My wife was a way the weekend just gone, but me and the children still had a lovely time. We went to a friends for a fish and chip supper on Friday night, had a lovely sunny day outside on Saturday and Sunday we went swimming with friends and had a picnic in the park afterwards.
On the Saturday the children were messing about making some fun fake food, when I suggested that if they liked they could plan a meal for when their mum got home, I said I wanted three courses! They jumped at the chance and grabbed some pens and paper to make a menu.
They settled on Italian, I told them that before we go swimming we could pop to the shops and get anything extra they needed. The starter was fairly straight forward (above) and had everything they love!
The main they decided on pasta but were determined they were going to make it themselves.
They were so proud of themselves and my wife and I felt very proud of them as well. A lovely meal cooked with love. The only thing we helped with was to strain the pasta, but otherwise we just left them to it.
I love seeing their confidence build in the kitchen. I joke (semi-seriously) that I think I will try to persuade them not to get Saturday jobs and instead get their hygiene certificates and sell cakes instead.
Would you eat these three courses?
What meal should I get them onto next - all three courses?
Well done them! Lovely to see children understand about real food.
ReplyDeleteThey really do have a love of food.
DeleteAbsolutely amazing children, well done all of you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! they were very pleased!
DeleteItalian is a lovely meal, they did a brilliant job. The hygiene certificate would not be hard for them to get as they already know most of the basic's.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think it could work well for them if they decided to go that route. I just think if they got "proper" jobs at 14 or 15 then someone would basically be getting a bit too much for their money!
DeleteLooks fantastic! I love that they were so enthusiastic and rose to the challenge.
ReplyDeleteGood idea about making pasta with extra eggs! I have a ton of extras too at the moment and need some ideas.
Yeah, it a great way to store the protein for another day. Fresh pasta or dried, it makes for a good meal. Although it must be said I grew up on a lot of pasta and now don't tend to cook it that much.
DeleteWhat a talented group of children you have. Bless you all.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm very lucky.
DeleteWhat a great way to challenge your kids! We too have a pasta maker that gets used way less than it should. I can't recall any homemade pasta that I have eaten that was worse than the store bought stuff.
ReplyDeleteFor summer challenges, I would challenge them to a zero mile/kilometer meal where everything cooked and eaten has to be raised on your acreage. At least as much as possible.
Yeah, I feel there is a bit of an art to pasta making, something we need to practice a bit more, but they really enjoy doing it.
DeleteI like that challenge, in the summer I think that will be very doable.
Congratulations to your children on a beautifully well planned and prepared meal. 3 courses is amazing. Everything looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteThank you. it was very tasty!
DeleteLooks amazing, Kev! Kudos to your kids for such a beautiful meal.
ReplyDeleteIt sticks with them as they get older, too. Our middle daughter is quite the cook overall and the older and younger are both reasonable bakers, all because they started practicing when they were young.
Yeah, me and my siblings are all very into our food. It's nice when it's second nature because of the hours put in when younger.
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