Chef Parker

Parker has always loved to cook, but lately he's been on a roll!
School started last week and he's ben BEYOND busy.

One night at about 10:30, he came in my room and asked, "Hey, can I use this?"

"Ummm....Okay?!?"

It was 10:30 pm!
What was he going to make?

We had grilled lemon, garlic chicken for dinner and there was a lot left over,

He chopped up a couple of pieces, added cream of something soup and some chopped up veggies and whipped up a quick chicken pot pie.

But there was still ONE pie crust left!

A few nights later, he threw the pie crust in the oven and while it was baking, he sauteed some sliced apples in a pan with butter.  He made a quick caramel sauce and mixed it with apples, dumped it in the browned pie crust and had a delicious dessert.

He probably topped it with ice cream.
I didn't ask.

One day he came home after seminary and decided to make pancakes.

Easy right?

A few minutes later he was going on and on about how delcious his pancakes were.

"Didn't you just use the pancake mix?" I asked.

"Yeah, but I added a few things."
"What did you add?"
"Nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, chopped pecans..."

"Didn't you just put the pecans on top?"
"No, no, I added them to the batter too."

I took a picture of his last creation..........because it was during daylight hours and because it looked straight from a malt shop.

But I accidently deleted it off the camera.  Oops!

He used vanilla ice cream, bananas and crushed Nilla Wafers.

He made a shake and topped it with whipped cream and a whole Nilla Wafer.

Yeah - he even garnishes his food!

He always offers to share.

Too bad I am never hungry when he gets crazy in the kitchen.

We need to coordinate our stomachs!