Chef Matt

My boy, who is 20, is turning into quite the chef. In recent months, he has taken quite an interest in cooking. Matt has been making dinner on occasion, he makes breakfast sometimes, and he has also started baking. It has been really fun to watch him explore and get creative in the kitchen. His girlfriend, Brooke, is also a good cook, so I think she is inspiring him to cook even more.

Last week he brought home burrito bowls from Chipotle. It was my first time having food from Chipotle and it was really good. Tonight when I got home, Matt was in the kitchen and he told me he was making burrito bowls for dinner. He concocted a fabulous dish, cooking black beans, Spanish rice, taco meat, and sauteing veggies. He also made fresh guacamole and dished it all up in a bowl topped with lettuce and salsa. Yum-my!

Chipotle photo

Speaking of cooking, tonight I made one of my favorite desserts, which is lemon squares from a recipe from my maternal Grandmother, Ethel. I don't make them very often and I don't recall the last time I made them, so as I was thinking about what to make for a get together at work tomorrow, I decided to make lemon squares. However, they are soooooo good, the lemon squares are staying at home and I will be taking peanut clusters (homemade) to work tomorrow.

By the way, a few years ago for my birthday, my sweet mother, Marian, gave me a handwritten cookbook with all of her favorite recipes from over the years. You can see in the picture that this special book includes my grandma's lemon squares, a family favorite!