Young Thieves

Thieves are getting younger and younger.  It’s not just adults
stealing recipes these days. Now it’s the kids.  Or better yet, 
they’re not just stealing, they’re also creating.

A couple of weeks ago, our older daughter Reilly came home
from work and asked our younger daughter Skyler to make her
something for dinner.  Skyler loves to cook, and create, and
reads this “Meals We Steal” blog, so she tinkers around
with ingredients to create new dishes.

There wasn’t much laying around the house, so Skyler started
with a bag of noodles and found a leftover container of some
Alfredo sauce in the frig.  That got her thinking about what
would go good with those two items.  She found some cherry
tomatoes and sliced them in two. 
 
“Hmmm, noodles, tomatoes, Alfredo, what would mix well
with that?”  She rummaged around the cupboard and pulled
out some basil, chopped onion and garlic, mixing them all
together in a sauce

She boiled the noodles in basil-flavored olive oil.   Draining the
noodles, she spread the sauce on it, and the sliced tomatoes. 
Done.  It was so good, we had her make it again the next week.
It’s easy and simple; you’re finished in minutes.  And she found a new way
to make her big sister happy. 
That’s always a good thing.