I want my son to learn to cook a decent meal?

[flischer]

He knows how to cook hamburgers, spaghetti, eggs and other simple things. He is 16 and I want him to learn a little more about cooking before he leaves home. He is not really interested in doing this, so I am looking for somethings that might interest an otherwise uninterested cook. Any suggestions?

 

[emsp1]

Chille con carne or maybe a curry. Anything he likes to eat is more likely to be of interest to him than something he doesnt

 

[Brendan]

Take it from a guy who was once in his shoes -- learning to cook is the least important thing on his mind right now.

If you've got him making the basics he'll be just fine, but trust me when I say that when he's on his own he'll survive on his preferred diet.

 

[Josh]

a cake or pie.. something he loves to eat that is a bit challenging

 

[speful]

show him how to make some of his favorite foods, and then show him sum more advance stuff. but he's a teen, hes not gunna want to cook his own food from scratch. Teens are more microwave dinner kind of people. but just try cooking sum new things that u think he would like, and then show him how to make it. :]

 

[tanner]

Stop cooking for him? That's assuming you already are. But at the same time, leave him with easy-to-cook meals from a cook book, online, etc.

 

[JemmaBean]

I tought my little sister to cook (shes 13 and the same kind of situation)

Home made pizza is good, he will learn to make the dough and pizza is yummy muffins are easy, but they require measuring and stuff, which he could use later in life to make other things. Get hime to prepare a family meal. Let him do it all on his own. Give him a list of foods to choose from, and leave him to it

foods that are good for this are;

pizza (home crust)
Steak (or chicken) with potatoes and side veggies
a roast
pancakes(breakfast)
Cakes
Muffins
ribs (again with sides)
stuffed peppers
Shepherds pie

tons of others, i hope this helps
good for you to want to teach him these things, cooking is a lost art