My budding little chef has been exploring her way around the kitchen. She has advanced from pancakes on the griddle to egg sandwiches on the stove. And she rotates in fruit smoothies at breakfast now, too. She likes using our little Ninja blender. She has been improving her baking skills. Even the cookie decorating skills have kicked it up a notch.
Last night we made homemade fried rice and I gave her instant rice to cook while I sautéed the chicken. If only she read the directions... I mean, why read the directions!? It's three little steps... Oh dear. She adds the rice and the water and starts to boil, only to realize that you need to boil the water only first. So she uses the strainer to strain out the water and leaves the wet rice in the strainer while she re-measures and reboils the water. I mean, I personally would've read the directions AND followed them. But she's 12. She's got this! 😂 Fortunately, the rice turned out okay.
While we waited for the food to cook, she made us cocoa with the Keurig. A regular gal would do cocoa with whipped cream or marshmallows. Not this gal. Just like everything else she does in the kitchen, it's go big or go home. She has been experimenting with flavors by adding my coffee creamers or extracts.
Not too shabby! If she likes to cook, I like that. If she is self-sufficient, I like that. If she is creative and having fun, I like that. She always offers to make me one of whatever she is having. 95% of the time she even cleans most of the messes up.
These are the appliances we have that she can safely use and will eventually go wherever I go:
Keurig
Electric griddle
Waffle/panini maker (she makes eggs in hers!)
A Ninja (or other blender)
An air fryer (safer than the stove)
Toaster
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