One of the advantages of home schooling is that it’s real life education, not just book learning in a classroom. I’m sure you are wondering what this has to do with cooking. I’m about to tell you.
I am home educated and math is not my strong suit. It takes me hours to do my math. Sometimes I have a hard time remembering the lesson I just learned the previous day. It’s hard for me to understand most math concepts.
Most students struggle with fractions, but I don’t. I credit it to all the time I spend in the kitchen actually doing the fractions as I cook. I have learned to double, and even triple recipes because I am good with fractions.
It is easy to integrate subjects, when home schooling. This blog is a project for a creative writing class I’m taking. It combines my love of photography, my passion for food and cooking, my ability to write and my desire to improve all those skills.
My name is Christen, and I love to be in the kitchen cooking. It doesn’t matter if I am cooking or if someone else is cooking. I am in the kitchen every day multiple times a day doing things like making a simple breakfast, to making a fancy dinner.
Not Allowed in the Kitchen
But it wasn’t always like that, I am 16 years old and I am adopted. When I was living in my foster parent’s home I was not allowed in the kitchen while anyone was cooking. Maybe they thought that I would get in the way, or I would hurt myself,… I don’t know. I didn’t even care that I wasn’t allowed in the kitchen because I had so many other options with which to entertain myself.
A New Start in My New Life
I was adopted seven years ago, and all those years I have been cooking away. My mom has a love for cooking, passed down to her by my grandma. Mom invited me into the kitchen to help cook, learn cooking skills, and as I got older she let me experiment independently. I can’t remember what I cooked the first day of my new life, but I remember loving all the different aromas and assisting with various things like cutting up vegetables, stirring things, etc.
I have gone from squeezing fresh lemonade to creating a full dinner for seven people. So this blog is for the people who don’t think they can cook, and also for the people who can cook but would like some new recipes. So if you are just learning basic skills, want creative ideas, or if you are obsessed with cooking, there’s something here for everyone. If an 8 year old can go from lemonade to a difficult meal by age 15, then you can cook, too!
