Kids' Day #1

We've started a new tradition for Wednesday nights, and with the first one under our belt, it seems to be a success.

A little background - the kids are fascinated looking through my cookbooks and drooling all over the yummy looking recipes. The cookbooks are used quite often because I love to cook, and we usually have a new recipe 3-5x/week. Any excuse to try something new, and I'm there!

So, I decided that a good way for the kids to learn about meal planning, meal prep and cooking, and give me some one-on-one extended time with each child would be to have a Kid's Day.

Each child got to pick out there own menu. They had to have a meat, starch, vegetable, and fruit. They could also choose a dessert if they wished. I then drew names to determine the order of the Kid's Days. (We draw names a lot around here - to determine who gets the last piece of Pepperoni pizza, who goes on the computer first, who gets to pull the purple sled, who gets the yellow plate...it works great, incidentally. In fact, we don't have arguments about "No - me!", nor complaints about it not being fair. The kids actually ask to draw names when something comes up, so it seems to work well....Anyways....)

So, every Wednesday, starting two days ago, for the next 6 weeks (and then beyond if we decide to continue, which I think we will), is Kid's Day. Mariyana was first and her dinner was halibut steaks, marinated cherry tomatoes, garlic & rosemary braided bread, fruit salad and raspberry sherbet jello mold. Yummy!

The meal turned out great, and as it turned out, Mariyana discovered she really liked to make bread, so I think that will be a more common occurrence. The recipe actually made 3 braided bread loaves, and so Mariyana and Sasha brought the extra loaf to our neighbors who arrived for the weekend.

Here are a few pictures....
Mariyana kneading her bread dough. She said it was hard work, but fun, nonetheless!


The beautiful results!


The entire family enjoying the first ever Kid's Day Dinner.