The Tribeca Yummy Mummy kitchen got a whole lot fuller last yesterday when all the kids from my daughter’s pre-K class came over to help me make sweet potato pie. We used the filling for my sweet potato casserole and, instead of marshmallows on top, we cut out puff pastry shapes and sprinkled crumbled amaretti over the top. It was lush.
If you find it hard to bring your children into the kitchen with you to help at feast times and during the holidays, consider starting a tradition by making a single dish together with which they can truly lend a hand. All my mini-chefs are so proud when their dish comes out of the oven and they are able to say that they helped to make it.
Their expressions alone make me give thanks for the time we set aside to cook something with one another, finding a recipe that will quickly become an heirloom.
(Check out the Thanksgiving category on this blog and brainstorm what might make it on your family’s make-it-together list.)
20/11/2009 at 12:59 pm Permalink
I made my Thanksgiving menu last night but this casserole will have to be added (thank goodness I haven't gone shopping yet!)
20/11/2009 at 2:12 pm Permalink
Thanks for the inspiration to share the cooking joy with my little ones. We'll be looking through your Thanksgiving list for something to make together next Thursday!
21/11/2009 at 10:10 am Permalink
Humm !! no thanksgiving in france … it's so bad !
ps: I like the blue detail … the cover
21/11/2009 at 3:58 pm Permalink
I've always thought cooking with kids is wonderful and think you are wonderful for taking the time to do it.
I always had so much family coming for holiday dinners that I just didn't have time to have kids in the kitchen. You are teaching them so much more than just cooking.
We made things like cookies and candy before Christmas but that was it as far as holidays were concerned.
Oddly enough though, all three turned out to be good cooks- even the boys.
21/11/2009 at 7:11 pm Permalink
I already made a copy and am going to make that for Thanksgivings. Although I live in Germany and am from Holland I do have a Thanksgiving dinner thanks to my American neighbours. Lucky me! For having them and for having you as a superb inspiration. Thank you!
Have a wonderful weekend!
♥ Jeannette
23/11/2009 at 3:51 pm Permalink
i remember i once made a sweet potato casserole here… the spaniards just didn´t get it… i, on the other hand, could eat a whole casserole in one sitting;) happy holiday! besos!
28/11/2009 at 1:06 pm Permalink
Love this Cate! My Zuzu has been a big fan of helping in the kitchen from an early age. When she was one year old it was her playing with the spices with a mortar and pestle, and has moved up from there. I love the idea (and I'm sure she would too) of her having her special dish. Perhaps then she might even eat it!