This was a busy week with swim lessons for all four kids, doctor and dentist appointments for all six of us (some of us had multiple), pet sitting a bird, a gymnastics competition for April, a concert in San Francisco and youth group for Keanna, some bowling time for all the kids, an A's game for all of us and my parents, and a family outing to the opening of a community dog park.
Even with all the busyness and activity, we still required each kid to prepare one dinner. This week's menu was really fun and delicious:
- Keanna: BBQ chopped salad (think StoneFire Grill, all my Santa Clarita friends!)
- She used this chicken recipe and was impressed with how good and easy it was.
- Lukas: chimichangas with homemade refried beans
- Koda: waffles
- We used the recipe from The Joy of Cooking, but you can find Kimiko's waffle recipe here.
- April: grilled cheeseburgers and homemade French fries
The challenging one this week was April's menu. She specifically requested to make homemade French fries and not start with frozen ones in a bag. I knew that I would have to do the actual frying for safety reasons and that is a task that needs full attention, so I recruited Bapa (my dad) to help April grill her burgers in the backyard. Of course, the grill was also too hot for her to actually handle the meat on it, so we gave her as many jobs as we could so it was still her meal. For the French fries, she cut most of the potatoes.
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| April cut. |
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| I fried. |
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| They were soooo delicious! |
For the burgers, my dad taught her how to evenly season the meat, how to avoid cross contamination when working with raw meat, and how to form patties.
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| Watch... |
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| ...do. |
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| Notice April's hanging out in the trampoline while Bapa does the hot work of cleaning the grill. |
When the meat was just about done, he let her put the cheese slices on the patties.
Hopefully in the near future, I'll have time to blog the process of making chimichangas. They are so easy and so good!
This coming week, the kids have double duty. Not only do they have to make one dinner, but they each have to make something to take to a 4th of July celebration. I'm looking forward to seeing what they all pick!
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