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Originally Posted by Brenda345
Thanks everyone! These are great tips. We use a lot of water. I have always been afraid of buying generic, but recently I was at Wal*Mart and I bought some Crystal Light pour into the bottle things,do you know what I'm talking about? Well I got the Wal*Mart brand and they were okay. asmom, I could afford that trip. I had saved for a few months. Like I said I had some unexpectd expenses. My kids are 13,12,7. They cannot cook. My neighbor keeps an eye on them. I also used some coupons. Thanks again for all your suggestions.
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I cooked at that age...
Nearly every night, cept when my brother cooked..
you would be suppriosed at what your kids can do
spend a wekend teaching them one simple meal, let em practice during the week
Then next weekend teach em another, by the time you have gone a month you will have 4 meals under their belt (mac n cheese, hot dogs, nuked potatoes, ramen noodles) 4 simple easy taller than stove freindly meals. (you do have to be taller than stove though.)
Next month learn tosted cheese, scrambeled eggs, pancakes, salad ( actually salad is 'no cook' if you don't like/cant afford mushrooms or steak, or whatever.),
If you don't want them doing it alone, then let them do it with you when you come home for a bit, one kid is on cooking, one kid is on laundry (switch it fold it start it, whatever) one is on lunches/breakfast (pack/prep it) while your 7 year old may not be able to do it all, starting now means that at 13 they will...you can go change out of work clothes or sort bills while one of them 'watches the pot boil'