Sundays and Food

It must be the atmosphere surrounding the kitchen when we sit down to eat breakfast together, for somehow the talk naturally turns to food, as in "What's for dinner?", or "What's for dessert?", or even better, "Can I bake cookies?". This morning we discussed not only the dinner plan, but also the book of 1001 Cookie Recipes that I brought home from the library yesterday. Its fun to just speculate on how many different recipes we could try given the ingredients already in the house. Unfortunately I notice that the book is now just sitting here and I don't hear the mixer or smell any cookies baking. Perhaps later. But in the meantime Josh helped me (or rather I helped him) get a pot roast and vegetables in the crock pot. Lately he has been really interested in peeling vegetables and even fruit (like getting an apple peeled all in one long piece). He loves doing carrots, and today he even did the potatoes without complaint. But I figured out his secret. Its a competition within himself to get as fast at peeling as me. (I keep telling him about my many years of experience). He's doing really well at it. And I love having another kitchen helper. It makes me feel good when I know my kids can fend for themselves in the kitchen, and even get us all fed if they want to. (Matthew made a delicious spinach, broccoli, and feta quiche the other day. Yum!) I'm really lucky to have such a wonderful kitchen family. And baking together can be a great lot of fun too. I guess that's why I hardly ever do it on my own. It really is more fun to work together. If fact I hear the mixing bowls coming out now. I'm off to the kitchen...to watch at least.