23 March, 2009

Never Turn Your Back in the Kitchen

Winter storms attacked us again.  Sneaking in from behind they walloped us good yesterday.  It wasn't much of a day for venturing out, although we did that - there is something to be said for the snowsuit overtop of PJs.  Rather, it was a day for the oven.  And really, it was a day for the couch, but unless you want to watch this all day you have to get up and encourage the kids to jump on the beds.  

With a pile of carrots and parsnips in the house stew was on the menu.  Passion fruit ice cream too, but that will come another day.  The Monster and I set about peeling veg while Hubby tried to rest on the couch.  Oh, did I mention that all four of us have colds right now?  So we get all our veg peeled and chopped and I set to browning the beef.  After a quick deglaze of the pan with orange juice (my favourite thing to use when making stew) I turned around to grab all my veg.  As you can see from the above photo I had cause to pause.  We have a 'no hands on the cutting board' rule in the house, but apparently that doesn't apply to rubber duckies.

There are so many reasons to cook with your kids, giggles notwithstanding.

4 comments:

Holli said...

oh dear -- that really made me laugh.

The Diva on a Diet said...

Thanks for the chuckle, I enjoyed that immensely!

Am fighting off a cold of my own ... and a bit of laughter is indeed good medicine. :)

Here's hoping you'll all be on the mend soon!

Anonymous said...

Hello Cheryl,

Made it, and love the picture of the ducky and veggies...you see I have 3 kids, and 2 of those are twins, so you can imagine what I found about anywhere and every where :)

Manon From Ontario

Aimée said...

I love a good braised duck but this one looks a tad on the tough side.
:)
Get better; summer is coming.
PS Thanks for including the link, that was cool.