The first time I cooked for my family... by Lunathi Maseko

The first time I cooked for my family, it was a very interesting day. We were all spring cleaning the house and I was getting ready to cook dinner that night. Everyone was working and cleaning, I was freaking out! I kept worrying that I was going to mess up. I told my older brother and sister that I was going to make the best Ravioli you have ever eaten, but I was scared.

Inside I kept saying that I was if I mess up? What if I burn the house down? What if they hate it? But I had to do it, so I cooked. It took hard work. It took me very long to make the batter and to shape all of them. I made twenty of them and it took quite a long time. Each batch took 45 minutes to cook and I made two batches.

Inside each one I put the filling. My sister helped me with chicken but that ALL she helped me with! I had to roll the dough and I had to cut them one by one and put the chicken on to the first layer. Then I had to put on the second layer and I was very tired.  When they baked, I was worried that they were going to burn but they actually came out great!

Then I just made the carrot salad which had carrots, lettuce, mini tomatoes and cucumber. It was just a simple salad. Now it was time to serve the food and my heart started pumping even faster. We prayed together and then we started eating. My first bite was amazing. I really enjoyed it. My family thought it was a little crunchy but they liked it. We enjoyed it together and that’s all I wanted and in the future, I will definitely do it again!