kids

chef emma

erin

Jul 18, 2018 — 1 min read

Emma loves to cook. Our grocery store has children's cooking classes at least once a month, and she loves them. Yesterday they made overnight oats and a tropical blend smoothie. She said the smoothie was "disgusting", but she loved the overnight oats.

Yesterday when I didn't know what to cook for dinner I asked Emma if she wanted to make dinner for us. Of course she said yes! I pulled out one of her favorite recipes from the cooking class - mango meatballs. She went to work mixing everything together, cutting mangos, and even helped make everyone's plate.

Mango meatball recipe here in case you want to try it yourself...

The cooking continued this morning when Emma made chocolate chip balls.

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