Having to be the sensible grown-up really sucks sometimes. My little girl came home from Kindergarten the other day with a huge scratch on the side of her face. The ladies at Kindergarten told me that they had a kid that is scratching the other kids. Now they aren’t allowed to tell us who it is but my little girl can of course. She told me that X had scratched her with a stick.

Rough life at Kindergarten

When I saw that girl the next time I had to show great restraint not to go and shake her senseless. I try to remind myself that it could be the other way around, that it was my little girl that was doing something like this. And yet all I want to do is get that girl locked up in a cage where she can’t hurt my little sweetheart. The sad part is that there is probably nothing that can be done if she doesn’t stop. I have never heard of anyone that gets kicked out of Kindergarten. They said they are working on the issue together with the parents so I am crossing my fingers it stops.

My little girl has been a bit strung up lately and I wonder if it the scratching, hair pulling and shoving that is doing it. We had a calm Sunday at home with lots of play, baking and movie night where we watched The Little Mermaid for the first time. Big success and she even slept the night through the night after!

I made pasta, baked some white bread and made my favorite dipping oil for the bread. I discovered this dipping oil at a Italian restaurant in the States called Carrabba’s. I found a copycat online and have been making it ever since. I haven’t used a recipe in ages because I find that it is not important to use exact amounts of ingredients. This is however roughly the proportions I use.

Serve with small dipping bowls

Carrabba’s Dipping Oil

½ tsp chili flakes
1 tsp freshly grounded black pepper
1 tsp dried oregano
½ tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried parsley
1 clove crushed garlic
1 tsp crushed salt
1 1/2 dl extra virgin olive oil (you can vary the amount of oil depending on how much flavour you like).

Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Serve in a bowl together with little bowls and a spoon so people can put some in their own bowl and dip as much as they want. It can also be used as a spread.

Use it like a spread

It is not the most photogenic dish in the world but I hope you get the point 🙂 .