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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Creativity in the Kitchen - "Secret Ingredient Jar"




WHY I DID THIS:
My son enjoys spending time in the kitchen with mom, mostly making cookies, brownies and candies. When he was old enough to help with cooking dinner we came up with the "Secret Ingredient Jar" in an effort to try to get him more excited about helping with meal preparation.  Now, he is old enough to have a night that he fixes dinner for the family.  Maybe on those nights he will decide to pull out the "Secret Ingredient Jar".

WHAT WE DID:
We simply made a list of ingredients we typically have on hand that could be incorporated into a main or side dish, printed them out, cut them up and put them in a jar.  On "Secret Ingredient" night we draw an ingredient from the jar and use it in the meal.  It is that simple.  It is a fun thing to do if you like to be creative in the kitchen.  You never know, you might discover someone's new favorite dish.

Materials:
Wide mouth canning jar - pint sized
          (A small jar with a lid will suffice, but a wide mouth jar makes it easy to reach inside)
Wide mouth lid
Wide mouth ring
A circle of fabric 2-3 inches larger in diameter than the opening of your jar
Paper

-Jill

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