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Our project (cooking)!

Successfully posted my fourth cooking reel of my young man om facebook. This time I added him making his coffee. A very long lomg time ago when my young man was just nine or ten, I had watched a video of an autistic man making his own coffee. I had then thought will my boy be able to do that task? Yes after decades he is pretty much fluent using his Keurig.

The dish I made was a bit complicated. I loved the Youtube recipe and I just used my man to make the same. We had our own failures but we ended up with a tasty dish.

So four cooking videos done and dusted until now. Now some pictures for my blog.

Instant Tomato rawa dosa/ pancake
A hot coffee.

Reflection:

I am having fun searching for recipes. The entire process involves him doing multiple jobs. We both are being productive. To add, we cook more and yes those are not recorded.

Thanks all those who liked my videos on facebook 🙂 and I got a comment too! Thanks for the encouragement.

6 responses to “Our project (cooking)!”

  1. Daniel Jones Avatar
    Daniel Jones

    Always good to have a bit of food play ✨ When I was little I used to struggle to swallow meat, but slowly I learnt. It just about learning, and there are so many ways to learn! Actually made a list of some fun and hands-on food play ideas 👇
    https://livingwithdan.com/autism-neurodiversity/sensory-food-play/

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    1. ganga1996 Avatar
      ganga1996

      Good link. My son is not a child but a 28 year old adult. 🙂

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  2. nihshabdblog Avatar
    nihshabdblog

    So lovely to read this Ganga💛
    It’s not just cooking, it’s such a beautiful journey you both are sharing.

    And please share the reel link too next time—would love to watch 😊

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      ganga1996

      Thank you ! My fb reels are raw footage nothing professional. But will share next time 🙂.

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  3. vermavkv Avatar
    vermavkv

    Very nice.

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  4. SRIKANTH Avatar
    SRIKANTH

    This is beautiful. What stood out to me most is that line: “I had then thought—will my boy be able to do that? Yes.” That’s not just a cooking win. That’s a decade-plus of patience, belief, and small daily efforts paying off in a coffee cup.

    You’re documenting more than recipes. You’re showing what fluency in a life skill looks like when someone takes the time to teach it with love. The fact that you include the failures, keep going, and cook even more off-camera? That’s the real evidence of joy, not perfection.

    Keep going Ganga . The comment you got won’t be the last. And when your young man looks back at these reels and blog posts one day, he won’t just see coffee and food—he’ll see someone who never stopped believing he could do it.

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