I am all for getting the kids into the kitchen and cooking, in fact I like to think of it as my gift to my future daughter in laws... or maybe that is just me trying to get out of having to cook. Whatever! Just as long as they don’t ever see us all in this home video – we’ll all be good.
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We are a little obsessed with Masterchef around
here.
I’m
not sure what it is that we like most about the show - the incredible food
they, the fun we have cheering on our favourite contestants or the fact that we
can spend a legitimate hour sitting on our couch watching and talking about
food without an ounce of guilt.
Whatever it is, we are sold.
Now I am all for getting the kids in the kitchen
and cooking. I think of it as my gift to my future daughter in laws... or maybe
that is just me trying for an excuse to get out of cooking, because… you know; busy day |
too tired | no inspiration and all that.
The kids have been wanting to hold their own
version of Masterchef - a kids versus kids version and so Sunday night was the
perfect night for it given the hubby and I were exhausted from running them
around to sport all weekend and what better way to take the night off from
cooking than convincing them that this particular night was the perfect night
to carry out the challenge.
All started well. The hubby and I sat on the
couch clutching our coping cordial and hugging a fire extinguisher and the kids
got to work in the kitchen.
It looked like they knew what they were doing -
the younger one was making scrambled eggs and turkey ham and the older one was attempting
some kind of French toast toasty concoction, when suddenly the teenager was all
“Bugger! Muuum, can
you help?”
“No sorry, I can’t”
I called out from my spectators seat on the couch. “I’m
a judge, it wouldn't be fair”
I said perhaps a little too smugly.
The younger contestant started laughing as the
teenager became increasingly frustrated and in the end, sympathy took over and made
my way over to the kitchen to ask what was wrong.
“It’s just not working!” the teenager protested and I can totally vouch
for that because when I looked in the fry pan there was one big gooey mess of
egg and bread where the French toast was supposed to be.
“What on earth is
that?” I asked with an unbridled snort.
“It’s French toast, or at least it was supposed to be” sulked the teenager.
By this stage the tears where beginning to fall
down my face… sadly for him
they were tears of laughter and not sympathy.
“OK so tell me what
you did to get to here”
I encouraged as gently as I could knowing full well
that I was standing on the edge of a full blown meltdown.
“I dunno. I mixed some
egg and milk and put my bread in the saucepan and then tipped I the egg and
milk over the top of it. But it doesn’t
look like your French toast”
he whined.
“Because you are
supposed to soak the bread in the mixture, not
just pour it over the bread in the fry pan you ning nong” I offered as I
retreated to my seat laughing. “I’d probably suggest you start again”
And so he did and eventually they presented us
with their creations ready for judging.
Now I didn't actually set out to make a video,
but the whole thing was just too funny to not capture on film. So please excuse
the shoddy camera work and the Hodge Podge of a production and please also pass
a blind eye over the complete lack of stage make up and horrendous hair.
We are so doing that again…because despite having to eat both plates
of some ummm ‘very interesting’ food, having a night off from cooking was
pretty flipping awesome.
Masterchef, I owe you big time.
For the 6th year Coles have once again sponsored the new
series of Masterchef on Channel 10 and throughout the series we will see the
contestants shopping for their variety of ingredients in the Coles Masterchef
pantry.
We would all like to feed our family (or have
them feed us) like a Masterchef and whilst some of the masterpieces those
clever cookies dish up on the show can look ahhh… a little tricky for us
regular home cooks. All of the recipes can be adopted along with the ingredients
for less challenging meals we could comfortably attempt and to help us along
you can find a whole load of recipes, videos and cooking tips on the Coles Masterchef page
as well as a quiz for the die-hard Masterchef fans among us.
Don’t forget there is no need to miss an episode of Masterchef because
you were out doing the shopping - you can orderall your groceries online and have them delivered to your door and make
sure you pick up your latest free copy of the Coles Magazine in store or the digital copy onlinehere which also includes ideas and recipes to help you feed your family
like a Masterchef.
How are your kids in the kitchen?
Are you brave enough to let them in there?
Have you ever created your own version of Masterchef?
