What to do? Well, there are numerous ideas in the video, but this stay-at-home mom who cooks from scratch for 90% of her meals, now wants to make an even more concerted effort to teach her 12 and 15 year old how to make some of those meals on their own. I've talked about this repeatedly and my girls do know how to make some meals for themselves, but I'd like to see them even more confident in the kitchen. I'd like them to know how to make substitutions when we are out of a particular ingredient, how to make a fresh meal using leftovers, how to pull something together using seemingly disparate ingredients, or what basic ingredients and flavors make a meal italian, mexican, or asian, for example.
I just happen to have girls, but of course, boys need these skills as well. Just think how nice it will be knowing that by the time they get to college or are out on their own, our children won't be having regular dinners of canned spaghetti or boxed pasta, frozen pizza, other frozen dinners or fast-food takeout.
Summer, with it's less-structured schedules and often plaintive cries of, "I'm bored," seems to be the perfect time for greater kitchen instruction. It's on my to-do list. I want to be determined not to let it slide when I'm feeling tired. I wonder if I could set a goal... um, yes I could. ;) Okay, I will set a goal of teaching my girls 5 different meals that they can make this summer. They can choose their favorites and I might even have them learn one of our regulars, like vegan mac and cheese or our super easy veggie chili. Just think of how many night's off of cooking I might gain from this. :) Care to join me?
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That is a great plan and goal. I've been working on encorporating more meatless meals into my repertoire. One of my mags had several vegan recipes that I especially liked and Sparkpeople always has really nice recipes that I can save. Naturally Tim always wants to add a meat element to the meal, but that's his choice. The aduki, lentil, navy, pinto or turtle beans have plenty of protein for me.
Sparklepeople? You have piqued my curiosity, Liz!
Wonderful plan and goal!
I really enjoyed the first season of Jamie's show, but felt the second season strayed a little.
My husband is a geritrician and I would say that well over half of his time is spent helping manage lifestyle diseases...this is a growing crisis as our population ages. The costs to society will be astronomical.
Wow, Marianna! I didn't even know there was a second season! I wonder if I can watch it somewhere. Interesting... And, yes, I agree. People don't really consider the true cost of cheap food. :(
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