The Mini Naked Chef and Me

Cookie Pops with the Chefs.

2011-10-29T10:38:00.000-07:00

Mini Chef has a friend over today, so in true fahion we are having a baking playday. Cookie pops are being made and we are frosting them as well. 5 year olds and sugar. What can go wrong?

I have a frosting covered table as a result.

Red Velvet yummys

2011-10-23T14:19:00.000-07:00

Both Mini and Micro Chefs in the kitchen today. We made Red Velvet cake.
You can find the recipe I used here: http://www.bakerella.com/red-velvet-cake/ Bakerella's Red Velvet Cake recipe plus the cream cheese frosting recipe. Divine. The boys love it. Even DaddyChef does.

And the frosting...DIVINE

Starting out...Hamming for the camera

Mixing...

Adding the food coloring

I know...The cake was warm and...and...I wanted it so BAD!!

Pineapple Cake! With Micro Chef.

2011-09-20T08:49:00.000-07:00

Micro Chef loves pineapple. To the point of obsession. So I'm indulging him. Today we made a Pineapple Upside Down Cake. I usually make things from scratch because I can be a food snob. That's the only thing I'm snobby about. Food. But the boys could care less. But today, I used a Duncan Hines Pineapple Supreme cake mix. I find it good for my needs, until I find an awesome from scratch recipe.

P.S If someone out there has a link to an awesome from scratch recipes, I have a million hugs to send you.

The Blog is called The Mini Naked Chef and Me, right?

2011-09-20T07:57:00.000-07:00

Mini Chef is at school. Kindergarten, to be exact. MC is growing up, and he still loves to cook with me. I promise, MC and i will be posting with a cooking project soon. Promise. But he is having so much fun in school.

Maybe MC and I will post some lunch box pictures and ideas.

Micro Chef Bakes a Nana Birthday cake

2011-09-12T08:48:00.000-07:00

Micro Chef, Mini Chefs little brother, was with me in the kitchen today.

He baked a Nana Birthday cake for my mom's birthday.

At last!! We are baking again!

2011-05-09T07:50:00.000-07:00

After a year and a half of no computer and Internet, we are back.

We baked cookies.

I baked German Chocolate cake

And next up...Captian Hook Cake for Mini Chefs Birthday!

Sell those Cookies!

2009-11-16T10:39:00.000-08:00

An idea popped into my head...Maybe I should sell my cookies. I know Chef and I make great cookies. Yummy, simple sugar cookies. Fantastic smelling snickerdoodles, make your mouth water chocolate chip.
I even have Cranberry-Oaties, chocolate kisses. Lemon Drops.

I can do this, I think to myself. Every one who samples my cookies says they are better than the other bakeries in town. I'm thinking online and ship out. In town orders can be picked up.

Just something to think about

M&M Blondies

2009-08-04T06:17:00.000-07:00

We made these yummy treats. Very good with a glass of milk
And yes...I finally took a picture of the finished baked goods.
Micro Chef is in the background making his voice heard. He's such a critic

And I am sorry for the teaser at the end of the last video...Maybe I'll cook an actual meal for this blog. If I can get DaddyChef to be on camera duty.

Finally...the picture of it looking all pretty and yummy. I will ship to the continuous 48 states. Hawaii and Alaska, additional charges will apply. ;)

We made the Banana Bread

2009-07-29T08:34:00.000-07:00

MiniChef mixed everything together on his own. He mashed the 'Nanas, mixed in all the ingredients (MommyChef, did the eggs) and the MommyChef put it into the oven

But since MommyChef has a bad habit of not taking a picture of the final product...Picture it: Golden brown banana bread with walnuts....smelling so so so good!!!

It was good and Nana (Grandma) loved it. Since we made it for her. Well, we gave half of it to her, because we ate the other half. It was too good to pass up.

xxooxx
Mommy and Mini Chefs

Time to teach Cheft to make Banana Bread

2009-06-04T06:03:00.000-07:00

Yup. Banana Bread time. I am addicted to this good stuff. So as soon as I get some vanilla extract (used up the last on those cookie bars) and some Large eggs (DaddyChef brought home medium eggs. Why? I'll never know), I'll be teaching MiniChef how to make a good Nanner Bead!

He'll love smashing the Bananas.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

2009-05-27T11:35:00.000-07:00

Chef and I made cookie bars. Yumm-o. Micro Chef was sleeping, so he missed out.
Instead of pictures, I made a series of videos. It was so fun to do. Chef got to do most of the pouring and stirring.

It was trying. But I think Chef and I did alright. Now to eat those bad boys with some milk. Yummy or as Chef says "Is good, Mama!"

Snickerdoodles!

2009-04-15T11:22:00.000-07:00

Instead of pictures,I made a video of Mini Chef helping me (making a mess) make cookies

Birthday Cake!!!

2009-03-15T07:24:00.000-07:00

Mini Chef and I made the DH's cake for his 29th birthday. For the first half of the process, Mini Chef was asleep.

I made a Cocoa Fudge Cake with fudge frosting and M&M decoration (Chef's pick).

The next day Chef and I made the frosting and did the decoration

And TA-DA!!! The cake...in all it's sugary goodness!!

And introducing....Micro Naked Chef!

Later today....Layered Cookie Bars

2009-01-19T06:29:00.000-08:00

Since I have a yen for something sweet but not time consuming, Chef and I are making Layered cookie bars.

Making CupCakes!

2009-01-18T06:54:00.000-08:00

Cupcakes. I normally don't make them from a box but, in this case, I wanted portion control and something fast and easy! They were ok, but my made from scratch chocolate cupcakes are better! Chef got to do the majority of pouring and mixing on his own. So he was very proud of these cup cakes.

M&M Cookies...

2009-01-12T11:58:00.000-08:00

Now, cooking with a 2 year old is a fun, frustrating challenge. But it can be an education. In patience. You also find your, shall we say "inner child". After a while you forget about the mess being made. And you let yourself enjoy the act of baking for baking's sake.

So here I am with Chef making M&M cookies...They were Delish!!!

Sugar Cookies...YUM!

2009-01-12T10:10:00.000-08:00

The Intro

2009-01-12T08:58:00.000-08:00

I'm MamiChef and My son is the Mini Naked Chef
We love to cook and bake. Or rather, I love to cook and bake, Chef likes to "help" and make a mess. But he's 2, what can you expect?

We bake mostly. So far we have made cookies and cakes and brownies. We have also made pasta and chicken.

By the time Chef is 5, he will know how to cook a complete meal (joking for those who do not get it) :)

Happy Cooking!!
MamiChef and MiniChef!