Gender on the domestic front for us is a non issue. The fact is that I CHOOSE (and it's still my choice) to stay at home with the kids. Sam is learning to cook regular meals (he was darn good with a waffle iron and could make hot dogs but that's it when I met him) and he enjoys it now that he does it about 50% of the time (we alternate the cooking & the kids showers routine).
Anyway I digress as usual. Cooking with kids is a fun, messy and often wonky affair. Travis is good at it when he is in the mood for it - otherwise he's just trying to wait till he can sneak away.
The one thing I can always get him to cook is biscuits! He prefers fancy biscuits but he will happily cook plain biscuits if he gets to ice them. Shapes are a little funky but they still taste great :D
Travis' favourite plain biscuit recipe is from the good old CWA cookbook.
ICED BISCUITS (53rd ed, pg 241)
Cream 125gm butter & 1 cup of sugar together. Add 1 egg (beaten), a dash of your choice of flavoured essence (we like vanilla) and 2 cups of self raising flour. Mix until forms a stiff dough. Roll out onto a lightly floured surface till 5 mm thick. Cut with biscuit cutter into your preferred shape and and put in the oven on a non stick pan (moderate heat) till slightly golden - 10 mins approx. Biscuits will stiffen on cooling and are great with a glass of cold milk!
Enjoy!
1 comment:
Keep it up! You are being such a great role model for your kids. And really - your son will thank you when he leaves the nest and doesn't starve to death :-) Of course, the research also shows that kids who spend time in the kitchen are better eaters.
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