By Sharyn Jackson
Tribune News Service
Now is a great time to get kids involved with the cooking. It can also entertain them at the same time. (Dreamstime/Tribune News Service)
My 2-year-old, Milo, has recently begun stringing short sentences together, and my favorite of his newfound phrases is this declaration of pride: “I did it!”
That’s what he said when he helped me make pizza dough by kneading the flour, water, yeast and oil with his chubby little toddler hands. Later, he sprinkled cheese over the dough and waited (OK, impatiently) while the pie baked and then cooled. Sure, he tried to nibble the raw dough a couple of times and downed a handful of mozzarella before I could stop him. Otherwise, our little kitchen adventure went pretty smoothly.
When he finally got to eat a slice of homemade pizza, he used another of his new sentences: “I made this.”
Nothing has ever tasted better.
With schools and most day cares closed and many parents working from home during a shelter-at-home advisory, sometimes the easiest way to get food on the table and entertain our kids is by cooking together.
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