School Lunches
Looks like I finally cracked it! Cookie dough! Use it as cement to glue together as many goodies as you dare. I tried half a dozen recipes, with moderated success. They were all good, but never great. Biggest problem – too crumbly. Not a handy thing for kids during lunch break to go around the school with handful of bits of what was supposed to be a convenient snack. Out of desperation I tried to experiment with basic cookie dough. Result far exceeded my hopes.
Why not ready made? Control of cause. I can cut on sugar at least by half. Make a fruit&nut combination to cater for some fussy eaters. Warning! Not suitable for the fancy wrappings lovers.
Oops, I did it Again
… only this time I did not skip a thing, including miso soup and oranges for desert. Time on my hands and inner calm usually have a pleasing kitchen results. After such a weekend Mondays is no woe.
Frozen Cheesecake
Not exactly the weather for the frozen desserts, but I promised for so long. It was quick, easy and tasted ten times better then ready made, but I still prefer a baked cheesecake. As a base I used this recipe but exchanged cream cheese to the ricotta. Overall I’m pleased with my first no-bake cheesecake. E helped a lot; I am not in the cooking mood lately at all. Even a basic salad is an effort to toss. May be it is the weather, may be the end of the term or may be a flu is trying to get me.
Easter
Yesterday we dyed some eggs. Onion skins, parsley leaves and some sticky tape. That was fun! Lets do that again, says mum 
Happy Easter!
Holidays are here
Home pasta as usual. Its so nice to make food together with kids, and not the basic stuff, but something interesting.
Macaroni and Cheese
After some pressure have been applied, I made macaroni and cheese just the way E likes it – with ham and green peas.
Midweek sweeties
E missed chicken pie on Tuesday – school camp. Yesterday she came home tied, miserable and hungry. Camp menu looked good on the paper, but turned out to be a canned/box food mainly. Especially my baby was surprised that mushed potato can come from powder, mixed with water. Never they appreciate my kitchen effort as much, as after couple of days of school/camp grub. To make up for the missed pie I decided to make her something sweet using the same dough recipe (midweek deserts are not usual with me). I was quick, honestly, I was. But she fell asleep and missed the dinner entirely.
Odd One Out
During the term it is a rear occasion, but on the holidays, when kids are at home, we can spend some time in the kitchen together. Home made pasta dishes is almost a tradition with us already . Ukrainian varenyky (aka pierogi) this time. It is like playing with plasticine, only we can eat the results. I like different small shapes and it isn’t that long to make, when you have three willing helpers. For the sake of laughs kids always sneak in “a wrong” shape. See if you can spot the odd one.
Dough: Eggs, flour,salt
Filling: Mashed potato, sauteed onions
Family effort
What did we do on Saturday? We cooked and we ate. Participants don’t want to show their faces – too shy.
