My sister Carrie invited me over for dinner on Wednesday night. I’ve had absolutely zero desire to cook recently so the invitation was especially welcome. She made the tortellini dish I love and blogged about here.
I was washing the dishes after our meal when Greta, my three-year-old niece, came over and waved the Cheerios cookbook at me. She was especially enthusiastic about the book and went through it page by page telling me how much she liked the pictures and wanted to make each and every recipe.
I edited the cookbook a couple of years ago and it remains one of my favorite projects, so I was thrilled to see her take an interest in it (my sister later told me Greta often takes the book in the car and to bed to "read"). I told Greta we could get together sometime and make one of the recipes together.
“No, Aunt Heidi,” (which runs together and sounds like ‘Aunt Tidy’ coming from her little mouth), “We have to make ALL of them!” she insisted.
With Greta on board, I think cooking could be a whole lot more fun.