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My 9yo dd and 11 yo ds are making dinner right now.
They found a recipe they liked in a cook book, made a list of the necessary ingredients for me to pick up at the store, and are now busily frying "deluxe turkeyburger" patties, slicing cheese, pickles and onions, rinsing lettuce...
I asked them to be responsible for one meal a week now. They can already make things like grilled cheese sandwiches, quesadillas, eggs, and pasta and dd is pretty good at baking simple cakes - but I want them to learn to cook "real" food, and also about food hygiene and kitchen safety. (I made sure they washed hands and utensils after touching the raw meat, and helped ds a bit with getting the patties in the pan, checking to make sure they were done etc.)
DS just came in and said his feet hurt and he was bored of frying the patties. lol
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I asked them to be responsible for one meal a week now. They can already make things like grilled cheese sandwiches, quesadillas, eggs, and pasta and dd is pretty good at baking simple cakes - but I want them to learn to cook "real" food, and also about food hygiene and kitchen safety. (I made sure they washed hands and utensils after touching the raw meat, and helped ds a bit with getting the patties in the pan, checking to make sure they were done etc.)
DS just came in and said his feet hurt and he was bored of frying the patties. lol
Welcome to my world, dear one.