I love the enthusiasm my kids have for this challenge! It's only the second day, but I'm still impressed that my son is eager to learn how to cook fresh broccoli in our steamer to go with his spaghetti. Meal planning and grocery shopping were half the battle. The other half will be conserving what he bought. If he runs out of beverages, I don't think his $1.56 is going to buy him much. He also lost some of his pineapple juice to a tragic, accidental dumping into the stovetop while he was transferring it into a pitcher.
He started heating up his pot of water just now and the burner was smoking like crazy. I decided it was better to turn it off than take a picture for everyone's amusement.
The rest of the family is having leftover ham from Easter. I already used some in a breakfast casserole, so tonight we'll have sandwiches. I'm trying hard not to torture Contestant #1 with good food, at least not with food he considers good. This will be easiest with my youngest son because he hates about 99% of the dinners I make. As long as I don't eat Kraft Macaroni and Cheese in front of him or plain cheeseburgers, he'll be happy.
#1 just asked me, "I have tomato sauce in my hair, don't I?"
At least he's not on fire! *knock on wood*
dang, sounds rough! I vote that you make a child's favorite meal the week he is cooking for himself, be mean to them... you are trying to teach them a lesson, right? :) Maybe I'm just mean
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