Okay, so maybe I’m not a chef, but I did cook dinner again last night. One of my issues with cooking is that there is always a sad face at the table. It’s hard to make six people happy. I made a great (and very easy) lasagna last night at Carson’s request. Once all was ready, I told Rowland that I dreaded everyone else coming to the table because I didn’t want to see any sad faces. They know that they can’t verbally trash dinner, but they definitely make it very obvious how they feel!
After William thanked God for the dinner (which he seldom wants to do), I excused myself to go make up the girls’ bed with clean sheets. A few minutes into the meal, I heard William ask for seconds!!! I screamed downstairs, “I love you, William!!!!!!!” Then, Kitty asked for seconds. Carson and Jia both came and gave me a hug and told me how good the lasagna was. Rowland enjoyed it as well and even did the dishes for me! I told them that if everyone would make me feel that good about cooking every night, I’d love doing it, and they’d get more home-cooked meals!!! (besides mac and cheese or hot dogs!!) They went to bed with full tummies, and I went to bed a happy chef!!
August 15th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
YAY! I have a new recipe for lasagna I am going to try next week. Hope it is as much success as yours.
August 15th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Kitty, I know exactly how you feel. I want everyone to be happy too and that is what has made the drive-thru a triple treat: everyone gets what they like, no wait, and no clean-up. But alas, there are no drive-thrus in Niger, so I’m going to be forced to do the right thing after all. Glad for your Happy Chef night!
August 21st, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Watch out! They well suck you in with all that “love it stuff” and then you’ll wear yourself out cooking this great meal and they wont have time, or wont want to eat a bite. You have to be sharp, or they will catch you
:) Experienced Nana