A Sort of Hobby
Cooking is almost always fun... For me anyways. Over the last year I've rediscovered how much I really enjoy cooking meals and experimenting with new dishes, recipes and even playing with old favorites from my childhood. There's even been baking re-emerging in my repertoire, though any kind of baking is on a temporary hiatus until the weather cools down some again. With Princess being 11 years old now I decided that she is more than ready (and old enough) to help out with dinner prep and cooking. This summer she's done mostly lunches for us - soup & sandwiches, but I try to get her involved in one evening meal a week. She even went so far as to cook breakfast (scrambled eggs with cheese) for Angel Face on her birthday. Here you see her helping chop celery for some homemade cream of potatoe and ham soup... Which just happens to be one of her current favorite meals. With temperatures soaring into, and staying in the high 30's (that's degrees Celsius) during par...