So Proud of My Little Kitchen Helper...

Jason has become the star sous chef of my kitchen! At the age of 5 he can flawlessly and quickly crack a dozen eggs, knows how to safely and properly use my sharpest knives (with close supervision of course), can follow a simple 5+ step recipe from start to finish, can properly identify all sizes of measuring spoons and measuring cups, knows how to use all of the heavy duty appliances in the kitchen such as the stand mixer and food processor, knows most basic herbs and seasonings by smell and or taste. The culmination of all this knowledge aided him to read and follow a simple recipe for cream of tomato soup last night. I hovered and fussed but did very little in the way of actually touching anything or assisting. After about an hour and a half he had measured, chopped, seasoned and cooked a perfect, from scratch, cream of tomato soup.

To flesh out the meal, I made home made Gnocchi with pesto sauce right along side him. As I watched him, I was very impressed with his confidence. He got angry with me a couple times because I tried to get involved and sternly said, "Mom, I can do it, stop trying to help me!!!" Unfortunately, he also made a tremendous mess so I'll need to work on his "cleaning as he goes skills".

We sat down to dinner last night and enjoyed his cream of tomato soup. We were all so proud of him! It was in fact very good but for some reason he needed additional validation and asked every one repeatedly how much they liked his soup and soon became annoying.