The Diary Game: Feeding My Son Mashed Beans And Cooking For Family (06/05/2026)

I cooked on a coal pot today to save gas for a while as the cost of filling gas is on the high side. I cooked beans and rice but separately as my family loves it that way. I picked the beans and boiled water for the beans on the coal pot. I poured the beans inside the boiled water after rinsing it. I prepare it on the coal pot for an hour and few more minutes. I cooked the beans at first because I want my son to eat from it before he sleeps as it’s getting late and it’s been a while he eats beans. I mashed the beans with spoon and feed him. He loves eating beans and that why he ate and ask for more. I fed him three times of is plate of food. When I’m done feeding him, i rinse my hands as I use my hand to feed him and I get a bigger pot thoroughly washed and put water inside and allow it to boil. I wash the rice with water three times and pour it inside the boil water .

Feeding my son mashed beans

I stir the rice after pouring tot inside the pot and I open it a bit so it’s vapor doesn’t come out and pour into the coal reducing the intensity of the fire in coal. After 5-10minutes I turn the water and replace it with another one but it’s warm water to hasten the cooking. I allow it cook for a while and add cooking salt. I stir and allow the salt have its way into the rice. After a while, I check again and drain the water in side with filter as I do not like overcooked rice. I covered the pot and put the pot of rice back to the coal. I allow the rest of the water to dry in there and I carry the rice to the kitchen. After cooking the rice and it done I put little charcoal into the coal pot. So I can use it to warm the stew and vegetable sauce I have in the kitchen. As it’s a way of economizing because everything is on the high side.

The beans I cooked

I rinse the bowl I use in cooking and wash the dishes in my sink before trying to eat as I’m the type that lose appetite after cooking. I put hubby food in to a warmer so it’s doesn’t get cold. I wait for some minutes so I can have appetite to eat the food I cook and dish it out . I serve myself and my daughter and eventually eat the little I can. So goes the life of a mother who cooks and takes care of the home and children. Guiding the children so they don’t get hurt, settling little fight and more . The headaches, the happiness and the joy that knows no bound that of been the mother, been able to overcome the challenges and more. Still finding parts to be a better version of herself and raising her children in love. I keep walking through that part, praying earnestly to God each day of my life for strength and patience till they are capable of taking responsibilities for themselves.

The rice while I’m still cooking it

Dishing hubby food into a warmer