What to do with hungry, less than content kids before I have had my coffee is always a dilemma in the morning.
Our newly created “Eggyweggy” (Dunedin’s name for it not mine) did the trick this morning. As luck would have it, as I was reaching for a mug from one of our overfilled cabinets the package of cookie cutters fell on my head. Not only did it provide much needed comedic relief to an otherwise tragic beginning but we were able put them right to use on the bread I had just brought out. Breaking eggs is always a smashing hit in our house (in all the ways that can be meant) so what better way to bring together the love of cutting things with the love of breaking and scrambling together.
Archive for the ‘cooking’ Category
Jul
03
2009
Eggyweggy
Jun
28
2009
Mmmm mommy-Lobster bisque is my Favorite!
With the leftovers from our Buffalo Cousin’s visit I made some lobster bisque. It takes forever to make from scratch. I was looking forward to a nice, fancy-pants meal with the family but Kelby ended up needing to stay late at the office (swine flu hysteria, argh). So, I sat with my 2 children, 2 and under, eating the Lobster Bisque with swiss chard saute and bread from Seven Stars Bakery (yum!) It went over “great-great!” , with rave reviews: “Mommy, lobster bisque is my Favorite!” The kid is likely going to have a difficult time at the playground… sigh.
This is the way it goes with all of the meals I serve to my kids- especially the ones served after forgetting to feed them properly for lunch.
Jun
19
2009
unboxed lasagna
Pasta making has become a favorite of D’s. And this week with all of our new CSA shares to experiment with, we decided to try making some lasagna from scratch (or from knead, squeeze, pinch, roll, and shape) Pasta is incredibly easy to make. Flour and eggs. That’s it. I tend to be a little wishy-washy when it comes to measurements (why I seem unable to bake) so I included a real pasta recipe from Jamie Oliver
Basically what I do is have D put some flour in a bowl (about 2 cups) and then 2-3 eggs and combine, then kneed. If it is crumbly add a few drops of water, if it is sticky add a bit more flour. Then there is a resting phase. 30 min covered to let the glutens do what glutens may when they are left unsupervised. I don’t ask questions.
After we emptied the dishwasher (love that D still thinks it is a great game-how long can this last?) I split dough up into 4-5 pieces and hand to D to do the rest. She puts it through machine. Cranks it, mushes it back together, repeats until I loose patience and encourage her move on to making it thinner and thinner. Then we cut the pasta it into longish squarish pieces and throw into boiling water to parboil. 2 min and drain. By the time one was done the next was be ready to go in. We laid them out on a plate and started arranging the other ingredients. The greens (spinach and chard) were sauteed with onion and garlic and pinch of salt. D put some layers of cheese on. Then we repeated with more pasta and some mushroomy layers. We luckily had more dough than we needed, so D made it into her favorite activity- play doh. She spent 40 minutes with same little piece and G was working on his train set unencumbered by any meddlesome siblings. This allowed for the rest of dinner to come together quite nicely. This is not the usual scenario in our home for dinner prep.
I made the mushroom layer with a number of dried and fresh mushrooms reduced with wine and tomatoes. The kids liked everything but the greens. I didn’t chop them small enough. But they did eat most of it regardless.