Uli's Recipes

Uli's most recent imaginative play often involves "going to work." Last week she was a "cookbook writer," and I took dictation on the recipes she thought up. I wanted to share a few:

Feeling peckish first thing in the morning? Of course. How about making:

Breakfast

• mustard
• pancakes
• cream
• honey

Mix together. Serve.

Need a beverage with your first meal of the day? One that'll really wake you up? Make a pot of this:

Coffee

• coffee
• syrup
• milk

Mix together. Drink.

The great thing about this next recipe is that if there are leftovers (an unlikely possibility, to be sure, but if there are) they reheat really well:

Enchiladas

• sauce
• rice
• sweet peppers
• water
• olives
• pickles
• yellow cheese
• black beans

Mix. Bake. Eat.

Need dinner ideas? What could be more comforting on a cold, winter's evening but a big bowl of:

Soup

• eggs
• water
• milk
• Sunbutter
• syrup

Mix. Cook on stove. Eat from bowls with spoons.

And finally, sweet yet also [for some reason] mustardy:

Pie

• cherries
• mustard
• honey
• crust

Mix ingredients together. Bake in the oven until it's done.

All of this, straight off the cuff! I can only imagine what she might create once she gains access to the actual kitchen...