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I was just wondering how many people out there, particuarly teens have moms or dads that cook actual meals for dinner.
I'm sick of eating boxed and frozen dinners or bagels and i was just wondering if people feel the same way or im just being overdramatic when i get angry at my mom for not supplying REAL food.
whats wrong with bagels, eat them 1/2 of my breakfeasts.
But what type of frozen foods, meats, pizza, chicken, boxed, potatoes, box rise? Sounds like a fairly normal evening meal.
how old are you,? I wouils asssume a teen, why not help by fixing a dinner sometimes also??
I will assume your mom works and has to fix a meal after she gets home.
I am 51 years old. My Mom was raised on a ranch in Arizona and learned to cook better than anyone I have ever known. She won blue ribbons at the state fair and cooking contests. That's the way it was then. Having said that, I will tell you that I cannot and will not eat any crap out of a box. Makes me gag to just smell it.
Even though I am a guy, my dear ole Ma, GOD rest her soul, taught me a little about cookin and takin care of myself. If you want to eat good healthy food, you need to get busy and learn what is healthy and how to prepare it right. It is wise to do that because processed food in a box will destroy your health and possibly shorten your life span. Just look around at all the ailments people suffer today. When you read the ingredients and can't pronounce half of them, don't eat it!
i live in a big family. my aunt just doesn't have the time and energy to cook for so many peopl every nite. so since we're all old enough, we take turns cooking. some nites we're lazy and just heat up frozen stuff. but we'v all learned how to cook simple, "real" meals too. so yeah, i'd say you're being overdramatic. instead of getting pissed off maybe you can ask her "wanna take a cooking class together?" you guys can bond and you'll get your "real" food
How about starting a new tradition in your home? Maybe you could learn to cook some things and tell your parents (or, parent) that "Hey, let's try something different for a change!" And, offer to cook a meal for all of you to enjoy! I grew up in a home where we literally never ate together. The meal may have been home-cooked, but we never ate it together (except at holidays.) Is that the way that it is in your home?
My mom just stopped cooking when I became a teenager. She hated having to take care of us all the time and work too. So, I learned to shop and feed the family. Now that I have my own teenager, she has the same complaint that you do. One thing she has learned from me is, never, ever, ever work as a cook. Burnout!
Our society discourages the tradition of a family eating together. It's simply easier to buy frozen dinners. The cleanup from a microwave meal is unbeatable. That doesn't mean it's right. It is just getting commoner.
A person could get burned out from any job that they didn't truly love to do. Some people do love to cook and might desire to make that one of their passions in life.
With people being spread out in so many different directions these days, the tradition of eating at least one meal a day together can at least be one thing that families can do together on a regular basis to feel more like they are united as a family.
When I worked full time and got home at 5:30 and supper was to be ready at 6:00, I relied on the crock pot. Got some cookbooks, made menus, supplemented with vegetables and salads and fruits and there the meal was. Took the headache right out. Now I have more time and still utilize the crockpot.
Go to your library and look in the magazine section for Taste Of Home magazines. They have several kinds, even the Quick and Easy (or something like that) magazine. Cooking can be as complex as you like and as easy as five ingredients.
Do they have Home Economics in school anymore or is that gone by the wayside? Check the web - there are many many sites for first time cooks.
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