Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Category: Home Management

  • And No One Left Hungry from Julie’s Mini Meal

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    Dan Burke

    Julie admits she’d barely cooked at all before coming to the Center, but now she’s cooked and served a meal for fifteen! And no one left hungry … no one!

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  • Taking Charge of the Deep-fryer with Confidence & Deliciousness! #LivetheLifeYouWant

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    Dan Burke

    On Tuesday all four Home Management classes took charge of the deep-fryer, making a “copy-cat” chicken recipe. Watch to see how things turned out!

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  • Lasagna from Scratch: Chaz’s Mini Meal

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    Dan Burke

    Chaz admits he was only a little above the average college student with respect to his cooking skills. Now he’s made lasagna from scratch and fed fifteen people witt it.

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  • Making the most of the first day of Spring: A day of grilling

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    Dan Burke

    Laura in sleepshades tends chicken on the grill

    The first day of Spring and temps in the 70s, and what would you do? Our Home Management planned wisely to make the most of the beautiful weather today, and all classes worked outside on the grills. Now that’s a life skill!

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  • Happy #PiDay from CCB … Cheesecake will do!

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    Dan Burke

    Trevor definitely knows what day it is …It’s probably just a coincidence though that he’s baking 6 cheesecakes for his graduation March 30. It’s close enough for Pi Day though!

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  • What’s so “mini” about the #ITP Mini-meal? #LivetheLifeYouWant

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    Dan Burke

    Well, the mini-meal is “mini” in comparison to the final Home Management assignment in our Independence Training Program … And it’s an interim step toward that final goal of cooking for 60 people. See, the mini-meal is only for fifteen! Here, Suzie, Parker, Ellen and Lyne put their meals in motion and on the table…

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  • Quinoa and Kale? CCB and BLVS Partner Under Shades to Make it Tasty!

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    Dan Burke

    We were pleased to have three professionals from Blind Low Vision Services, part of Colorado’s Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) at the Center for training this week. We spent four days together exploring every topic we could think of, including cane travel and cooking under sleepshades. We’ll let them introduce themselves and the meal they…

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  • A Long Way from Where She Started to Confidence: CG’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    CG admits she’d done very little cooking before starting her training at the Center. Now she enjoys it, enjoys sharing with friends. Watch how calm she is as she prepares her mini-meal for 15 guests.

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  • 18 Onions & What do You Get? Ryan’s Mini-meal & the Inside of Your Sleepshades Are Wet

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    Dan Burke

    Ryan admits he was pretty happy to be wearing sleepshades as he chopped the 18 onions it took to make his French onion soup. He is also now excited about cooking something other than “meat” since he came to the Center.

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  • It’s all ready: Brittany’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    Shrimp and French bread … Britanny is cool and in charge of her mini-meal for 15!

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