When the time comes for your teenaged child to pack up and go off to college, a mother finds it hard to let go. They have spent years caring for, loving, and protecting their little one. Sending them off to college is difficult and giving up responsibility even harder.

As a way to send a bit of your love and remind your college aged teenager of home, send them off with a simple chocolate cake recipe and a few ground beef recipes so they can cook while away and remember their mom.

The smell of food can transport you back in time or to a special place where you ate a particular dish or experienced an aroma. Packing up recipes for your college teen can help them during times when they feel homesick and sad. For college teens that are moving across the country, this is the simplest way for them to relieve their homesickness when it happens.

A simple chocolate cake recipe will provide some sweetness when they have a bad day, cannot share a tough day at school, or just give them some comfort. Chocolate cake and home always go together and will give them a nice reminder of mom.

Easy ground beef recipes are inexpensive, a snap to prepare and will fit right in with college life. Providing your turkey, seafood stew or filet mignon recipe may have them calling home for money to keep up with this food budget.

The first year at college is intimidating for a new student and heartbreaking for the parents. Finding ways for your teen to re-create a home-like atmosphere in their new residence with a simple chocolate cake recipe and easy ground beef recipes, will keep them eating well, remain on their budget and give them some good old home loving when they need it the most.