Lauren's Kitchen: My sous chef!

Sunday, April 13, 2008

My sous chef!

My sweet Ryan, currently 17 months, has millions of toys. Seriously. You should see my living room. Looks like Toys R Us threw up.

So he has all these options, and what he choose to play with? He LOVES to go into my utensil drawer and pull out the same three things: a wooden spoon, a teaspoon measuring spoon, and a half teaspoon spoon. That's it. He walks around the house holding those things and tries to feed you his imaginary food.

He also loves to "help" me cook by dumping stuff in whenever I let him. I think we're looking at the next Emeril, people...

2 comments:

SarahApril 13, 2008 at 11:55 AM
He is too cute!! And what a little helper he will be one day in the kitchen.
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gnickels1April 20, 2008 at 10:55 AM
quick, get that kid some golf clubs in a hurry ! :o)
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Before my wedding in 2003, my idea of cooking was Kraft mac and cheese. My mother and my mother-in-law even left me several boxes of the blue box on my counter the day we returned from our honeymoon. I believe a few showed up in the wishing well at my bridal shower, too.

Once I became a Mrs, however, I figured I'd need to step it up in the kitchen.

I rarely prepared anything from scratch, though; it was frozen stuff chicken and rice in a pouch all the way.

About a year (and 20lbs) later, I decided that something needed to change in the kitchen. I went on a diet and lost the weight, but knew I needed to lose the habits too.

Armed with Rachael Ray cookbooks and the internet, I slowly began to expand my repertoire. I joined an online cooking forum and subscribed to about eleventy billion cooking blogs.

Cooking remains a challenge, however, as two sweet little boys joined our family over the last few years. Coupled with my full time job, I look for meals that are healthy and easy.

I also discovered a love for photography along the way, and while I'm about as unprofessional behind the camera as they come, I really enjoy honing my skills on my dinner - mainly because it can't run away like my two wild boys can.

I love maintaining this blog, and I hope you like visiting.