jon loves to help in the kitchen. from peeling onions, to decorating cupcakes with icing and winnie the pooh add-ons to throwing salt in the boiling water, to helping us with the menu for dinner. if he sees that we are about to start cooking, he will drag his chair over to the kitchen counter, climb up and get busy. as long as he stays away from the knives… so we encourage him and praise him, because even if it takes double time to cook dinner, i would rather have him around and feel like he is being helpful.
on sunday, jon helped me make some sugar-free cookies. we did not follow any specific recipe. we just threw stuff in, he mixed all ingredients with his little hands and made them into what looks like meat balls rather than cookies. 
i put them in the oven to bake and he was excited about the outcome. he ate them throughout the week as a snack or in his lunchbox.
monday
box 1: creamy potato soup with peas box 2: sliced red peppers box 3: rustic bread with cream cheese (philadelphia…) box 4: odd shaped cookies made by jon himself! (contain oats, fig paste, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, flour, butter and hazelnuts) 0utcome: empty box
tuesday
box 1: fresh salmon cooked in a rich tomato sauce (thyme, garlic, oregano and spices) box 2: cucumber sticks box 3: rice and peas box 4: delicious crostinis (old italian recipe) outcome: empty box
wednesday
box 1: cucumber and bell pepper slices box 2: peixinhos da horta (green bean tempura) box 3: oatmeal/dates sugar-free cookies box 4: gouda sticks outcome: empty box
thursday
box 1: fresh pasta with mixed veg tomato sauce (zucchini, mushrooms) with havarti cheese slices box 2: cucumber box 3: raw cawliflower box 4: cherry tomatoes outcome: needless to say, he ate everything except the raw cawliflower. papajon loves to eat raw cawliflower, mamajon is not so keen on the idea. we found out jon and mamajon have similar taste buds.
friday
box 1: fusili pasta with fresh pesto and peas box 2: sun-dried apricots box 3: cucumber slices box 4: soya nuggets (still the best on the market) outcome: emp-TY
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