Is That Fruit on Your Pizza?

How lucky am I that all my Tots have returned for Session 2?! Luckier still that we've added another little guy to our ranks. We were all pleased to meet Roberto, whose cuteness factor is off the charts. Just look at him.

He was extremely excited about cooking and didn't hesitate to take a spot at the prep table when his dad dropped him off last Thursday morning. My brazen announcement that the day's fare would be Fruit Pizza was met with a chorus of, "What? Fruit PIZZA?!" They could hardly believe their ears.

We started out with the crust, a healthier version of the typical short dough used for this kind of recipe. Instead of tons of butter and sugar, we used a little of those things, because life would be so very very boring without them, but also added oats, nuts, and grated apple to the mix. The kids did a pretty great job mixing their dough and rolling it out.

And while they baked we made a sauce of ricotta and cream cheese, vanilla bean, and orange zest, and cut our fruit.

Believe it or not, I've seen improvement in their skills, and I was particularly impressed by their increased confidence. Just look at Abigail's focus! A mini chefsir for sure. Some of the Tots were especially hungry that day (um…Ella and Reilly!) and ate about 10 pounds of fruit before we even got a chance to put it on the pizza. Sean spent his time experimenting, as he often does. He started our first session by putting his pecans right into the pancake batter when we made German Oven Pancakes. Every week he tries something new. This week he smooshed all of his fruit with his hands and piled it high on his finished pizza.

Roberto made a beautiful pizza.

But his dad never got to see it, because by the time he got there he had eaten all the fruit off the top! I'm betting that Roberto's pizza wasn't the only one whose fruit was gone before it got home. Perhaps I should have called them Looted Fruit Pizzas instead?