This summer William's independence in the kitchen grew leaps and bounds. He began by making his own rotation of meal favorites for awhile in the microwave (cheese quesadilla, mac 'n cheese cups, hot dogs, chicken nuggets) but he is getting more comfortable with the stove and with recipes. He also has a flair for garnish and presentation! For hot dishes it's a sprinkle of cheese over the top. For desserts it's all about the Rediwhip and the chocolate chips. During winter he graduated to making his own yeast dough for pizza crusts and even made us a Christmas dinner of homemade pasta with marinara and meatballs. He also accepted my lunch request of scrambled eggs (his specialty!) and crescent rolls earlier this week and delivered them to me in my home office. I could sure get used to this!
Pizza using fresh dough. We almost always have the toppings to make a pizza, but we don't always have naan or a pre-made pizza crust, so he's gotten crazy and found his out recipe for a quick yeast dough.
And then we had the fresh pasta, marinara and meatballs for Christmas that I already posted. Pretty much my only contribution was to form the meatballs while he was busy seasoning the sauce.
Oh, I guess I made these cinnamon rolls mostly myself. William didn't love the waiting part for cinnamon rolls so I ended up rolling out the dough and making these so we could get them into the oven before church.
William using leftover meatballs to make another pizza. This time on naan bread instead of his own.
Chocolate chip cookies cooked in the microwave. He found the recipe on YouTube and executed on it himself. They weren't bad. A little brittle. Each time the flavor was improved. He made them a few times.
Parfaits are not for sharing!
Chocolate chip cookies in the oven. These were just my style! He likes to beat his ingredients by hand. Works out fine as long as he remembers to soften the butter in advance!
