KidsCook April 30, 2011 - Spring Vegetable Risotto

Spring is in the air and KidsCook was buzzing with activity last Saturday. On the menu :

Spring Vegetable Risotto with Pan-Seared Chicken





and Italian Marinated Strawberries with Pistachio Shortbread Cookies




The ingredients :






A brother-sister pose with Valentine and Sacha...



First, there are lots of veggies to peel and chop ...

Nicolas chops fennel



and then cucumbers...



Simon helps with the cucumber



as does Enzo...




Malo blanching the peas with Campbell




Octave straining the cooked peas



Malo on clean-up duty. The Jacques Cousteau of the kitchen crew !



Octave and Malo blanching the asparagus with Campbell



Octave doing the ice-water bath for the asparagus



Octave dices the asparagus





Rose and Iris chopping fennel...




Rose and Iris prepping the chicken



Chicken is ready to be seared and leeks to be sautéed




Sautéing the veggies ...




Sacha stirring the risotto



Enzo grates parmesan for the risotto...



The seared, but not raw in the middle, chicken just waiting to be added to the risotto...




Time to start on the dessert with Bruno ...




Valentine does a final chop of the strawberries



Bruno helps Valentine mix the strawberries




Bruno helps Liv add the sugar to the strawberries to marinate them...





Enzo and Octave squish the strawberries ...



and squish and squish and squish...



Simon whips the cream for dessert



Oops, got a little sprayed on his face !





Sacha and Simon mix the cookie dough



Use those muscles !




Everybody joins in to cut out the cookie shapes





Campbell serving up the delicious Spring Vegetable Risotto...





Tasting the yummy dessert...

Flat Stanley In Arizona

Hello from Arizona! Thank you for sending me to spend some time with Alyssa's family. Here are some pictures so you can see the places that I discovered out here in AZ. I went to a dirt track race, to the neighborhood fire station, to church and to various desert locations. I'll be back in a few days with a few momentos from Arizona.

Here is the house I stayed in...




Their cool, vintage car




Their basketball hoop




An aloe vera cactus




Palm trees !



The American flag !



A real fire engine at the Fire Station



On Easter Sunday, we went to church







And then decorated eggs ...




Me in the Easter basket...



At the dirt track race ....



Desert views...

KidsCreate goes to Hollywood

After hearing all about Flat Stanley's adventures in Hollywood, acting and meeting the stars, we decided to try out some acting of our own.

First, we spelled out HOLLYWOOD just like the famous sign ...







Then we each chose 2 puppets and made up a little story that we acted out together.



















Jules is a master puppeteer ...



Here he is in action...