kitchen elves
Brinley, Drew, Eleanor, Rowan March 30th, 2011When the weather gets crafty (read: crappy) and our outdoor plans are turned to squash, we get pretty bored staring at our colorful walls. When it’s cold outside, there’s nothing better than cooking up a great meal! All it takes is for someone to pull out a cutting board and the kitchen converts to a Keebler elf tree house.
This mischievous little nymph wanted to get her hands dirty and help make eggplant parmesan. Take it away Rowan; I’ve never been a fan of the egg wash! Slimy!
This little fairy’s wings must be clipped. Don’t look at me with that face! Yeah, yeah…you are so neglected!
Eggplant parm phase 2. Lookin’ good! Show that vegetable who’s boss…
Ah-ha! Your true identity has been revealed, little troll! Your hypnotic wailing won’t work on me this time! Can’t you find a cupboard or something to get into? I’m working here…
Make sure that eggplant gets evenly coated in bread crumbs Rowan, nobody likes a soggy eggplant! It’s got to be as crunchy as your tree huggin’ mama!
Brinley tried to remember what it was like to have the warm summer air blow through her hair while her side dish went round & round. That’s not a tumor; it’s a double-chin!
Chef Drew, would you care to enlighten us? “This is how I dice olives. I don’t make the horizontal cuts in toward the pit after making the downward cuts. So I make the vertical slices, and then just start the dicing. It naturally falls apart. Then I run the knife through the pile of dice just for good measure.” What did he say?
No touchy touchy Rowan, we’ve got to save those olives for dinner. And that spatula is lookin’ pretty weird…
Rowan, caught red-handed! Check out the blur of intense focus on Drew’s face, I told you he takes his food seriously! Doesn’t look like our beloved spatula will live to see another taco Tuesday…
Good thing we have a backup spatula, otherwise Brinley would be a hand-flipping little tortilla girl, and that just sounds dangerous…
How’s that taco taste Nellie? Hey, if you don’t like it take it up with the captain, but don’t shoot the cooks!
These are cute. Melody loves being in the kitchen too… I should really get us a new mixer so it doesn’t shoot batter all over the place when it spazes out. The house looks good too.
can I come for dinner? that looks better than what I cook these days!
your kids are really growing up. Brinley and Rowan are really beautiful, drew is a good looker too. and the Eyes….oh the eyes on Ellie!
I really miss you all.
Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog, you rock! And you are the most awesomest hands on mommy I know… I will have to get that recipe.. i never know what to do with egg plant, mine always seems so chewy. Still dreaming you were my next door neighbor 😉
eeeeek! remember our eggplant experience? haha epic fail. i hope that turned out better than ours did!
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