month : 03/2012 17 results

Dessert Quesadilla

Five Little Chefs - Dessert Quesadilla   Little Chef D was excited to make HER recipe today. Recently we were shopping and saw Paula Deen's aprons. Little Chef A said, this is YOUR chef look!  This Dessert Quesadilla looked so good on the Food Network site we just had to make it. Little Chef D cut the banana with a butter knife. That is the safest for her to use and it was fine because bananas are so soft. I showed her what size to cut them and instructed her to cut them thin, ...

Seared Rib Eye, Salsa Verde, Dirty Rice

Five Little Chefs - Seared Rib Eye, Salsa Verde, Dirty Rice   Before starting this recipe Little Chef Dad said, "So what kind of pain and suffering are you doing tonight?" He knows first hand how much patience this requires and how close to breaking I sometimes get. That and the dishes, oh the dishes! How many loads in the dishwasher will we do today is another common question. Little Chef A is very good at drying all the dishes I wash by hand. She sticks with it until they are done which I ...

Pommes Anna

We found a recipe for Potatoes Anna, but the potatoes had to be boiled first, then sliced, then layered in a skillet to cook again. It seemed like a lot of steps so I looked for a different recipe for the same name. I found this recipe by Emeril.   The ingredients were easy to get together. Little Chef C knew which potato peeler to choose. She used the "Y" peeler last time and realized it was difficult. She did well peeling the potatoes even though there were peels all over the ...

Beef Skewers with Cherry Tomatoes and Parsley Sauce

Five Little Chefs - Beef Skewers with Cherry Tomatoes and Parsley Sauce   Little Chef A looked through her Giada At Home cookbook and marked some recipes she wanted to try including Beef Skewers with Cherry Tomatoes and Parsley Sauce. Little Chef C was the one who went shopping with me. She was so excited to mark things off the list when they were put in our cart!   The first ingredient that went into the food processor was the parsley. Little Chef A twisted and pulled it apart. ...

Product Review: Curious Chef Knives

Five Little Chefs - A review of Curious Chef Knives    Curious Chef is a company that has products for kids in the kitchen. I was looking for something that my Little Chefs could use without me wincing each time they cut! There were mixed reviews for these knives, but I decided to go for it anyway. When we first received the package my Little Chefs were so excited to "have a knife of their own." They wanted to make a recipe everyday where they had to cut something. We have been using them ...