Will you be teaching your LO's to cook?

[Ceejay123]

After doing some cooking in the kitchen with my OH today we discussed the fact that neither he, nor i... Were actually taught to cook by our parents. I left home at 18 and jumped in... Making things and experimenting. I love to cook now and can make many dishes easily, I find it very therapeutic. My OH and his two sisters, however... Can't cook a thing.

I find it sad that people aren't taught to cook much any more... My grandmother wouldn't let her children leave home without being able to cook a few simple meals. She taught them how to tell when meats are done, they cooked a sunday roast together every week. Nowadays it seems like none of my friends can cook.. and are amazed when they see that I can. When they want a proper meal they have to come round mine

What do you think has prompted people to stop showing their little ones how to cook? Will you be teaching your sons and daughters to cook, and at what age? I can't wait to start cooking with Riley, and baking! I plan on getting him a kids oven, chocolate factories and sweet sets as early as possible, even if they are 'girly'. We will be making a christmas cake every year (at least I plan to) and I'll make a Mummy/Son day out of cooking and baking for fun.

The only cooking I remember doing with my Mum was a pizza we made, and she bought the dough. But it's better than nothing I guess! I loved it - I decorated it haha. So we will definitely be doing that! x

 

[jenny82]

With my mum it was pure laziness. Everything was tinned/frozen and there were spuds and meat, that was it! Now there is so much choice and easy access to recipes so it is a lot more accessible.

I do cook now with my LO and bake with him too. I bought him and apron for Xmas so he can join me more often. I think it will make for a healthier attitude to food as well if you see everything that goes into that meal. I will do convenience food the odd time, I'm not totally strict but I think it's sooo important to home cook as much as you can.

Sorry I got a bit off topic there, but when I moved out of home, I didn't have a clue how to cook either. My mum didn't show me anything because I guess she didn't know how to. I didn't even have pasta until I was about 17!

 

[Ceejay123]

Haha awwh. My Mum was the same! To be honest we had a Sunday Roast at my Grans every week which was nice! My mum would maybe do a stew or spag bol once a week, but other than that we lived off frozen things and home made chips. ! Lol. On a saturday we'd have 'Bits and Bobs'... Sandwiches from the bakery, meats, yoghurts, chocolate... Lol!

I don't have much time to cook right now, Although I love it! But as soon as Im done at Uni i'll be cooking hopefully every night. Even if thats just chucking things in a slowcooker so they're almost done when I get home. Hopefully that way, my LO will be able to join in and help me after school! x

 

[Chris77]

Yup, just as soon as I learn how!

 

[Ceejay123]

Haha! X

 

[RachA]

My mum always helped us to do a bit of cooking. When i left home she wrote out a load of recipes for me and i can cook though.

For me its a confidence thing - my mum has always been an amazing cook and i feel that nothing i make is as good as what she makes therefore i never offered to cook when i lived at home. Really stupid because she never made me feel like that - its all me.

I can however bake cakes and cook puddings well lol and i enjoy making those.


IRO cooking with my children. If i have time when i am doing the meal then i will let Daniel help me if he wants to. He doesn't cut things up yet but he likes mixing the ingredients together and seeing what goes in it. I will just keep doing this and encouraging him to help me.

 

[Eleanor ace]

Yes! My mum hates cooking but she made sure to teach us a few things. I want to make sure that my children know simple things like browning mince, cooking meat, making simple sauces a,d how to make easy meals (spag bol, casserole etc). Then when they are teenagers they will help prepare and cook meals. And when I am old I will live like a queen while they cook me delicious 4 course meals

 

[robinator]

I'm definitely teaching Lane to cook - since she will probably be climbing all over me while I'm getting dinner ready, I may as well put her to work

 

[Nic1107]

Yes, definitely! My folks didn't cook much while I was growing up, but I was taught the basics by my auntie when I was quite young and learned from books and the internet how to make more things over the past few years. I'm no chef, but I can throw together a few good meals and I let Carmen help out with things like stirring, shaping cookies, mixing salads, stuff like that.

 

[Sarahkka]

We already do! Both boys have special stools to stand on and help in the kitchen. They love to help and it makes them feel important, plus we want them to leave home with life skills, and we're starting early! We aim to make sure that they will be able to menu plan, budget, cook, do laundry, clean, and do basic repairs.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

My mum is a pretty good cook, and we always had fresh meals etc, both my lil sisters learnt to cook, but i was sooo uninterested and now i am grown up and i can't even make soup, i rang her up the other week because i didn't understand how you got "soup" out of vegetables lmao, turns out i need stock or something

I try my best though i wouldn't like LO to only eat crap, i can make simple things.. mac nd cheese, spag bol, roast, i make my own pizzas etc, but nothing major... i would like to cook LO to cook, but i have to learn first hahaha

 

[louandivy]

Definitely! I love cooking and I'm a firm believer in good nutrition being heavy linked to a happy mind, we eat everything almost completely from scratch so ivy already pays interest in cooking and likes to 'help', which makes me so happy.

 

[starangel27]

i love cooking and like to try new things but i always get it wrong, everything we had as kids were from frozen i was never taught how to cook.
My OH gets so excited when i say im going to make a stew etc and it always ends up wwasted because its rubbish.

 

[bumblebeexo]

I've always loved cooking and in the school holidays me and my Mum would always bake. I'll definitely be cooking with LO!

 

[Mummy2B21]

Oh definitely I think it is quite important to know how to cook, my parents never really showed me but with cooking a lot of it is common sence also and i just picked it up naturally, i do find it really odd when people say they cant cook like the most basic of things.

 

[Natasha2605]

I will be teaching mine to cook. OH wasn't taught as neither of his parents can really cook much and I picked up stuff from my mum but only the usual stuff like bolognase, pies from scratch, nice pastas etc. Never tried anything 'different' like cous cous, humous, all that kinda stuff and as a result I'm a nightmare going out at a restaurant!

 

[Bevziibubble]

Definitely! I was never allowed to bake cakes or cookies when I was little like my friends did and I want my daughter to be able to enjoy baking. My dad made all the meals but he was lazy and in the end we were having sandwiches or toast for dinner almost every night because he was always 'in a rush'. We were never allowed to cook for ourselves and even up to when I moved out at 23 years of age I wasn't even allowed to use the toaster myself and had to have cereal for breakfast. We were told to lie to people when asked what we'd had for dinner. Yes, he has serious control issues! I've got into cooking since moving out and I don't want my daughter to miss out on all the things that I did so I'm going to have fun cooking with her

 

[Bexxx]

Oh definitely! I think it's so important. Already I wear Isla on my back whilst I cook and she watches over my shoulder. Some of my earliest memories are baking with my grandmother. My mum always made from scratch and we always had to help. I love cooking!

 

[Lucasmum]

Yes, my mum was a head chef and an amazing cook, she taught me never to be scared to experiment, we used to have loads of fun cooking up weird and wonderful, sometimes awful tasting dishes, but its served me well over the years, Lucas enjoys baking and we havent really done much more than that with him yet, but this Saturday we have friends coming over for food, so Lucas has asked if he can make it, so he will be making my simple to follow home made curry recipe, I will obviously chop eveything up for him, but other than helping him read the recipe its all him, we are both rather excited

 

[LPF]

Yes definitely. My dad is a big cooker and got us cooking from a early age. When we were about 14 onwards it was our responsibility to cook once a week for the family. I learnt how to make all the usual staples - spag Bol, casseroles, stir fry, soup, roasts etc.

I went to uni being the only person in halls cooking a batch of curry and freezing it in individual portions!!

Dh wasn't particularly into cooking meals when younger as his taste was limited from years of boarding school nasty food but his mum taught him to bake and even now he is such a good pudding chef - cakes, cheesecakes, rice pud etc. he's also a brill big breakfast cook too.

I agree it's really sad that people aren't taught to cook and it fuels a convenience food nation.

I also find it a really unattractive quality in a man to not be able to cook!