Kids Cook!

Tonight was kids cook night, and their mission was taco salad. Kid number 1 lept clear off the ground when the mission was announced, because excitement like that cannot be contained! Kid number 2 came whining, over exaggerated I might add, all the way down the stairs, clear into the kitchen and a few minutes into the food prep. I'll leave you to match the correct kid with his/her repsonse!

Once food prep was under way and things were really flyin in the kitchen, there were smiles enough to go around...I even saw kid number 2 laugh and appear to enjoy himself...oops, did that give it away?!?

Of course, all food tastes better when prepared to music, so we cranked up the tunes and rocked out while preparing ourselves for a culinary masterpiece. Mason did an excellent job of chopping the lettuce, while I sat across the counter from him terribly afraid he was going to lose a finger! From where I was sitting, chopping lettuce has never looked so fun! Kenzie offered to prepare the tomatoes and, in doing so, learned how to use the can opener and strainer. Mason then began the browning of the meat which cooked "quickly." It was about this time that he also had a revelation as to where all those peppers (and other healthy things we try to "sneak" into his meals come from)...dun...dun...dun...the salsa jar! At least that's what he thinks. Kenz did a fabulous job of mashing those unruly tortillas into submission before baking them to a crispy goodness. Once Mason's meat came to perfection and the tortillas were fully submitted, we were served up a meal that would delight any taste bud!