Monday, September 9, 2013

A Smorgasbord

So I wasn't able to post our first-day-of-school photos right away, but here they come. Around here, we have a not-back-to-school day with the area homeschool group at a pool. We forgot to bring cash to the pool, left and came back, missed the big group photo, and ended up with one son who was therefore not in the mood to have his picture taken.

I got Nick in the car when we were leaving:





I got Xander later on playing a Lord of the Rings game with his dad:





Tonight we all worked together to make a couple of recipes from Cooking Wizardry for Kids. I highly recommend that book! One of our children is a born cook and taster, but the other one loved using the book and his imagination as well. The book gave us step-by-step instructions but also leeway to add in and "make our own" versions. The following two recipes are what we ended up with:


Cinnamon-Raisin Grilled Cheese
Serves 4

Ingredients:

8 slices cinnamon-raisin bread
1 tablespoon butter plus a little more
large can of tuna
a small dollop of mayo
a squirt of lemon juice
1 green apple
8 slices Muenster cheese

Instructions:

1. Lay out the slices of bread. Butter one side of each slice.

2. Drain the tuna. Mix it with a small dollop of mayo, then squirt about a teaspoon of lemon juice on it. Stir to combine.

3. Slice the green apple. You'll want at least 4 large, thin slices.

4. Heat the tablespoon of butter in a pan over medium heat.

5. Turn over the slices of bread so they are butter-side down. Put 2 slices of Muenster cheese on 4 of the slices.

6. Put a small spread of tuna on top of the cheese slices. Top with a thin slice of apple. Put another slice of bread, butter side up, on top of everything.

7. Cook the sandwiches in the pan, turning over after one side is nicely brown and cooking the other side to the same brownness. (Whatever brownness you prefer.)

Crouton Fruit Salad
(Note that this is not a traditional fruit salad, but this is my son's name for it.)
Serves 4

Ingredients: 

2 cups fresh spinach leaves
1 cup croutons
1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack cheese
1 small cucumber, peeled and sliced
1 small carrot, peeled and sliced
part of a green apple, sliced into matchsticks or small pieces

Instructions:

Add the ingredients to a large bowl. Toss together. Allow people to choose their own dressing. We had some that chose French dressing and some that chose Ranch. Delish!

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