My Sous-chef

Kaley is my little helper in the kitchen. She loves to taste things and snitch "just a bite" while we are preparing dinner. She will eat spices plain and drink lemon or lime juice straight. It is not uncommon for her to ask what she can do to help while I am in the kitchen making something. She will sit down and watch Ace of Cakes on the Internet with me or some sort of cooking show on PBS. 

Today I put her lunch on the table and she said,

"Hmmm... this is good. I really love the texture of hotdogs."

That is a good point- hotdogs sure do have a lovely texture.

Randomness

Just a few scattered and random thoughts I wanted to throw out into the blog world.

1. M&M Mars made the Snickers bar in 1929. They named the candy bar after a racehorse the Mars family owned. Also In 1896, Leo Hirshfield of New York made the Tootsie Roll and named them after his daughter's nickname, Tootsie. 

Information found in How Sweet It Is (and Was): The History of Candy by Ruth Freeman Swain.

2. My friend was blogging about how the definition of exciting has changed for her since she has become a parent and how some things are good exciting and how some things are bad exciting. On the way home from church I was thinking about it because I think the definition of fun has changed for me since becoming a parent. Sure going out to the movies is still fun but I am finding my definition has broadened. For instance, Kaley just started going to Primary at church and yesterday they called her up to sing her happy birthday. It was so fun to see her walk up there and stand in front of everyone and be excited because everyone was singing to her. I sat in the back and was just smiling away. I was having a good time. It is exciting to watch her change and grow and experience good things. It was fun! 

I can image what it must be like for my own mom to see her little girl grow up and start taking care of her own children- I could image that that is fun.

3. My sister and I started a puzzle while she was here but were unable to finish before she left. Shelley, I just want you to know Jed and I made some serious advancements. I will post a picture when it is finished.

4. The series finale of Stargate Atlantis was on Friday. A moment of silence please. 

5. I am trying to get more food storage savvy. I want to be able to do the whole rotate what you eat but I also want to know how to live off just our food storage if we had to. I have been stuck finding recipes that just call for canned items. My cooking skills aren't quite to the level of just being able to substitute where needed but I am working on it. I love the website Safely Gathered In because she posts recipes that call just for food storage items. Anyways- I have tried a few of her recipes and I am liking it. She has done all the leg work and posts pictures with her recipes. Awesome.