Baby steps towards self-sufficiency

[andrewducker]

Sophia just read the instructions on the couscous packet, followed them all (with a little help with the boiling water and trickier words) and is now off eating the results.
Feels like a bit of a milestone.

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

How old is she?

[andrewducker]

6.

[juan_gandhi]

Good age for that. My daughter at 5 wrote (draw) a recipe for a soup, then made her soup, under my supervision (she forgot to add salt, that's the only thing I had to remind her).

It's such a pleasure watching kids grow.

[andrewducker]

It is!

[angelofthenorth]

Well done her!

[movingfinger]

Excellent Sophia! She must be CHUFFED! An electric kettle makes the boiling part so much safer.

There are children's cookbooks, but your own family's eating habits and tastes are a much better guide for her. If she can handle the kettle, she can make a lot of quick foods (instant porridge for example) and drinks!

[andrewducker]

She's not up to handling the kettle solo yet - it's too heavy and kept too high. But this is definitely a step towards that.

[azurelunatic]

Congratulations!

[anef]

That's impressive. At that age I think I was "helping" my mother make cakes, which I think mostly involved stirring the batter.