Cooking with Austin and Willy is a wonderful way to help them learn new skills and have positive time together. Two weeks ago Bill and I decided that we needed to help the boys become more accountable for helping around the house. Also we wanted to help them change their attitude towards domestic chores. So we agreed upon some consequences for not doing or doing the assigned chores. One of the chores that I would help them with would be to teach them to cook dinners. We started out with some noodle dishes, which we have very frequently, such as macaroni and cheese with homemade sauce, spaghetti, and cheeseburger pie. We have moved onto stir fry, fish and tonight Willy and I made homemade corn tortillas for our tacos. We found out tortillas take a while to master. They stick to the tortilla press, but we figured out that putting wax paper between the press and the dough helps. Next time we are going to fry them in a little oil instead of cooking them on the griddle. We think this may enhance the flavor and we will be able to cook them faster. Willy and I had a fun time working together. He certainly likes cooking so this has been working out better then I imagined. By the way the tacos were great and everyone liked the tortillas.
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