Guacamole, Apple Muffins and Egg Salad

Okay....to say this post is long over due would be an understatement.  My beloved Margaret-Jane has reminded me on multiple occasions that I needed to post.  Here I am posting a whirlwind cooking review. 

Margaret-Jane and I are on summer break and getting in some good cooking and food creating time together.  She has made guacamole two times now.  I cut the avocados in half, put some mayo in the mixing bowl, and put the spices out on the counter that she will need, and she completes it....she is a "sniffer."  She puts a bit of garlic powder in and then smells, then some cilantro and sniffs, and then some salt and pepper.  She feels that by smelling it, she can tell if more spices are necessary.  It works because her guac has proven delightful on both accounts!

I have an old recipe for apple muffins that I have been using for about 14+ years.  Prior to having my own cook books, I went to the library and copied down recipes; this one happens to be from that time (when I first was learning to cook).  I let the Gourmet Girl try her hand at the recipe.  I helped by cutting apples and holding jars and teaching her how to measure out teaspoonfuls of this and that.  Once again, she made some yummy and healthy muffins.

Today I asked her if she wanted to make her own egg salad....she did and used that "sniffing" technique....yummo egg salad.  Maybe I should just leave her in the kitchen and go prop my feet up.

On a side note: as Margaret-Jane and I spend time together, I worry that I am not doing enough, not playing enough, not giving her enough, and then I realize in these "cooking/kitchen" moments that we are creating memories together that will go the mile.  I love that girl!

Magic Cookies

Mama's friend, Mrs. Carol, gave me Magic Cookie ingredients before Christmas.  Mama guided me but let me work my "magic."  No pun intended!!  Haha.  It was a layer of butter, graham cracker crumbs, coconut, chocolate chips, pecans (that had to be chopped, and I chopped them by myslef in the chopper), and sweetened condensed milk.  They looked lovely even before mama put them in the oven.  They came out YUMMO.  We brought them to Ms. Barbara and Mr. John's for our Christmas celebration with them.  Mama and I enjoyed being together and sharing our end result with our friends. 

I am ready to make something new...I guess I will need to talk to my mama about that....to be continued.