Apple Pie

Every Friday, the kids and I go to the library for storytime and to check out some new books. They love it. Well, some of them love it. Eli isn't quite there yet. But Nate and Maya sing along to the songs, listen intently to the stories, and eagerly answer the story teller's questions. Nate is clearly the oldest kid there, always, since storytime breaks for any school holidays and most other kids his age are at school. He doesn't mind at all. He has no concept of being "too old" for something you still really enjoy - how could that be possible? He'll be 7 on Friday and his favourite colour is still pink. It still can be because nobody is going to bully it out of him in our homeschooling community.

Last week we picked up a kids cookbook. Usually these are loaded with baked stuff that is really cutely decorated and made entirely of refined foods. This one has sections for breakfasts, light meals, mains, and desserts - lots of simple recipes. Flipping through, Nate was drawn to the tuna fish cakes and the apple pie, so we brought it home.

Today we made both! As per usual, we changed stuff in both recipes as both called for plain flour - we used wholemeal spelt flour instead of the white stuff, and rapadura in the pie.

Here are Nate and Maya mixing up the filling:



And cutting out some leaves to put on top:



Brushing the pie with egg:



This is Maya's favourite way of helping:



And, of course, doing the dishes!



We're looking forward to enjoying the pie tomorrow with our friends Y and K.

The fish cakes were spectacular by the way :o)