MY mini me making meatballs! He is quite the little chef for 4 yrs old!

I'm BAAAACK!

Well it's been a long time since i posted in this forum. I have many new recipes to share, just have to figure out how to keep them from uploading sideways!

My son, Liam, is now 4 years old. Just had a birthday a couple weeks ago and he is quite the little chef! He has been in the kitchen since birth with me in one way or another. He showed interest at a young age in the kitchen, probably because I live there. He started cutting foods at around 2 and a half, with guidance and the right kids knives of course. He didn't like me helping him and would get upset if I did. He would say "I got it, I got it."

He has his own little kitchen on our porch that is fully stocked so when I cook he has to go get his 'supplies' from his kitchen to help. I mean sometimes i just want to cook and get it over with but he won't let me. He has to help. He loves to make quiche and will tell me what to put in it even! Scrambled eggs I can hand him the carton of eggs, heavy whipping cream and let him pick what goes in as far as cheese or herbs and walk away only to come back to a scrambled bowl of eggs and all I have to do is put them on the stove and cook them. He picks the cheeses and will grate it himself, one of his favorite things to do. He also loves to make chicken parmesan. He will coat the chicken and everything in the egg and panko mixture! He gets all serious with it and tells me again "I got it."

Here is little Liam making meatballs. He had such a blast. He even got his serious face on! They came out soooo good he ate 8 of them, no joke. I thought he was gonna have a tummy ache! The funny thing is he hums when he really likes something and he was humming the entire time he ate! He really liked his meal! I call it the "hum of approval."

I had to make these into a collage because it would not load the images the right way no matter what I did!

a reply to: mblahnikluver

Many of the world's Greatest Chefs are men!
Have a Great day together.

a reply to: mblahnikluver

The focus in his eyes tells me he means serious business. Very consistent with the balls too. At 4, this is very impressive, I think he's already found his calling.

Awww.

Great job, little guy.

a reply to: mblahnikluver

Priceless!
You may be raising the next Mario Batali or Jacques Pépin!!!

So good to see you back, and I certainly cannot wait to see new recipes from you ;-)

ETA
He is a very handsome and adorable young man, BTW.
Looks very dedicated as well

a reply to: mblahnikluver

Nice, to dang cute🤗.
That is making me hungry lol!😆
The collage actually works better.


Love it when Parents spend time with their children like this. Great way to capture the moment too.

Such intensity there! Great seeing a 4 year old crafting such fine looking work.

Thanks for sharing, and enjoy your special day with him. I'll be watching for some good recipes, but my 4 year old shall remain an innocent bystander for now. He does help with pastries and cookies lol.

Happy Fathers day to you and all the dads reading!

lol made a thread before I could even think of a thread ugh lol mblah

Seen your thread Title first thing popped into my head was the Austin Powers movie . lol
But cant be kids not bald . lol
ps I got had 3 raise another 3 from baby's ( 6 total boys )
out of them I got maybe half lucky with one .
Only thing ill say is dont stop keep him going as longa s possible make it into a treat .
Tom Sawyer got half the kids in town to whitewash his fence because he got them to think it was a treat .
Work is what a body is obliged to do play is what a body is not ( quote from the book .
teh second it becomes work they no longer want to .
Neat btw really neat I enve you .

What an adorable child who looks totally fixated on the task at hand. Way to encourage him in the kitchen mom 👍🏼

I miss my son at that age 😕... enjoy these years OP .. they go by so fast .

originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: mblahnikluver

Many of the world's Greatest Chefs are men!
Have a Great day together.

Hey long time no see IAMTAT!


This was a few months ago actually. I have many posts for the cooking forum with my son!

Thanks

originally posted by: knowledgehunter0986
a reply to: mblahnikluver

The focus in his eyes tells me he means serious business. Very consistent with the balls too. At 4, this is very impressive, I think he's already found his calling.

Oh is so serious with cooking, it's adorable. He wants to do everything himself, without help. When he started learning how to cut up herbs it was a bit of a fight lol. He wanted to do it himself so badly but i had to explain to him I needed to show him so he didn't cut himself. He caught on quickly!

My mom cooks all the time from scratch as do I so he is around it A LOT and always wants to help.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: mblahnikluver

Priceless!
You may be raising the next Mario Batali or Jacques Pépin!!!

So good to see you back, and I certainly cannot wait to see new recipes from you ;-)

ETA
He is a very handsome and adorable young man, BTW.
Looks very dedicated as well

DTOM! Thanks, it's nice to see you and be back as well!!

Thanks, he is my little ham. The faces he makes at times crack me up. He is very serious with cooking and craft time.

originally posted by: Bigburgh
a reply to: mblahnikluver

Nice, to dang cute🤗.
That is making me hungry lol!😆
The collage actually works better.

Love it when Parents spend time with their children like this. Great way to capture the moment too.

I love making people hungry hehe. It's sort of my thing! I torment friends on my Facebook with food pics. I use to do the same on here with recipes but I was gone for a while, life happened!

HAHA yea the collage took me like a minute to make. I think from now on I'll just do that instead of trying to upload the photos separately.

I don't have a lot of money so most of what my son and I do is around the house. He loves to help cook, the garden and crafts. It's amazing what you can get from the dollar store for such things! He even likes to clean! I swear he will actually pitch a fit if I don't let him vacuum. So I hand him the vacuum and let him go to town. It's so funny and people never believe me. I am a bit OCD when it comes to cleaning and he has clearly watched me when it comes to cleaning. I remember when he was around 2 or 2 and a half and he spilled some food. He went into the kitchen, grabbed a towel and cleaned up the mess. I just stood there! He's a good boy and we have fun with our little adventures and cooking moments.

originally posted by: Illumimasontruth
Such intensity there! Great seeing a 4 year old crafting such fine looking work.

Thanks for sharing, and enjoy your special day with him. I'll be watching for some good recipes, but my 4 year old shall remain an innocent bystander for now. He does help with pastries and cookies lol.

Happy Fathers day to you and all the dads reading!

Oh I'm a female btw, but thanks. This is also from months ago I just never got to share it on here. I use to post quite often on here but then I had my son and just didn't have the time. I have many cooking posts involving me son to post!

Yea my son likes to make cookies and pastries but that is my mom's department. Im not into baking at all. I will make homemade bread and that's it. The only cookie I like to make is peanut butter but I tend to eat the whole batch in one day!

Thank you

originally posted by: MissCoyote
lol made a thread before I could even think of a thread ugh lol mblah

Haha come on lol I made a cooking and Mars thread. It should be obvious, you know me.

Got a thread yet? lol

originally posted by: midnightstar
Seen your thread Title first thing popped into my head was the Austin Powers movie . lol
But cant be kids not bald . lol
ps I got had 3 raise another 3 from baby's ( 6 total boys )
out of them I got maybe half lucky with one .
Only thing ill say is dont stop keep him going as longa s possible make it into a treat .
Tom Sawyer got half the kids in town to whitewash his fence because he got them to think it was a treat .
Work is what a body is obliged to do play is what a body is not ( quote from the book .
teh second it becomes work they no longer want to .
Neat btw really neat I enve you .

HAHAHA!

Oh he loves to cook. He cooks with me and my mom and if you don't let him help he will let you know that he is upset! The first time I made chicken parmesan with him I was trying to just make it and be done but NOOOO he made a convincing argument that he was able to do it. So i set it all up and told him what to do and he did perfect! I was shocked.

originally posted by: Sheye
What an adorable child who looks totally fixated on the task at hand. Way to encourage him in the kitchen mom 👍🏼

I miss my son at that age 😕... enjoy these years OP .. they go by so fast .

Thank you! Yes he loves to cook and help out. He is quite the little man at 4!

a reply to: mblahnikluver

Apologies, 2nd time I have got myself in trouble assuming a persons gender on ATS. *Hangs head in shame.

Now I know, and I look forward to more posts and recipes!

originally posted by: Illumimasontruth
a reply to: mblahnikluver

Apologies, 2nd time I have got myself in trouble assuming a persons gender on ATS. *Hangs head in shame.

Now I know, and I look forward to more posts and recipes!

Haha it happens all the time on here. If people knew what my name stood for they would know I am a chick.

Mblahnikluver= Manolo Blahnik lover, a famous shoe designer. 😂 Also I picked pink font because well I'm girly. I should put my location as "in my female vessel" 😂😂