52 dishes x 2 boys=kitchen confidence!

It's hard to find a common ground with 2 boys (14 & 11) in the house, however, FOOD is one of the things we share! Until now, I their mother, have done 99% of the food prep for meals and realized I've been raising two helpless & incompetent young men, at least in the kitchen! I've seen my teenager ruin perfectly good packages of "Easy Mac", and my younger son interpret 2 tbsp. of milk for two cups. I've decided that over the course of the next year, it is my goal to teach them how to prepare 52 dishes each. Still trying to decide how to break that number up into different categories as much to my youngest's disappointment they can't all be desserts!

This past weekend we began our journey on what will become a life long, valuable skill. I'm hoping they will find joy and rewards in preparing wholesome, simple, family-friendly meals. In other words, the kinds of foods most of us eat, most of the time! It's my desire that in the end I will be able to present each of them with a bound cook book filled with recipes that they themselves have made and eaten. More importantly it will be a book of memories we've shared and lessons learned, and hopefully they'll refer to it many times in the future.

This blog is primarily a way for me to record their kitchen experiences for my own benefit. However, I'm hoping there will be some who may take on this challenge for their child/ren, or who may just be interested in the recipes, meal ideas, & maybe even tips we discover along the way.