in our kitchen

 

o there is so much going on in our kitchen, there are stews, and cakes, muffins and soups, laughter filling the room as well as sometimes loud and wiggly kids sitting around the dinner table wanting to eat.

the past week i have been pulled into conversations with some of the kids which involve "i hate this" or "why do you cook this, it smells yucky" o well and many more remarks in that regard. i'm not immune to it, it does first of all make me sad and then i'm getting upset, not about my cooking but about the way the food on our table is being looked at.
of course i do understand that there are dishes and ingredients some of us don't particularly enjoy or even dislike. still there is the option to just try a tiny bit of it and maybe you will like it and if not, please don't be out front negative. every time i cook or bake there is the chance, that this time there is not as much ginger in it, or maybe there is a different kind of cheese being used for topping the casserole.
and what about all those people which have nothing to eat. it does sound very antiquated in my ears, though it is not antiquated. food is not evenly distributed around the planet earth. we are fortunate being born and living where we are, i'm grateful for it and we do give thanks before each meal for the blessing it is to us.
and right now, there are lots of root veggies being put on the table as those are regional and seasonal. they are getting "old" beets in cakes, beets in soups, beets in stews, beets all over... (the same with celery root, potato, and carrots).

though on our counter there are sprouts sprouting. a bit of a change to top the chinese cabbage or the mix into the chicory salad. i try hard to shop local produce and just found a new way to do so. we are newly members of a veggie share, gmues abo. more of this in a later post...
the bottom photo is an apple strudel in the making, todays dinner topped with vanilla sauce. this was a topper, each and every child (and grown up) around tonight's dinner table was very very happy. and i'm very glad to be able to make them happy.