I babysat for my grandchildren last night so
that their parents could go out to dinner for Valentine’s Day. I decided to
make a special dinner for the kids. The individual heart-shaped meatloaves were
easy, but I resorted to my old nemesis, Pinterest, for ideas for the vegetable.
I found a tutorial for heart shaped carrot slices. It looked easy enough, even for a Pinterest challenged individual such as myself to carry off. I suppose
if the carrots I bought at the grocery store had been large and perfectly
straight like the ones I saw in the tutorial, it would have been.
My carrots were the quirky sort of characters
that everyone enjoys in books, but nobody wants to live with.
In the end, I hand-sculpted each individual slice of carrot into the
shape of a heart. I did it even though I knew the effort-to-appreciation-ratio
was going to be highly disproportionate. We’re talking kids and vegetables. I
was determined not to let my lack of culinary prowess get the best of me this
time, but mostly I did it for love. I love my grandchildren and I love to
tickle their fancy. Even if you don’t like cooked carrots, a pile of orange hearts
in the vegetable spot on your dinner plate has to be a bit of a giggle.
What a dedicated Granny you are - the end result, which must have taken you an age, is magnificent. Hope they were duly appreciated.
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ReplyDeleteCarrots are notoriously hard to cut already. I admire the sentiment nevertheless.
Yes, I'd only hand -cut so many carrots if I was serving them to loved ones. What a wonderful grandma you are ! And what a good idea, heart shaped meat loafs AND carrots !
ReplyDeleteYou have the patience of a saint but I'm sure this was another step in planting seeds of vegetable love in your grandchildren. Heart-shaped meatloaves! I'll make a note of that!
ReplyDeleteOh, and thank you so much for your squirrel slippers for the mourning dove comment! R.H. and I both loved it!
what a memory you created.' I did it even though I knew the effort-to-appreciation-ratio was going to be highly disproportionate.'... that's what love does and it is never wasted:)!!
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