Fruit Salad and Star Anise
Five Little Chefs - Fruit Salad and Star Anise
We chose a cookbook, Easy Menus for Dining In (Better Homes & Gardens), and decided to make a few recipes from it. This book was great for the Little Chefs because it had a lot of pictures. They want to SEE what they will be making before they start. This was quite an enjoyable recipe to make. It was simple. All that was required was to make a simple syrup and cut some fruit. It was very evident my Little Chefs skills have ...
Seared Rib Eye, Salsa Verde, Dirty Rice
Five Little Chefs - Seared Rib Eye, Salsa Verde, Dirty Rice
Before starting this recipe Little Chef Dad said, "So what kind of pain and suffering are you doing tonight?" He knows first hand how much patience this requires and how close to breaking I sometimes get. That and the dishes, oh the dishes! How many loads in the dishwasher will we do today is another common question. Little Chef A is very good at drying all the dishes I wash by hand. She sticks with it until they are done which I ...
Pommes Anna
We found a recipe for Potatoes Anna, but the potatoes had to be boiled first, then sliced, then layered in a skillet to cook again. It seemed like a lot of steps so I looked for a different recipe for the same name. I found this recipe by Emeril.
The ingredients were easy to get together. Little Chef C knew which potato peeler to choose. She used the "Y" peeler last time and realized it was difficult. She did well peeling the potatoes even though there were peels all over the ...
Parmesan Peas
Five Little Chefs - Parmesan Peas
Today's side dish was Parmesan Peas by Robert Irvine. This was a pretty simple recipe to prepare. Little Chef C wasn't very excited about this recipe, but we have needed a side dish so she agreed. The ingredients were gathered. Nothing to unfamiliar. We haven't use shallots before, but they are similar to an onion so I didn't think it would be a problem.
The shallot was chopped. We opted to only cut one shallot because it seemed like a ...
School’s Out Scalloped Potatoes
We are always in need of a good side dish. Potatoes are cheap themselves which makes a good option, depending on the cost of the additional ingredients. This potato recipe had ingredients that we either already stock in our pantry, or were easy to find.
All the ingredients were prepped. Little Chef C was able to grate the cheese with this type of cheese grater very well.
We opted to only use 1/2 onion. The onion was peeled and then cut into fourths. The onion was diced ...
Baked Mashed Potatoes with Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs
Five Little Chefs - Baked Mashed Potatoes with Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs Steak was requested for dinner so we were talking about what we could make as a side dish. We stumbled on Baked Mashed Potatoes with Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs. This appealed to Little Chef A because she loves cheese in her mashed potatoes, if there isn't gravy. This recipe calls for 4 pounds of potatoes. That would make way too much for my family. We we are not fans of leftovers ...
Mahi Mahi with Rice
Not too long ago we went to a new restaurant. We ordered, sat down, and started eating when Little Chef C said "Mom, did Chef Robert come here?" I had to laugh. "Did he change this place to make it look nice?" I asked. "No, he didn't come here, this is a new restaurant." It has only been open for a few months if I remember correctly. It still had a "new" look to it. It was very bright with the lights, the huge windows and the colors were vibrant. No wonder she thought Chef Robert fixed this ...
