Week one

My oldest, Gavin immediately put dibs on Tacos. I suspect because he knows they are frightfully easy to make. Not that I'm suspicious, I just know the kid. I decided that we would also make a fresh salsa to up the degree of difficulty and use up a bunch of my garden tomatoes.

My middle child, Bronwyn is a bit of a cooking enthusiast so she dug through her cookbooks and found a Breakfast Sundae that she wanted to make. 

My youngest, Mari said she wanted to make meatloaf. I borrowed one of Bronwyn's books and we chose a fun looking Mini meatloaf recipe from that. 

The results...
 

were excellent.

All three enjoyed it and participated beautifully. Maybe a little too well. Mari was interfering so much on Gavin's night that she got kicked out of the kitchen. She was so insulted that she walked from the house to a neighbor's house (where her Dad is currently doing a renovation). I was a bit panicked until I called and heard that she was indeed with Wes. She was there and she told him, not only was she kicked out of the kitchen but that no one loved her. Poor girl.

In a happier tone they were the best tacos I've ever had. The home made guacamole and salsa tipped the balance. Oh, particularly since we used fresh garden tomatoes.

Mari cooked the following night and we did a wonderful recipe from Bronwyn's Good Housekeeping for kids book. Mini meat loafs! They were excellent and so cute. She insisted on using my square dessert plates and she even got some parsley from the garden to decorate the plates. We made garlic and parsley smashed potatoes (potatoes also from our garden) to accompany the meatloaf. It looked beautiful. The girls even took pictures.

 

Bronwyn had to wait all week to have her turn, since it was a breakfast dish and I didnt' want to rush her. She was so excited all week long. She wanted to make the Sundae on Sunday (my lovely little obsessive compulsive child), but I talked her into doing it on Saturday so we could still have time to go to church. 

She is by far the most interested and proficient of my children when it comes to domestic tasks. So I did a bit of overseeing. She does however, struggle with reading, so I write out the ingredients and we make it into a bit of a reading game too. I suppose this makes me a highly manipulative Mom, but I can live with that!

 

After each meal we discuss whether on not this is something we would make again or not.
 

All in all a great success. All of the dishes tasted great!