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Celebrating what we learned last night about Louisiana poses challenges for a family with multiple food allergies. Between my shell-fish allergy (a big problem for a state that celebrates it's culture through ethnic food dominated by crayfish, shrimp, mussels, and lobster) and Bella's gluten-allergy, we needed to find some way to modify our Louisiana evening to fit our needs. Consequently, Cajun chicken with rice is the meal of choice.
Bella and Cecelia recently asked to make a cheesecake and finished this little project a couple weeks ago. This was a big hit at our home and their love of cheesecake has begun. Consequently, Bella has been asking that I purchase the ingredients for another cheesecake production. Yesterday my trip to Cub produced the cream cheese and almonds (our choice for crust instead of crackers that Bella can't have). This morning, she asked if I had gotten the ingredients and if she could make it...
So, she began by getting the food processor out and working on the crust. She did everything herself, including cracking the eggs and measuring the lemon juice. She was so proud of her accomplishment. Then, we put a plastic medallion in the cake to signify the King Cake of Louisiana. Of course, we did not have a plastic baby and their suggestions of a plastic horse or matchbox car were rejected based on the sheer size of these objects. The kids are super excited to eat their Louisiana inspired meal and dive into their cheesecake. They are all discussing who really wants to get the medallion in their piece of cake. Sophia made homemade caramel from sweetened condensed milk this morning, so our cheesecake with caramel will be a decadent treat as we toast Louisiana.
I'm so proud of Bella. She did an awesome job. Of course, as I was preparing the impromptu dinner for my husband and his business associate, I cut into the cheesecake... so the picture reflects this :) We brought their picnic lunch to work, but we will enjoy ours after dinner.
I'm beginning to enjoy this learning experience. It's incredibly interactive.
Today we received: Maine, Georgia, North Dakota, Illinois, and Nebraska. They are discussing which one they want to learn about tonight. Alas, Sophia and I already have ribs marinating in a dry rub for tomorrow and if we are to continue our theme of learning and eating foods from each state (as this certainly has become a fun side-affect of learning about the states), I might need to pick Georgia. Certainly ribs are a part of Georgian heritage, right???? Maybe a nice peach sauce or possibly a peach BBQ sauce? hmmm... we'll see how this evening goes.
What fun to learn along with the kids about what makes the United States unique.
Bella and Cecelia recently asked to make a cheesecake and finished this little project a couple weeks ago. This was a big hit at our home and their love of cheesecake has begun. Consequently, Bella has been asking that I purchase the ingredients for another cheesecake production. Yesterday my trip to Cub produced the cream cheese and almonds (our choice for crust instead of crackers that Bella can't have). This morning, she asked if I had gotten the ingredients and if she could make it...
So, she began by getting the food processor out and working on the crust. She did everything herself, including cracking the eggs and measuring the lemon juice. She was so proud of her accomplishment. Then, we put a plastic medallion in the cake to signify the King Cake of Louisiana. Of course, we did not have a plastic baby and their suggestions of a plastic horse or matchbox car were rejected based on the sheer size of these objects. The kids are super excited to eat their Louisiana inspired meal and dive into their cheesecake. They are all discussing who really wants to get the medallion in their piece of cake. Sophia made homemade caramel from sweetened condensed milk this morning, so our cheesecake with caramel will be a decadent treat as we toast Louisiana.
I'm so proud of Bella. She did an awesome job. Of course, as I was preparing the impromptu dinner for my husband and his business associate, I cut into the cheesecake... so the picture reflects this :) We brought their picnic lunch to work, but we will enjoy ours after dinner.
I'm beginning to enjoy this learning experience. It's incredibly interactive.
Today we received: Maine, Georgia, North Dakota, Illinois, and Nebraska. They are discussing which one they want to learn about tonight. Alas, Sophia and I already have ribs marinating in a dry rub for tomorrow and if we are to continue our theme of learning and eating foods from each state (as this certainly has become a fun side-affect of learning about the states), I might need to pick Georgia. Certainly ribs are a part of Georgian heritage, right???? Maybe a nice peach sauce or possibly a peach BBQ sauce? hmmm... we'll see how this evening goes.
What fun to learn along with the kids about what makes the United States unique.
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