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

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flischer

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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?
 
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emsp1

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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
 
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Brendan

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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.
 
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speful

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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. :]
 
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tanner

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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.
 
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JemmaBean

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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
 
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