The One Where Loodle Cooks

Tonight, I worked twice as hard as usual took the night off and let Loodle make dinner. They were all up in arms last week because I always cook deadly poison with a side of grilled liver and onions, so I said, fine, you pick the menu and make it.

I knew full well that this would actually be MORE work for me, but the point was for them to realize that a lot of planning and thought and work goes into making a dinner. *snicker snort guffaw* Or at least realize that they had no interest in doing this on a weekly basis and leave me to my devices.

Loodle, my almost 7-year-old, was up first. She went through our two kids' cookbooks and picked.... sandwiches. And brownies. Oooookay, but wait! It's a circular sandwich! Bread baked into a circle is exciting!! After adding baked potato chips and carrots to the menu, away we went. Here are some pics from her prep and the final product, of which she was extremely proud.


Making round bread is easy. Take two Pilsbury french bread loaves and form a circle and pinch the ends together. Viola!

This was a cold cut Super Sub.

There were many steps in its preparation, but I'm pretty sure you know how to assemble turkey, ham, bologna, provolone, American cheese, spinach and olives without visual aids.

How it ended up with a face is... actually not a mystery, because all food items Loodle is involved with inevitably end up with a face of some sort.

Anything resembling outlandish toppings (i.e. mustard, mayo, pickles, peppers and tomatoes were left on the side to be added as necessary, which the girls used exactly zero times)

Those are brownie "buttons", whatever that means. (surely are not meant for me to put my feet upon whilst watching The Big Bang Theory) They were made from scratch, thank you very much, and there are mini m&m's mixed right into the batter. You want some right now, don't you?