Help me build my menu library. Check out the menus I've aleady made, or email me, and I'll make a Menu Kit that suits your needs. All Menu Kits are $15.00 CAD, and can be purchased from the same page on which you view the particular menu. Before purchasing a Menu Kit, please read the terms of use agreement. Also, check out the tips page, and the Things to know about Menu Kits below.

 

 

 

 

 

Each Menu Kit prints out in black only with no pictures. For some people without computer access, a supportive organization may be asked to assist with purchasing and printing off the Menu Kit. File sizes and output is as minimal as possible to ensure access to everyone. Menu Kits vary from 12 to 25 pages.

1. Take from it what you need. A Menu Kit may seem intimidating at first as it holds a lot of information. Since Menu Kits are a tool to increase independence and skill, detailed instructions are provided so that an individual can work towards preparing meals without as much support. This is not to say that I am going to eliminate the need for support in this area, but rather the end user could hopefully streamline how support is given. If you need help with this, email me. You can check the library for menus designed for a group of two or three people get together to cook many dishes at once for freezer storage for the end user.
2. Recipes are guidelines. Measurements rarely need to be exact, and many ingredients are interchangable to others you have available, or like. You can learn to 'eyeball' it. As a guideline, a teaspoon and tablespoon will fit in the palm of your hand - measure something out to see what it looks like in your hand. A cup is probably about the size of your fist. If you need help with this, email me.
3. Try to be open-minded. If you try a recipe one time and you don't like it, try to determine what exactly do didn't like about it. Maybe it needs more flavor, maybe it needs less. Maybe you need to substistute an ingredient for something else, or maybe you just need the vegetables cut up smaller so you can't really taste them! If you need help with this, email me.
4. Cook by sight. Not all pans cooks the same, and not all ovens and stoves heat the same. For this reason alone, if something is cooking too slowly, or too quickly, you need to be able to adjust to the situation. Remember, recipes are guidelines!
5. It's all in your attitude. As with all the responsibilities that are part and parcel of being an adult, we can choose to embrace them, or begrudge them. To begrudge them only adds stress and unhappiness to life. To embrace them, we let ourselves experience taking pride in ourselves, and our accomplishments. Take cooking for example. Some people don't enjoy cooking for themselves. Unless you can afford to have someone cook for you every meal, you'll go hungry. Instead, embrace this task as a necessity of life, and decide you're going to take pride in this skill, and enjoy eating food that's good for you, that you made. I PROMISE, changing your attitude about cooking and eating well WILL benefit you in many ways. If you need help with this, email me.