Day 22

Yummy Homemade Desserts!

My family and I went to Krugers Farm On Sauvies Island and Picked Raspberries, Blueberry, and strawberries. When we got home we made jam, the cheesecake, the Gallette, raspberry frozen yogurt, and raspberry sorbet. We still had left over raspberries that we put in the freezer.

Blueberry Cheesecake

Crust:

1/2 cup walnuts, lightly toasted

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 large egg white

1 tablespoon butter, melted

1 tablespoon canola oil

pinch of salt

Filling:

8 ounces cream cheese softened

1/4 cup reduced fat sour cream

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup

2 cups fresh blueberries

1. Preheat the oven to 325
2. Coarsely chop walnuts in a food processor. Add graham cracker crumbs and mix until it looks like fine crumbs.
3. Whisk egg white in a medium bowl until frothy. Add the crumb mixture, butter, oil, and salt. Press the mixture into a removable bottom tart pan. Set the pan on a baking sheet. Bake until dry and slightly darker around the edges. About eight minuets. cool on a wire rack.
4. To prepare filling: Beat cream cheese, sour cream, and 1/4 cup maple syrup with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. When the crust is cool, spread the filling evenly into it, being careful not to break the crust. Arrange the berries on the filling pressing lightly so they set in. Drizzle the remaining two tablespoons of maple syrup over the berries. Chill for at least an hour, to get firm.

Raspberry Gallette

1 10-12 ounce disk of all butter flaky pie dough

2/3 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon finely chopped lemon zest

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 pints fresh raspberries

1. Measure the sugar, cornstarch, lemon zest, and salt into a large bowl. Add the berries, toss to coat. Let stand until moist.
2. Preheat the oven to 375
3. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough. Fold the dough in half and then in half again. Transfer to pan. Carefully fold out the dough.
4. Gently spread the fruit over the pastry leaving a three inch border all the way around. Lift and fold the edges up over the filling, letting the dough pleat each time you lift and fold it. Chill the tart for 20 minuets before baking.
5. For a shiny sweet finish, lightly brush the dough with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 45-55, rotating the pan halfway through the baking time.
6. When its done, the pastry should be golden brown and the filling should be bubbly.

Day 22

Happy 4th of July!

Around 9:00 PM, my parents, my brother, my sister, and I walked down to the waterfront to watch the big fireworks. They were amazing! Sometimes, it looked like the whole sky was on fire. I was holding my little sister and every once and a while I would hear "wow!". I guess she thought they were amazing too.

Day 19

I just got back from Camp West Wind!!!! For those of you who do not know what Camp West Wind is, it is a sleep away summer camp that was from last Saturday to yesterday, Friday. Camp is on an island about two and a half hours away from portland. It is just a few miles away from Lincoln City. Camp is so much fun! Last week was Session two out of the six sessions. We were lucky enough to have great weather all the way up to thursday when it started raining. But even when it was raining, it was fun.

Camp West Wind is split into three sections. Sherwood, Highlands, and Alpine. Sherwood is for the littlest kids, ages 5-9. It is the lowest section. Highlands is for kids ages 9-11. It is farther than Alpine but the hike is not as steep. Alpine is ages 11-13. It is straight up the hill which is very steep.

I was in Alpine in a cabin called Klickitat. Lucky for me and my cabin, Klickitat is the closest. My counselors camp name was Tulip. We were her first cabin she had ever had. She was very nice and fun to be around.

Counselors:

Platypus, Pippin, Tulip, Cloud, Rhapsody, Goggles, Gex, Mars, Sparky, Nala, Pepper, Happy Feet, Kicks, H.M, Cullaby, Narwal, Shango, Starburst, Koala, Calypso, Otter, Ace, Eire, Walkabout, Gaia, Ukealali, Cascade, Pippi, and Kermit.

Camp Songs:

• Its Cheese
• DISCO
• PARTY
• Sigfrued the slug
• Smiles are made out of the sunshine
• I wuv da wabbits
• Louise
• Murray the rabbit boy
• The West Wind song
• I love my shirt
• The donut song
• Aardvark
• All the raindrops
• John Piare and Anne Marie
• 60's party
• Frampton the carb
• Vampire bat/frog song
• The duck song
• Shoe fly pie
• Coconut song
• Shake your booty
• Alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic
• The round
• Walrus song
• Sarah the whale
• Diamonds on the sole of her shoes
• Chilly chilly
• We come from the mountain
• Big dipper
• Baby moon

Camp Vocabulary:

Ort~Food waste

Flag~Putting up and taking down the flag

The View~Alpine's outhouse

Kapers~Chores

Hoppers~People who get and bring food to the table for every meal

Intrest Groups~Activities that you do with other people outside of your cabin

Round Robin~Last day of camp activities

All Camp~A themed activity that the entire camp does

I highly recommend going to West Wind! It is an experience you will never forget!