I'd been craving Mexican food and mention to my children that I want to have a Mexican fiesta (feast) and we should each choose a dish to make, then go shopping and gather the ingredients for our dishes.
A great way to get them to come and help me shop, and also a really good way to have them learning to cook, and so off we went.
My children and I chose different dishes to make: nachos, tacos, enchiladas, home made guacamole, rice, with dollops of sour cream and handfuls of cheese and other toppings.
We set out with our dishes and ingredients in mind and fetched what we needed to make each dish.
Back home we began making our dishes, each helping out with preparing and cooking. Working on our own dish as well as helping out with other dishes. A great way to learn how to cook different dishes and also how to be helpful in the kitchen and navigate a busy kitchen... all hands on deck!
In the end we were left with an alluring array of dishes to devour and enjoy.
It is a simple thing to do together as a family. Fun. Enjoyable. A nice memory to have and hold onto.
Have you also done things like this with your family? What was the occasion and what dishes did you make?
