Continued Leaving Home? Can’t Cook? Here is the book for you . . . or your child!

Are you looking for that Perfect Gift for Graduation, Birthday, Christmas or some other special occasion? Cooking Without Mom is an ideal gift for teenagers leaving home and anyone else who is learning basic cooking skills.

And don’t forget to order an extra book for yourself because you will want to try some of Winnie’s favorite recipes yourself.

Winnie’s five sons grew up in a home where there was plenty of nutritious food on the table — mostly prepared by Winnie. When her eldest sons left home, they asked her how to scramble eggs, prepare French toast and what do to with leftovers.

Winnie realized her sons had been so busy with farm chores, going to school and holding part-time jobs, they had not learned the elementary steps of cooking. She took the time to do what every parent wishes they could do. She collected the favorite family recipes and wrote down step-by-step instructions on how to make easy and nutritious meals.

We are talking about easy meals — grilled cheese sandwiches, scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes and boiled wieners.

But the 200 recipes also include more unique dishes — pizza and pizza sauces, meatloaf, stir-fry, chicken balls, roast chicken, a variety of salads, desserts, and beverages.

Winnie realizes that many young people struggle financially when they leave home. She has selected recipes that make it easy for young people on limited budgets to eat healthy, nutritious meals.

She also includes helpful hints on shopping, food storage, cleaning and setting up a household. This book is written especially for young people setting up their own households but the responses to the book show that this cookbook is appealing to a much larger audience.

People of all ages are interested in learning basic cooking skills and the easy instructions in this book is making cooking a joy for anyone learning to cook or have given up on cooking.

Some of the people buying the book, Cooking Without Mom, are people who have retired from the workforce and spending more time in the kitchen.

Others are fathers and husbands who didn’t learn to cook at home and are now interested in sharing household responsibilities.

Others are elderly men who have lost their wives and are feeling lost in the kitchen.

COOKING WITHOUT MOM is an ideal gift for newcomers to North America who are not familiar with North American ingredients and methods of cooking. It is also useful for experienced cooks.

Even Winnie refers to Cooking Without Mom when she’s cooking and baking for her family and friends, because these are many of their favorites.