12.16.20 Foodies

One adjustment to everyone being home is the amount of food that must be prepared and is then eaten. There is always someone hungry here. I'm pretty sure my teenage sons will say they were always hungry growing up, no matter how much chocolate, bananas, or oranges I buy it is never enough. Oh well they seem to be doing ok and growing into strong men. And I keep buying pound after pound of the aforementioned staples to keep them going.

A better part of having lots of time together is all the cooking lessons. Livy and Millie helped Grandma Saunders make a cake with some old bananas. 

Addie was delighted to be surprised with healthy cookies by her dear friend Lia. 

Addie has also been experimenting with cocoa bombs and hot chocolate recipes. The little kids are demanding taste testing experts. It's not that cold but we drink a lot of chocolate everyday. 

Lia all bundled up ready to go for her ride in the jogging stroller while the kids were working on their 100 miles a week. 

Warm homemade chili to keep the bodies warm. 

Lotsa pie after thanksgiving. This crowd is not into one and done, rather some of this and some of that and a sliver of that one too. No worries that Bruce being the little brother misses out there is plenty to go around with so many cooks watching the serving. 

Our contributiions peanut butter chocolate and sourcream lemon meringue. 

Make ahead mashed potatoes. So so yummy we had to make extra to replace what we ate fresh. We eat about 50 lbs of potatoes a week on average. 

Reed and Millie were my kitchen help as Aliza was busy with college classes. Tasting is a must when preparing food to share. Risky job but Reed is all about service so took one for the group. 

This recipe takes over half and hour of stirring Millie was a champ to keep after it. 

My girls are not good at taking no for an answer. Here Addie is helping them make an individual pie. 

I do love most of the time we spend in the kitchen. I love being together and I love knowing their needs are mostly met. There is a lot of good memories I have of meals shared and special treats. I'm thankful to have enough.