Making Meatballs

Making meatballs has evolved into making sauce for Ellie.

On Sunday morning when I was ready to start cooking I called Ellie into the kitchen and asked if she'd like to make the meatballs for me.  In true Ellie fashion she said, "i want to make the sauce too."

So we got her started on the meatballs and I got started on the sausage.  With that in motion we moved on to the next steps where she opened cans of tomatoes and I gathered the other ingredients.  As you can see from the photo above, she loves to be in the kitchen.  She's donning her favorite apron with her name in front while she scoops tomato paste from the can.

She was very proud of her creations at dinner that night.  And on Tuesday when we had hot meatball sandwiches as well.  I believe she'll grow  up believing that her ability to feed her family is in direct correlation to her capacity to love them.

And she will be right on track!