Hello Fridge: A Cooking Adventure with Ollie and Barry's Cousin

As I stood in front of the fridge, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. It was just me this week, and I had thought that maybe someone else would be cooking alongside me. But as it turned out, Barry's cousin had come down to help us cook a few meals. "Does that really explain it?" he asked, chuckling at the idea that we might need his help. "You can't cook on a can," I replied, trying to reassure him. We had indeed tried cooking some canned food earlier in the week, and while it was edible, it wasn't exactly the most satisfying experience.

As we began to prepare for our meal plan, I couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. Our usual chef had fallen ill, and we were left with a long list of dishes to cook. The kids' meals were particularly problematic - we needed something that would appeal to both children like Ollie and big kids like Barry. We spent hours browsing through recipes and menu ideas, but nothing seemed quite right. In the end, we settled on sausage pasta and vegetable pasta bake as our main courses.

We also had a selection of more adult-oriented dishes lined up for the week, including foie gras, lemon meringue pie, plum frangipane, polenta with mushrooms, and six code savory scones. The latter was particularly intriguing - I wasn't sure what to make of it. "It's not sweet," our cousin explained, "but it's going to be quite tasty." I couldn't help but agree.

As we continued to cook and prepare for the week ahead, I noticed that Omi seemed to have a knack for finding missing items in the kitchen. She was always popping out of nowhere with something she had discovered, and her sense of humor never failed to bring a smile to my face. "If you ever need anybody to embassy your fridge," she said, winking at me, "I'm your person." I laughed along with her, feeling grateful for the warmth and camaraderie that filled our little kitchen.

The next day, we found ourselves in what turned out to be a challenge - navigating Elle's kitchen. The elevators were out of commission, and we were forced to take the stairs instead. As we climbed up, I couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder at the world around me. We had been given a chance to cook with Elle and Presley, who was just ten months old. It was an adventure that none of us would ever forget.

We began by making our fish fingers - or rather, chicken nuggets. Our cousin explained that we could bake them instead of frying them, which made the dish much healthier. I was skeptical at first, but as we watched the breadcrumbs stick to the chicken and the peas cook in a flash, I couldn't help but feel impressed. "It's going to be quite tasty," our cousin said with a grin, and I couldn't argue with that.

As we continued to cook and explore Elle's kitchen, I began to realize just how much work went into creating these meals. From the preparation of ingredients to the presentation of each dish, it was clear that cooking was not simply about throwing some food together - it required patience, skill, and attention to detail. And yet, despite all the challenges we faced, we managed to create something truly special.

The chicken nuggets were a hit with Elwood, who loved watching them cook in the oven. "Tastes nice," she said with a smile, and I couldn't help but agree. As we sat down to enjoy our meal together, I felt grateful for this little community of cooks who had come together to share their passion and expertise.

In the end, it was clear that cooking was not just about following recipes or preparing ingredients - it was about creating something from scratch, with love and care. And as we finished up our meal and began to clean up the kitchen, I couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. We had faced some challenges along the way, but in the end, we had created something truly special - a delicious meal that brought us all together.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello fridge how you doing I hope you're good it's just me this week Oh God for I thought he was just floating baby which would be really strange say hello to ollie this is Barry's cousin he's come down to help us cook a few you might help help cook does that really explain it or you can cook on a can you cook cook we had some of that which was actually really nice I think with the foie gras I think that so far it really is this week's meal plan was awful Holly really well just rowdy but for any kids we were we were looking at some kids meals suitable for both children like Olly and big children like Barry as we had a look at a sausage pasta yeah there was some vegetable pasta bake now I only have already had some fish fingers wasn't it lucky fish fingers so that was our meal pack oh yeah exactly was nice wasn't it also on there on the website this week we had our lemon meringue pie we had a plum frangipane we had some polenta with mushrooms and there was one other dish and I can't remember what it was six code savory scones saverese going normal stones but not sweet I was angry and in running we had no machine farm yeah give it to Tom show me auntie seams were just stealing everything from our fridge oh okay if you ever need anybody to embassy your fridge funny thing is with Omi's only what just coming up to you those there she got better hand-eye coordination than Barry what Obama oh I think we could do that Oh Oh perfect thank you very much these if it seems to me can you find the stairs this is the other first challenge hi there the elevators out yet we are here in what's up Elle's kitchen and today we're going to be cooking with her and Presley it was ten months old if you go you may already have seen this recipe on YouTube is our fish fingers a mushy pea we're going to change up because presently prefers chicken or turkey and we're gonna hide in some secret veg - mmm as you can see else continuous absolutely lovely but there is one problem ha get in the door the whole kitchen that's been completely child print we should I say berry proofed whoa little oil a little bit of some pepper but not too much because going to over salt kids food today I will eat a cup a pepper Germany do it yeah let me go okay this is great when you said you're making chicken nuggets I assume that they're gonna be fried and not very healthy it's chicken in breadcrumbs but beyond that you can you can bake them and they're much much healthier we've got to get the breadcrumbs to stick to the chicken but you get the bread comes to stick we need to put it in the pepper and to get the pepper stick when you put it the flour every gate we just place it on there this is actually kind of fun told you and now take about 20 minutes and we cook up some peas and then we can see what pressure thinks the whole milk no pressure here and chill rest on this one tastes nice please Elwood we reckon is this this is positive a plus she's loving it and eating the whole thing she's gonna watch check out what if we gonna use a bit like this like a big boyhello fridge how you doing I hope you're good it's just me this week Oh God for I thought he was just floating baby which would be really strange say hello to ollie this is Barry's cousin he's come down to help us cook a few you might help help cook does that really explain it or you can cook on a can you cook cook we had some of that which was actually really nice I think with the foie gras I think that so far it really is this week's meal plan was awful Holly really well just rowdy but for any kids we were we were looking at some kids meals suitable for both children like Olly and big children like Barry as we had a look at a sausage pasta yeah there was some vegetable pasta bake now I only have already had some fish fingers wasn't it lucky fish fingers so that was our meal pack oh yeah exactly was nice wasn't it also on there on the website this week we had our lemon meringue pie we had a plum frangipane we had some polenta with mushrooms and there was one other dish and I can't remember what it was six code savory scones saverese going normal stones but not sweet I was angry and in running we had no machine farm yeah give it to Tom show me auntie seams were just stealing everything from our fridge oh okay if you ever need anybody to embassy your fridge funny thing is with Omi's only what just coming up to you those there she got better hand-eye coordination than Barry what Obama oh I think we could do that Oh Oh perfect thank you very much these if it seems to me can you find the stairs this is the other first challenge hi there the elevators out yet we are here in what's up Elle's kitchen and today we're going to be cooking with her and Presley it was ten months old if you go you may already have seen this recipe on YouTube is our fish fingers a mushy pea we're going to change up because presently prefers chicken or turkey and we're gonna hide in some secret veg - mmm as you can see else continuous absolutely lovely but there is one problem ha get in the door the whole kitchen that's been completely child print we should I say berry proofed whoa little oil a little bit of some pepper but not too much because going to over salt kids food today I will eat a cup a pepper Germany do it yeah let me go okay this is great when you said you're making chicken nuggets I assume that they're gonna be fried and not very healthy it's chicken in breadcrumbs but beyond that you can you can bake them and they're much much healthier we've got to get the breadcrumbs to stick to the chicken but you get the bread comes to stick we need to put it in the pepper and to get the pepper stick when you put it the flour every gate we just place it on there this is actually kind of fun told you and now take about 20 minutes and we cook up some peas and then we can see what pressure thinks the whole milk no pressure here and chill rest on this one tastes nice please Elwood we reckon is this this is positive a plus she's loving it and eating the whole thing she's gonna watch check out what if we gonna use a bit like this like a big boy\n"