What's For Dinner?

I hate 3:00 because that's when everybody keeps asking what's for dinner. This was lasts night dinner, chicken and dumplings (Sadie's request). Kind of made it up, but it turned out great.

Which leads me to ask the question...where have all my cooking class participants gone?

I teach cooking to foster kids and their parents. It's part of their "life skills" curriculum. Foster or adoptive parents have to take so many hours of classes to keep their state license. The class I teach is a Saturday morning interactive cooking class where the kids learn to plan and make a simple meal. It teaches them to cook and also its a chance for the foster parent to bond with their kid. And its TOTALLY FREE. Last week we made roast chicken with potatoes, steamed vegetables, fresh lemonade and a berry crisp for dessert. I had 1 foster kid (a 16 year old girl) and her foster mom.

What kills me, is that these kids aren't going to be adopted. They will branch out of the system at 18 and be on their own. Cooking seems like a basic skill they would need. Why don't the parents bring them to the class?

Don't get me started. I think all kids should be learning to cook in high school. It's so easy to learn the basics and be able to throw together a meal. Better for you than eating out and a lot cheaper.

In an effort to attract more people to my class I named February's classes "One-Pot Meals for Busy Nights" and "Making Great Meals for Less". I'm running out of ideas to get participants!