Guest
Post by Lorilyn Roberts
New Cookbook Helps Homeschooling Mothers
Prepare Easy Meals;
And
Teach Academics Right From the Kitchen
Take the monotony out of cooking and make homeschooling fun
with Food For Thought: Quick and Easy Recipes for Homeschooling Families.
“Homeschooling shouldn’t just include sitting around a table poring over books,”
says author Lorilyn Roberts, a homeschooling mom for fifteen years. “That’s
boring,” Mothers will find encouraging quotes from noteworthy individuals and
imaginative homeschooling ideas. “Perhaps the greatest gift we can give our
kids is to encourage creativity,” says Roberts. “We can use cooking not only to
make tasty meals but to engage our children in thoughtful discussions about
philosophy, history, sociology, reading, and the Bible.”
Each
chapter is preceded with a unique suggestion to enrich a child’s homeschooling academic
studies; i.e., how school-aged children can “buy” rice to feed the poor in
developing countries. One chapter is devoted to easy recipes for the young
cook. “Worms in Dirt and Crazy Cupcakes were among my kids’ favorites,” says
Roberts. Food for Thought: Quick and Easy Recipes for Homeschooling Families
presents an innovative way for families to cook, learn, and serve others both
at home and around the world.
Chapter Headings (72 recipes with photos):
·
Quick and Easy Dinners
·
Easy Meals for Young Cooks
·
Cheap Eating – Tight Budgets
·
Soups for the Soul
·
Cool Salads for Hot Days
·
Sweets for High Achievers
·
Extras, Extras
Despite being a single mother, Roberts homeschooled both her daughters—the older
one through high school. She believes a free democracy resides in the
conservative values homeschooling families instill in their offspring—the
future leaders of tomorrow.
“If we fail to teach our children how to live out
their Christian faith practically, we will have lost an opportunity to impact
the world for good. It only takes one generation to forget the past. As JRR
Tolkien said, ‘There is some good in this world and it’s worth fighting for.’”
FOOD FOR THOUGHT FREE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, ON AMAZON.
Food for Thought: Quick and EasyRecipes for Homeschooling Families ($14.95, 178 pages, 6 x 9,
paperback, ISBN 978-0-9891426-4-9, and e-book, ISBN 978-0-9891426-3-2) is
available at most online bookstores and directly from the publisher at https://www.createspace.com/4395285
Lorilyn Roberts is a Christian eclectic writer
who enjoys writing in many different genres.
Lorilyn graduated Magna Cum Laude
from the University of Alabama in 1991. Her studies included spending two weeks
in Israel at the start of the Gulf War and touring England, Australia, New
Zealand, and several countries in Europe. She later attended the Institute of
Children’s Literature and earned her Master of Arts in Creative Writing from
Perelandra College.
When Lorilyn was in fifth grade, a
teacher accused her of plagiarism in front of her classmates. Little did Lorilyn
know the humiliation of that would later lead to a career in writing. When not
writing, Lorilyn is busy watching television providing closed captioning for
television.
Lorilyn says, “When I start to doubt
that anyone is reading my books, I remind myself of the millions of people who
have read my captions, even all of my mistakes. The best thing about creative
writing is you can make your words perfect. With captioning, it’s live and you
only get one chance to get it right.”
Lorilyn has two daughters whom she
adopted from Nepal and Vietnam as a single mother. She homeschooled both of
them, the older one through high school, and believes that the hope of the
United States may rest on the conservative values homeschooling families
instill in their offspring.
“If we fail to teach our children
how to live out their Christian faith practically, we will have lost an
opportunity to impact the world for good. It only takes one generation to
forget the past. Homeschooling families can restore those values before it is
too late. As JRR Tolkien said, ‘There is some good in this world and it’s worth
fighting for.’”
