While watching a few children in her home, Carol Wilson cooks a wide variety of things during the week. “We normally do things like hot dogs, pizza, fish sticks, mac and cheese, grilled cheese, chicken and rice, chicken pot pie, and they really like these apple sauce pouches,” Mrs. Wilson states.
Just recently, Mrs. Wilson baked cupcakes for her daughter’s birthday. “I let the kids help me decorate. They love to frost cookies and cupcakes. We made rice krispy treats a while back. And we like waffles and French toast,” Mrs. Wilson adds while feeding her one year old grandson.
Besides cooking for the children during the week, Mrs. Wilson also cooks family dinners every Monday and Tuesday night. “Everyone eats at my house on Monday and Tuesday nights. I have a menu board. My kids put a tag that has the name of food on a certain day of the week. It’s a great way to brainstorm meals,” Mrs. Wilson says.
“At family dinners, I start supper, we set the table, say the blessing, everyone feeds the kids and we eat family style. Afterwards, the men do the dishes. We do this every Monday and Tuesday night at 5:30.”
Mrs. Wilson attends church dinner every Wednesday night. “I used to do the decorating for all of the Wednesday night meals, but now that I keep kids, I can’t get over there in time to do so, but I did the decorating for the Valentine’s Day banquet. I’ve been doing that for about twenty years. We always help with the Thanksgiving meal that the church does as well as the brunches and special lunches,” Mrs. Wilson explains.
In addition to watching children in her home, Mrs. Wilson is also the wedding liaison for her church, Salem United Methodist. “I do weddings, I work the computer for the slide show during services, I decorate the church for Christmas, and I help in the children’s wing for Sunday school. When my kids were there, I did whatever age group they were in. Now that I have grandkids, I’m doing their age groups. I’m starting the cycle all over,” Mrs. Wilson adds with a laugh. Mrs. Wilson’s garage is filled with decorations for all sorts of occasions.
Passing around recipes is a big thing in the Wilson family. “I have a huge recipe book that my mother-in-law made for me a couple of years ago. The only thing in it is deserts and all of the recipes are types. If a recipe has to be changed then we just write in the margin. My mother passed away in August and I have been going through and getting her recipes. When my aunt passed away, I got all of her recipes. It is a way to keep on the tradition,” Mrs. Wilson explains.
“Cooking has always been a family thing. Family traditions have been passed down and the kitchen is a gathering place. Also, everyone lives pretty close so it’s easy to get together.”
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