My kids cooked with me from early ages, and what fun! What messes! Then, from about 6th grade on, they each had a night every week that they prepared what they liked for dinner. They were creative, and their favorite concoction was named "taco rollups". It was a flour tortilla filled with leftovers: veggies like cucumbers or zucchini, maybe tomatoes, meat of some kind, seasoning like maybe celery salt, and jack cheese, rolled up and placed under the broiler. Yummy. Today, as an adult, my daughter is known by her friends for her wonderful dinner parties and great food.

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