Little Chefs

Ella Beth is OBSESSED with the Food Network. She loves to watch her favorite "cookers" (mostly Paula Deed, the Neeleys, and Giada DeL...). For her birthday, she received three sets of bake ware and cooking utensils. She wanted to put them to use immediately! So I scrounged up all the ingredients I could and we made banana bread. Yum!

Both kiddos were all smiles and ready to get started!

First, we measured and placed all of our dry ingredients into one bowl.

Ella Beth loved using her whisk because she felt just like a "real cooker."

Landon got to mash the banana.

And then it was time to add our wet ingredients to another bowl. Ella Beth loves to crack eggs!

Look, the whole egg made it into the bowl!!! ;)

Landon's turn...

I thoroughly *heart* my Kitchenaid mixer, and Ella Beth loves when I use it. It wasn't necessarily needed for this recipe, but we think it makes everything taste better. :)

And, to give you an idea of what size banana bread loaf we were making, here's a little comparison. Normal loaf pan on the left, and Ella Beth's little chef pan on the right.

Yup, it was a lot of work to make one TINY loaf of banana bread. But it was totally worth it. We all had fun!

Of course, there was the waiting.....

And the invasion of a pirate.....

Look how cute that tiny loaf is!

Now, this recipe was obviously NOT written by a parent. Because.....it said, "after your bread has cooled, wrap it in tightly in plastic wrap and let it sit over night." SERIOUSLY????? All of that work for a children's recipe - intended for kids to make - and they can't eat it right away??? Sheesh! Just try to imagine the sighs and moans and questions that all started with "WHY" when I told Ella Beth and Landon we couldn't eat it.

So guess what we all had for breakfast this morning?!? Yum-o!