My care bear cookbook

My 10 year old, is capable of now cooking a simple dinner. Spaghetti with home made tomato sauce (garlic, onions, tomatoes, basil). I think it is so important for us to teach the kids to cook, especially cheap and healthy meals.

I don’t recall learning to cook at home, I kind of taught myself at college. I will not blame my mum for this, as I would assume I just wasn’t interested, and my kind mum, let me get away with this.

Despite my lack of interest and helping at home, at school it was different. There was an obligation.

At school we had lessons.

As a result, I do have a hand written cook book. I created it following my cookery classes at school, in fact I think they were called Domestic Education lessons, not cookery lessons. Either way I still have it and still use it.

What I like about the recipes, is there simplicity.

Victoria sponge cake
Flap jacks
Pancakes
Etc

What I find cute and a little embarrassing when other people pick up the book, is the fact that I rated the recipes with scores out of ten, and with my verbatim thoughts. 8/10 – would do it again, 6/10 too sweet.

Maybe I missed my calling as a food critic????




Do you have something from your school days that you hang on to??