The other day, our friends visited. Their 9 year old son helped me make gingerbread cookies. As he stood looking into our pantry, perhaps wondering what else we could make that evening, he said "you have a lot things to mix together." On good days, I consider my staples as toys with multiple uses. On days with poor time managment, I find the status of my unprocessed food pantry frustrating. I guess that's why I splurged and have many things in the freezer that just need to be opened and microwaved. Bertoli frozen pasta, I love you!
Yesterday, our daughter mixed olive oil, sliced garlic, salt, and our new potatoes (straight from our garden) with the brussel sprouts from a wonderful farmer at the Barton Creek Mall farmer's market. She said "Mommy, I cook." My heart is full of joy to give her the opportunity to find her confidence in the kitchen at such a young age.
Yesterday, I cooked frozen blueberries, lemon zest, a touch of sugar with the overripe strawberries Ben bought at the farmer's market to make a nice sauce for Marina's cereal. I thickened it up with cornstarch. I also made a white sauce for my intened chicken pot pie. I started creaming the sugar and butter for the chocolate chip cookies I made today, and I made the icing for the whoopie pies (from mix) I am completing today. Next I will make Spanakopita and a vegetable soup. I must get to the spicy Krab rolls because I don't want to miss using my avocado. They go bad so quickly.
I made 3 perfectly healthy, perfect temperature meals each day for the kiddos. I want to describe the way I warm up my son's cereal, vegetable, milk to my idea of perfection, but that must wait for another post.
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