I've been trying to get Cadie more involved in the kitchen as dinner prep time is usually the craziest time of the day. Imagine a fussy baby (he is a pretty mellow baby but right around dinner time he usually needs to be held), a 3-yr that needs attention, and a hungry/cranky mom trying to figure out what to throw together for dinner. I enticed her the other evening to help out by asking if she wanted to "paint" our food.
Homemade pumpkin ravioli! She loved it and soon took over from just "painting" the pasta edges to putting together the entire raviolis.
She assembled about 36 all by herself!
The best part- I think because she was involved in the cooking, she gobbled her dinner down without the usual fight.
The recipe:
For the pumpkin filling, in a food processor mix:
1 can white beans (I used Great Northern)
1 cup pumpkin
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
tsp garlic powder
Spoon about 1 Tbls filling in the middle of a potsticker wrapper, "paint" egg around the edges, place a second wrapper on top and press the wrappers together around the edges.
Cook in boiling water for about 4 minutes - until raviolis float to the top. Serve warm with a pasta sauce.
Adapted from J. Seinfeld's recipe from "Doubly Delicious."
yummy!
3 comments:
Wow, I'll definitely have to try this with Harry!
What a great idea! Let me know what other child friendly recipes you come up with. Those raviolis sound delish but we don't have all ingredients here. :(
impressive!!! not to mention the fact those raviolis sound delicious. thank you for sharing!!! Cadie is as beautiful as ever. Hope all is well! How is the whole 2-kid thing?! Any tips?! From you, they would be greatly appreciated!!!
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