Our son hosted his first dinner party this past week!
He’s 7. 🙂
This child has been groomed to be a foodie. He was never given the option to eat or not eat. His only option was try it once, if you really don’t like it, then you don’t have to eat it. To this very day he eats everything, except mushrooms
Lately his favorite show to watch is the Pioneer Woman! He loves to watch her cook and his favorite episode is “Ranching in the mist”. He has watched this particular episode so many times that he knows the recipes and the wording by heart. The last time he watched this episode, he asked again if I could make the pop pulled pork. Well, we don’t really drink soda , so cooking with it is out of the question for me, so I’ve said no in the past to that recipe.
That same week we were all struck with the flu…boooo! The hubs came back from the store with a natural soda called Dr. Better, because sometimes you just need something carbonated and it tasted just like Dr. Pepper!! Light bulb!! When everyone was feeling better and Ree Drummond was again on the screen, he asked again and this time I said sure!
He did the entire meal by himself! I put everything in the oven and made the dough (which was Gluten free) but he did the rest from chopping onions to peeling and slicing the apples for the pie.
The hubs took the little one away for a few hours so we could have some space alone to work, and work he did! He started at 11:30 am and finished when dinner was served.
Cutting Onions
Seasoning the pork shoulder
Adding a little Dr. Better
Slicing apples for the flat apple pie
Cutting the cabbage for slaw
Mixing up the slaw
Making the potato au gratin (yes, he diced all of the potatoes) 🙂
The finished pop pulled pork!
Dinner is served!!
Making caramel for the pie
Pie is done!
My guy! Sorry for the bad picture.
The whole meal was delicious! The gluten free dough was so good! You could never tell that there was no wheat in it at all. The caramel was not my favorite recipe…it was a quick caramel and it lacked the depth that I love in caramel, but I wanted to stay true to the Pioneer woman evening, so we made all of her recipes. I would certainly make them all again, with the addition of this salted caramel. 😉
I loved the feeling of pride that I saw on my little guys face when everyone was eating HIS dinner! He was exhausted when bedtime rolled around and I think a little bit more appreciative of the meals that we eat…knowing a little bit better what actually goes into them.
He is already planning his next party with meatballs, pasta and cake. I love that he loves being in the kitchen and I love even more the time that we get to spend together cooking.
❤
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