Pasta making.

Never one to miss an opportunity to share skills, share food and meet up with friends, we did just that this morning.

making a well for the eggs

getting sticky with the dough

rolling the pasta

getting thinner 

making parcels

really long!

cutting the ravioli

Yum!

budding chefs

Ravioli, gnocchi and tagliatelle with delicious sauces. Mmmmm, they were good!

Mmmnn Gyozas.

Our culinary exploration of Japan continues! Making veggie filled dumplings called Gyoza. They can be filled with all sorts and cooked several ways, deep fried and steamed and they way we chose, to pan fry in a teaspoon of oil on both sides followed by a flash steam with a ladle full of hot water with the lid on. They were one of the most yummy things we have tried the only problem being there are never enough!!!

chopping

stirring the filling

filling the dumpling

quick grab one before they all go!

frying

Done, yummy!

We have also completed our first, or should I say Ollies first, Kimono.  With quite a bit of success too! We trawled the internet for inspiration and patterns and cobbled together something we are both very pleased with. And as an added bonus it required lots of measuring and number crunching to make it just so, maths box ticked then!!!!

measuring up

sewing

one warrior ready

Beware!

He will not take it off now! I think he'd like one to sleep in too.

Japanese food!

Our Japan project is still holding everyones interest. I think having it last for a longer time is working for us. We always end up doing all sorts through the week that we hadn't necessarily planned and the ideas ebb and flow. But this project is being held together even more by the childrens love of and for making Japanese food.

noodles- Yum!

Snip snip

Play food has been made and served at the "Super Sushi" resturant. We have also made and sampled Tempura, Udon Noodles and last night made a feast of sushi with everyone trying their hand at rolling Maki and making Nigiri.

Ah yes the way to engage my children, through their stomachs. Can't think how we could apply this to the ancient egyptians yet!!!