Jalapeno Bagels

It is summer and although school is out, we continue to work on some of the things the kids have learned so that all is not lost. In the mornings, we often have a time set aside, where the kids read or work on some math or write. It's a nice way to keep the boredom syndrome from hitting our household.

Malea was reading a story from her book entitled, Jalapeno Bagels. It's a cute little story about a little boy whose parents own a bakery and he is asked to bring something to school for International Day. He struggles trying to find the perfect thing, since his mom is Mexican and dad is Jewish. So, he settles on Jalapeno Bagels, so that it can represent all of who he is.

After reading the story, which also had recipes at the end, Malea was determined to try to make them! So, after looking over the recipe and deciding whether or not this was even possible with my limited cooking abilities, we decided to give it a try. So, the kids and I worked together and made the bagels. It was so much fun and the kids were a big help! After they were done we enjoyed them with LOTS of cream cheese (to help with the hot spice!). They were very good, but we decided that next time we would leave the jalapenos out!