my little sous-chefs

Ezra loves cooking. Sometimes he prints recipes that he finds online, from kids websites like Postcards from Buster, Zoom or Maya & Miguel and then he wants to try them. He makes a great hummus, actually. This morning we made pancakes and now that he can read so well, I had him follow the recipe himself. As you can tell by the big spill on the counter, he did most of the work today. Except I was still on clean-up duty.

Last Saturday, Lauren copied down a recipe for Bruschetta from a tv show. It was delicious! She's old enough now to actually be a help in the kitchen. She can totally handle making a fruit salad or guacamole completely on her own. When Ezra's helping me cook, it slows me down a bit. And with Avery, well I might as well book my whole morning off! Actually, this week Avery put the papers in the muffin tin without completely messing them up like she usually does, and it was actually a help. I think the kids always enjoy the food more when they've helped make it.