Documenting Delight: Day fifty three {Making zucchini fritters}

Two little helpers in the kitchen, calling out “Look Mum we are sharing!” while simultaneously trying to wrestle the whisk out of each other’s hands.

I do love cooking with Finn and Harper but only when I keep three things in check:

1. Being prepared for mess

2. Remembering to get all ingredients and equipment needed out before we start

3. Acknowledging that at some point one of the kids will dip their hands in the mixture and proceed to lick said mixture off hands.

Tick all of these dot points off and we have fun. For me it is tempting to get a bit of home cooking done while the kids are playing happily. It’s quicker and I have control of the clean factor. But a couple of times a week I put aside these obvious positives and get Finn and Harper involved. Passing on a love of good food to our kids is very important to Lach and I. What childhood doesn’t have strong food memories attached to it? We want these memories to be about enjoyment, experimentation, knowledge and most of all about sharing time with loved ones. I love it that when Finn sees Lach get out the pizza stones he knows that Sunday night pizza making has begun or when Harper stares at the kitchen timer patiently waiting for our baking creations to be ready. This is what food is about in our family, more than just nourishment but time spent together.

{Cutting the chives with steely focus}

Today the recipe was loosely followed, flour coated our kitchen floor and corn kernels were found hours later in the strangest of places, but we had a good time and the fritters were yummers!

{Raw zucchini? Harper is willing to give anything a try!}

{the end product}