Okay, for most of my life I have cooked.  My mom had my sister and I in the kitchen helping almost from the time we were born I think, and so cooking has just been a natural thing for me.  I have always tried to interest my girls in cooking, but none of them have really taken a huge interest in it.  My oldest one is pretty handy with "packaged" recipes, you know - Hamburger Helper type meals, but rarely tackles a "from scratch" recipe.

My 16-year-old has only mastered making mac & cheese from a box and declared she had no interest in learning to cook at all.  Well, as we get ready to embark on another year of homeschooling, I was discussing with her that we were going to be adding several home-ec type lessons to her school work this year.  My sister was in the process of making several meals to put in her freezer to have on hand as she recovers from knee surgery and Shelby went to help.  That must have been the magic pill.  She came home with a totally renewed interest in learning to cook and, in fact, brought home a recipe for an italian meatloaf that you stuff with mozarella cheese and roll.  She made the entire thing all by herself last Friday night.  I didn't even venture into the kitchen, let her do it all herself.  It was excellent and her dad has requested it to be done again this week.

I had to laugh one time though.....she came into my office looking for a calculator.  I asked her why she needed a calculator and she said she needed to know how much 1/4 cup plus 1/4 cup was.....  Guess I know what we need to work on in math class this year, huh????? 

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Jul. 31, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Happyhome

How great that your daughter is getting interested in cooking. It will be a great asset for her. Would it be too much to ask for the meatloaf recipe? Sounds delish!

Hugs,

Ang

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