I am so very excited about this guest post today from my friend Mystie. This girl is the most organized and well-thought-out and well-planned friend I think I’ve ever not met. {grin} We are online friends and she lives on the other side of the country, but I would LOVE to meet her in person one day.
Mystie has created a brand new resource that I just knew my readers would LOVE. In fact, I’m quite excited about this myself. I have one daughter, my middle child, who LOVES cooking/baking and helping in the kitchen. This is the perfect resources for families!
Now, let’s hear from Mystie!
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It started when my younger brother was about to head off to college last summer. I was showing him my ebook Simplified Dinners, trying to convince him that he didn’t have to eat ramen or hot dogs even though he was going to be off campus in his own apartment. “See,” I pointed to one page, “You just saute some onions and peppers…” “Saute?” he interrupted, “is that like cutting something really small?”
I realized then that I had to make a simpler Simplified Dinners.
I worked on that as a project, and discovered a great a perk: my 11-year-old and 9-year-old sons were eager test cooks! Now they have over 10 different dinners under their belt and are quite independent in the kitchen, simply using Simplified Dinners for New Cooks as their source. They can cook a meal from scratch and get it from basic ingredients in the cupboards to dinner on the table. Yes, it takes them longer than it would take me, but they love the responsibility and I love not being tied to the kitchen every late afternoon!
Teach Your Kids to Cook
Simplified Dinners for New Cooks is great for anyone who doesn’t have much cooking experience, someone who doesn’t know what saute or dice means. They can still get dinner on the table with this resource in their hands. It’s great for dads on kitchen duty, for grads out on their own for the first time, or for the mom who’s never cared to cook.
Your kids can cook dinner!
It’s also the perfect resource to teach your kids to cook! My 11-year-old and 9-year-old have been testing it out for me, and they have loved the independence they have gained in the kitchen. They can get dinner on the table all by themselves, and that makes them so proud.
Simplified Dinners for New Cooks uses only thirteen cooking terms which are explained in the opening chapters of the book. There are also only fifteen tools used total – including can opener and baking sheets – so if your kitchen is stocked with these basic tools, you know how to do the basic techniques outlined, and your pantry contains the basic items listed in the master pantry list, then you have everything you need to make a variety of dinners – or have your kids do it for you!
There’s a sample available at Simplified Pantry, so check it out to see if it’s something that will work for you!
Win a Copy of Simplified Dinners for New Cooks
This give away has now ended! Aubrey was the winner. Thank you for entering!
Discount Code
And if you don’t win or you can’t wait, you can use the discount code mercy15 to get 25% off Simplified Dinners for New Cooks now through Friday, March 6th! If you buy it and win the giveaway, I’ll refund your purchase. 🙂