The Crepe Bar, kids learning increasing cooking skills.

mmm, fruit-filled crepe

Delicious crepe filling

During the week, we typically have cereal or oatmeal.  On the weekends, we like to have something a bit more special and homemade: pancakes, waffles, muffins, bagels, scones and more.  The family's favorite is fruit crepes. We cut up a variety of in-season fruits (and some not-in-season).  We make homemade whipped cream then we lay everything out so we can make our own version of fruit filled crepe.  It's like having dessert for breakfast.

There is a bit of a knack to making the thin crepe pancake.  (And in this house we love the thin pancake with a crunchy edge.)  This past weekend my husband spent time to teach the kids his crepe techniques.  He has his recipe but much of the crepe has to do with pouring the batter on the frying pan and swirling it around to get the crepe as thin as possible and yet not too thin that the crepe will tear.  And then there is flipping of this thin pancake.

The crepe bar

It's not an easy technique to teach a small child and it's one my kids found to be a challenge.  They haven't quite mastered it but they are getting there - which hopefully means more crepe breakfasts.  The moral of the story, remember the activities we would do with our kids when they were small, bang a hammer, pour in flour, put items in a shopping cart, why not look at these again and see if you can take them to the next level.  Use a table saw, price compare in the supermarket, read food labels or learn a new cooking technique.