What's for Dinner Tonight?

[KarenH]

Yes MF - very proud of him.  I am determined that once they are ready to leave home, they will have the skills needed to run their own home.  I could  not have planned and cooked a meal when I was 5

Judy, he already fights me for the TMX    I read out the recipe to him, and he knows how to press all the buttons to programme it.  Not surprising, desserts and cakes are his favourite ......

Now all I have to teach him is that cleaning up is part of cooking  

[judydawn]

Yes they seem to forget that part of it but it is part and parcel of cooking.  Love to the 2 boys 

[obbie]

My Daughter loves cooking with me..

[Mama Fergie]

I have to say Karen that all my kids left home with good cooking skills but sadly my boys never learned how to clean up the kitchen. 

Funny how how the girls learned both 

Maybe it's because my DH is exactly the same but without the cooking skills LOL

He manages to leave the kitchen like a bomb site after making toast. Nothing gets put away.

Maybe your little one will be different when he grows up  But at least he will be able to cook

[Wonder]

That's great Karen. neither of my kids really have any interest in cooking and it's a real chore to get them to do anything, it's such a shame when I love it so much.

[Yvette]

How cute Karen he might become a little masterchef

[Amy :-)]

Karen, how lovely that DS is interested in cooking! He must take after his mum Good luck teaching him how to clean up though. The most sophisticated meal my brother could manage at 18 was a peanut butter sandwich and he couldn't even wipe the crumbs off the bench after making that

I can't decide what to put on the pizzas tonight

[KarenH]

There is plenty of time Wonder - when I left home I couldnt cook a proper meal at all, although I could bake a cake or biscuits.  I had to "learn on the job".  Necessity is the mother of invention, isnt that the saying??   Those AWW cookbooks were a god-send!  I am sure they will develop an interest in cooking sooner or later, with you as a role model, how could they not ..... but until then, at least you are still in control of your own kitchen  

[obbie]

I have friends that are my age, and can't cook more than 1 or 2 meals.
They can't bake at all..

[KarenH]

Amy, it started when our next-door-neighbour (who volunters in an op shop) brought home a book she found called "Cooking with Kids" put out by the SA government back in the early 1980's, with a whole heap of simple, healthy recipes for kids, laid out in a kid-friendly format, step by step with pictures, so that they can follow them even if they cant read.  He sits and pores over the book, planning his next creation.

We also play "hunting" games at the supermarket or F&V shop, where I tell him an ingredient and he has to hunt it down for me.  He's got really good at recognising his vegetables from that game.

Better watch out - I may soon have competition for space on the recipe book shelf  

[Katiej]

Wow Karen that's amazing for a 5 year old.  How wonderful that he has an interest in food and cooking.
You and your DH are certainly raising two great boys there 

[Amy :-)]

I agree with Katie, that is amazing for his age Karen! I love the sound of that game, he must know a lot of foods that most other kids his age don't!

What a little cooking superstar you have

[Halex]

Karen, wow, that is fantastic.  Cp couldnt do  that.

H

[mcmich]

Amy, it started when our next-door-neighbour (who volunters in an op shop) brought home a book she found called "Cooking with Kids" put out by the SA government back in the early 1980's, with a whole heap of simple, healthy recipes for kids, laid out in a kid-friendly format, step by step with pictures, so that they can follow them even if they cant read.  He sits and pores over the book, planning his next creation.

We also play "hunting" games at the supermarket or F&V shop, where I tell him an ingredient and he has to hunt it down for me.  He's got really good at recognising his vegetables from that game.

Better watch out - I may soon have competition for space on the recipe book shelf  

That's great Karen. He will likely be an early reader too. Start to recognise the labels at the supermarket.

[Amy :-)]

Pizza!!!

Tomato sauce, bacon and mozzarella, baked for 10 mins, added diced fresh tomato and avocado, sprinkled with a little more mozzarella and put back in the oven to melt cheese. Mum loved this one
Other pizza is just tuna, fresh corn, tomato and mozzarella