How do you cook? The other day, you could have found me in my kitchen like so, with my shirt is inside out and feeling beyond tired. Some days, even in a healthy kitchen, there’s not much inspiration, creativity or beauty. Our families have to eat, so we just get things done. For me, there’s some auto pilot involved. I’m used to my routines and it doesn’t take much thought to keep to them. Though I lack energy and time sometimes. Delegation helps – I have the kids keeping up with the rinsing sprout cycles and the loading of the dishwasher and other cleanup chores. And as time goes by, they’re getting more competent at cooking simple foods, such as oatmeal, for their own breakfast.
Funny story about that, kids and cooking. The other day Haniya managed to burn two pots of oatmeal in preparing breakfast. That must be a record.
How do you cook? What routines do manage to keep up even when you’re tired or half-dressed?
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Wardeh, I can identify. Getting the kids involved has helped here. My 11-year old son often cooks eggs in the morning for breakfast. He takes orders from the rest of us after he finishes his math lesson, then head to the kitchen to cook. (He likes to get his math finished, first thing.)
My daughter has been pitching in with bread-making. She’s learned the different steps and will often handle the whole process herself. What a blessing!
Both of them can handle making lunch. It helps just knowing that there is some (mostly) competent backup in the house.
Bethany, you are training your children so well. It is hard for me, against my nature, I mean (I am a do-it-yourselfer), but I am teaching the kids to do more, too. This morning, I determined that the next person to bake bread is going to be Haniya. I am going to teach her the whole thing, from the grinding of the flour to the finished product. I think she’ll like doing it and it is time to share the load a bit! I agree, it helps so much to know that we have backup. Also, it is the right thing for us to do: to train our children to be competent at real life’s skills.
You sound tired sweet friend! I am praying for you. Sometimes I get tired of cooking. Sometimes I just don’t know what to make. I want comfort food, but I’d sure like someone else to put the bowl of it in front of me! I just get in a rut and the creativity dries up. Having things in the freezer really helps during those times. Rx: You need to sit down and watch a Jane Austin movie. You’ll be good as new. Poor Haniya. She needs to watch the movie with you!