to do a read aloud. I decided to use one of my favorite books, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. I didn't want to just read a book, I wanted a fun activity too and thanks to Pinterest, I found this.

Ideas for my student example:

I wish it would rain Kit- Kats because I already own two kitty cats.

I wish it would rain Strawberries because I love them berry much.

I wish it would rain Snickers because then you could snicker at all my jokes. 

(Insert uncontrollable laughter) C'mon, this stuffs gold!!

I ended up going with the Strawberry one because I knew the 2nd graders would get that one however, I love the other two because they are so much more original.

Dessert Fruit Pizza

Recipe: 

• 1 boxed brownies mix (follow directions on back of box)
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• Bananas
• lemon juice
• Diced strawberries
• Blueberries 

Preheat the oven to 350. Grease a 12-inch round pizza pan with nonstick spray; set aside. (We split our batter up and made 2 smaller pies.) 

Follow brownie mix directions on the back of the box. 

In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Spread evenly over the top of the cooled brownie round. Slice the bananas and sprinkle with lemon juice to preserve the coloring. Place the banana slices evenly over the top of the cream cheese layer. Sprinkle with strawberries and blueberries.  

Note to self: Next time, add more berries!! It was delicious, but too cream cheesy for me! 

Berry and White Chocolate Scones

Blackberry, Strawberry, Raspberry, Blueberry and White Chocolate Chip Scones

Ingredients:

3  cups Flour
1 cup Oatmeal
2/3 cup Sugar + 2 tbsp
2/3 cup Milk
11 tbsp melted Butter
1 package White Chocolate Chips (I use less)
2 Eggs
2 tbsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Vanilla
1 pkg (fresh Raspberries or variety of fruit)

Preheat oven to 375. Measure all ingredients and put in a bowl; except for white chocolate chips and fruit. Mix ingredients together. Add White Chocolate Chips. Carefully fold in Raspberries until easily distributed. Some berries will be smashed in the process. Batter will be sticky. Drop dough onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until browned.