During holidays, I love to cook breakfast, and some times I experiment with some, for me cooking is difficult, and it needs a great sense and care to prepare nice dishes.

It is best to start with some easy to prepare simple dishes where you cannot go wrong and then try others.....Omlettes, french toast,Sandwiches are all easy to prepare and also fill you up. Most importantly when a person is living alone it saves him or her from totally depnding on take aways and restaurants...

During holidays, I love to cook breakfast, and some times I experiment with some, for me cooking is difficult, and it needs a great sense and care to prepare nice dishes.

It is best to start with some easy to prepare simple dishes where you cannot go wrong and then try others.....Omlettes, french toast,Sandwiches are all easy to prepare and also fill you up. Most importantly when a person is living alone it saves him or her from totally depnding on take aways and restaurants...

If one cannot cook at all, he can keep some stock of ready to eat dishes like bread and jam, cake bread, biscuits, pickles. Also it is easier to boil rice. One may also just boil potatoes and eat these with salt.

When I was at school we had a cookery class once a week and this was something we really looked forward to and when I told this to my children, they were feeling bad that they dint have since none of the schools have cookery classes now... So I would ask them to cook at home whatever they wanted and today I am glad I did that since they are all able to take care of themselves without having to depend on outside takeaway food....

When I was at school we had a cookery class once a week and this was something we really looked forward to and when I told this to my children, they were feeling bad that they dint have since none of the schools have cookery classes now... So I would ask them to cook at home whatever they wanted and today I am glad I did that since they are all able to take care of themselves without having to depend on outside takeaway food....

Even we never had any cooking classes so we missed all that fun! But my mum always made it a point that we learn a dish every week and also ensured we get good practice. I started learning to cook at the age of 8 and by the time I was 12 I could cook even chapatis very nicely. I now try to teach my son too, he has started helping me peel and clean veggies, especially peas and garlic although half the peas make their way into his stomach! :laugh:

When I was at school we had a cookery class once a week and this was something we really looked forward to and when I told this to my children, they were feeling bad that they dint have since none of the schools have cookery classes now... So I would ask them to cook at home whatever they wanted and today I am glad I did that since they are all able to take care of themselves without having to depend on outside takeaway food....

Even we never had any cooking classes so we missed all that fun! But my mum always made it a point that we learn a dish every week and also ensured we get good practice. I started learning to cook at the age of 8 and by the time I was 12 I could cook even chapatis very nicely. I now try to teach my son too, he has started helping me peel and clean veggies, especially peas and garlic although half the peas make their way into his stomach! :laugh:

Thats really sweet, the very fact that he helps you out and takes an interest at such a young age is good enough :) , ot used to be the same with my kids, they would gather round me with the idea of helping me in the kitchen but in the end I had double the cleaning up to do LOL...

Cooking is a life skill and everyone should know at least the basics of it irrespective of gender. Some can do it as a hobby, extend it as a profession, others might do it for utilitarian purpose and some might outsource it owing to other priorities and responsibilities.

In my case, I am the cook in the house and take care that my family gets a healthy meal each time. Somehow, we as a family enjoy cooking and it is sometimes a great bonding time for all four of us in kitchen on weekend. Like all the mothers, I too enjoy sharing recipes and experimenting in kitchen for my children. My children like most of my dishes but prefer a few o be cooked by their dad.

However, like everyone, I sometimes feel bored of kitchen or there are times when other works call for my attention more. In that case, either my husband and daughters take the charge or we order food from outside.

I  can cook small things like Omelettes . But I do not how to cook special items like Chicken. On the whole I can manage when my wife is away for a brief period