Kids in the Kitchen

More Flour or Water?

I made crepes on Friday. 

The kids LOVE them.

They are time consuming and they wanted to help.

I needed to find something to occupy them

since I don't want them around an open flame.

Flour and water were the first thing to come to mind 

as they are cheap staples in the kitchen.

I put equal amounts of flour and water in a bowl.

They quickly dove in!

 I dumped it on the counter so they could knead it.

Action shot! They were moving so fast! ;)

DOS asking for more flour here.

I asked them if it felt like playdough.

I asked them if they needed more water or flour.

They figured out quickly too much water would make everything stick to their fingers.

Poor TRES. She always wanted more "agua" (water).

Kneading again.

  After many trial and errors, they were very happy!

UNO, Look ma it's not sticking!

 

The end results!

I am actually prepping them to make tortillas-

since Wela is coming to town next month... 

 she may need helpers!

And they will be alot yummier than this!!

Kids in the Kitchen

DINNER SALAD

CUTTING TOMATOES

TRES

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

UNO making sure the strawberries are good

L.O.V. E. TRES' concentration

DOS is very serious when using a knife!

This recipe was super fast and easy! 

We will definitely be making these all summer!

FRUIT SALSA for our HOMEMADE CREPES

UNO cutting Mangoes

DOS' again... very serious!

Homemade Crepes and Fruit Salsa

We ended up cutting our fruit instead of following the recipe.

(I also made the Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips for snack the following day! YUM!)

The crepes still need perfecting!

I'm getting better and faster at making them!

DOS' asks for them daily! (Seriously... she does!!)

They do make a great snack anytime of the day. 

I usually double the recipe and freeze the leftovers! 

FRENCH BREAD

No pictures please!

Hot Bread + Butter = YUMMY SNACK

The bread was my first attempt! 
It was good but I think I rushed it since it was for dinner. 
Next time I'll start earlier in the day and give it enough time to rise properly. 
Oh... and close the window in the kitchen!
 

Prepping food from our Bountiful Baskets

TRES

DOS unloading cart

Our portion of the basket we share.

The picture above does not show the apples that were eaten 

or the bag of carrots that were left on the dining room table.

And the blackberries disappeared too!

SHUCKING CORN

CUTTING MUSHROOMS

Divine Mercy Sunday

Jesus, I trust in you!

Our Divine Mercy Craft

To celebrate we made
Lemon Panna Cotta with Berries

Yummy Lemon Juice

DOS helping pour

ready for the fridge

Topped with Fresh Strawberries!

Super Delicious!!

Get Recipe here!!

To read more about the story of St. Faustina and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, CLICK HERE

You can find the craft here- Catholic Icing!

The Best Cookies...

 are made and shared with friends!!

Sweet Lainey's Sugar Cookies

 UNO

 Big Boy

 

 Little Boy

 DOS

TRES

Kids in The Kitchen...LOTS OF THEM!

Today I hosted a Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Camp. I recently attended a friend's Pampered Chef party and told her I would have a show.

Well with three kids, ages 3 & 1/2 and under, I knew I had to get creative on this one! I called and told Crystal, the "Pampered Chef Lady", I needed to schedule it during the day and hopefully make it a playgroup and then I threw her the idea and she loved it.

The menu was simple and Crazy Caterpillars and Double Decker Quesadillas...and for dessert-

A Chocolate Smores' Cake that was pretty much 

one of my psychotic stay up until the wee hours of the morning ideas that I cannot get out of my head 

delicious!!

The kids had fun...

and so did the moms!

The Smores' Cake!!

Chocolate Crown of Thorns

Today we made these super-duper easy Chocolate Crown of Thorns.  I saw them on a post from Catholic Icing and knew they would be a messy fun project for UNO and DOS.  Evann from Homeschool Goodies also said to add eggs to it to transform it to a bird's nest!

All you need is Baking Chocolate and Pretzels.

I just followed the directions for melting the chocolate.

I lined a baking sheet with wax paper and drew a circle on the back side.

I was thinking the circle would be easy for the kids to "shape" the Crown.

UNO stirring the pretzels and chocolate...

BUSTED!

DOS added her pretzels...one at a time...YAWN!!!

TRES looking on with a red star sticker stuck to her upper lip...too cute!

I made this one earlier in the day.

Our crown of thorns

NOTE: Less is more. 

The one Evann made was thinned out a lot better than this one but hey...

It was my first one. 

UNO and DOS ended up eating their bowl of chocolate covered pretzels, while watching an Easter Video...which was ok with me.

I LOVED this idea and look forward to making this one of our Holy Week Traditions.