my little cook…

jan. 2009
I’m discovering an amazing talent in my ten year old Alex. She loves to cook. I ask her to help me with different things, mostly smaller tasks, but recently I needed more help. She helped make a salad-Strawberry Arugula Salad, with spinach leaves, strawberries, almonds, gorgonzola cheese, and chopped red onion, which wasn’t too hard measuring all of that. But then she made the balsamic vinegar dressing, even with the grated orange peel, all on her own. It was such a delicious salad.

I thought, maybe she just likes hanging out with me, that’s why she likes to cook. But upon further investigation, she quoted back to me what I tell them…”The cook gets to taste while cooking.” So, even though it’s not me, she’s still in the kitchen with me, tasting all the food with me too. I hope this keeps developing, I would love to not have to cook so much, maybe start switching off evenings soon? We’ll see!