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Efua's First Gourmet Creation

Well, she did it herself. You may not believe me and I did not take any pictures of the process but Efua, 3 almost 4, made soup herself tonight. I was engrossed in some ridiculous websurfing - hey I have to have some entertainment sometimes - and she was busy at the table taking things out of the fridge and cutting up vegetables, and mixing, and putting things in the pot. It was only when it came to lighting the fire that I jumped in. And I also cut up a tomato which she put in.
The rest of the input was stuff that she found in the fridge. She cut up the mushrooms herself, put in pimentos and garlic, cut and broke a carrot, dropped in a pre-cut ear of corn and a piece of pumpkin. She even squeezed a little lime for flavour.
And here it is!

(Look here for the picture)
http://intenselives.blogspot.com/2008/09/efuas-first-gourmet-creation.html

I'm still a bit surprised by the whole thing. Hopefully she will wake up early enough tomorrow morning for me to heat her creation for breakfast before I have to run off.

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Comment by Amberlee on September 15, 2008 at 12:35pm: Awwww good for her! We love letting the kids play in the kitchen. Probably because I still play in the kitchen myself! I love to cook and most of my recipes are in my head. I am Remy from Ratatouille. A little of this, a touch of that, poof--food. :) Congrats to Efua!!! Great job.

Comment by Katherine on September 15, 2008 at 9:00am: Oooo now that is as close to unschooling food as it gets. Can I nab picture and description for the group over at Foodies in the RUN? I love it.