I’ve not taken many photo’s lately but I wanted to share a couple of meals that Boo made recently when I ordered a Gousto box. She chose the recipes and she made the food. I had to supervise, but I’m hoping that by doing this frequently she’ll soon be cooking independently.
Here is the first dish, Indonesian Prawn Fried Rice with Smashed Cucumber (and fried egg)
I love prawns and this was especially delicious. She had more help from her older brother than me, so it was nice that he was getting involved too. They did go a little overboard on the chilli flakes though (but that was only my opinion!) I loved the dried fried onion on the top! The food went down well with four out of six family members. (two don’t like prawns!)
The second dish was Vietnamese Style Pork with Sesame Broccoli.
If I had one criticism it would be to wipe the plates to make them look more presentable. I guess I could have done this for the photo, but this was all Boo’s work. This was my favourite of her recipes. the pork was not spicy but it was really flavourful. It went down well with five out of six family members, so we’ll definitely be making it again.
The third recipe she chose was Crispy Chicken Katsu Curry Burritos. I didn’t take a photo, but they took so long to make! We have Katsu curry a lot and you can buy little cubes from the supermarket that dissolve in hot water like stock and taste just as good. She made this katsu from scratch which was a LOT more time consuming and although delicious, I’m not sure we’ll do it again (handy having the recipe in case we run out of cubes though we generally have all the ingredients.) The crispy chicken was something we have a lot of, and basically wrapping it up was just a different touch to a meal we have often.
So our first Gousto box was a big success and Boo thoroughly enjoyed being in charge in the kitchen. I did notice one thing though, she got tired very quickly and had to keep sitting down. She was as bad as me!! I’m thinking of taking her to the GP for a blood test as a 16 year old shouldn’t be so tired so quickly. I would have been bouncing around the kitchen at that age. (In fact I was because I was cooking for myself by then!)
Have you tried a food box? What do you think of Boo’s Food?
She’s always been the little chef in our house though, my favourite has always been her Valentine’s Day Cake.
The Gousto boxes are so good for teaching people to cook! I am learning lots through them at my age. lol I always want to get the prawn dishes but my family are not keen on them. Hmmf. The fried rice looks so good.
I have found with Gosuto to only add half of the chilli or curry to the recipe that it recommends.
Well done to Boo and I am glad you enjoyed Gousto.
Yes, we have our little cookbook with the easy to follow recipes, not like some boxes which have ingredients which are not fully explained, like packets of sauces with no reference to their contents. We really need to go through my big collection of cookery books though and try an find some recipes to try. The girls find them online sometimes, but I find looking for recipes online overwhelming.
How great that your kids are getting involved with the cooking! My family always complain that I go too heavy on the chili flakes too!
We’ve never tried any of the recipe boxes, but these all look really good and it’s great that it’s helping Boo be more confident in the kitchen. My daughter is nearly 18 and an amazing baker, but she can’t cook a single thing. She can just about boil a pan of pasta! She needs to learn a bit before she goes to uni.
I love how you’ve added green to each of these meals. Super healthy and rather delicious by the looks of it! Thanks for sharing and for linking up with #MySundaySnapshot.
thank you
The food here is absolutely delicious.