Dinner Together - You Have No Idea

I am a very creative person, however, that creativity does not extend to the kitchen. While cooking, my perfectionism takes over and I follow the recipe with such strictness that my ability to improvise is paralyzed. I do not substitute, I do not change ingredients, I follow all timings and measurements exactly. Well, most of you know how well this usually works…


But on Sunday, I was like a cooking hero (well, for me anyway). I used ingredients on hand and made a meal WITHOUT a recipe that – get this – everyone in the family ate at the same time. A first for us.

All four of us have eaten dinner at the same time since Lizzy has been born, but we have never all eaten the same thing at the same time. It was wonderful…it was bliss…it was poetic…well, until Lizzy took like eight bites of food and then refused to eat anything else and Sydney ate all of the carrots and green beans and then insisted she didn’t like chicken or pasta (a staple of her first two years). But for those first five minutes…it was awesome.

This is us.

Sydney wanted to wear her hat during dinner...I've learned to embrace it. :)

Lizzy has a cold and a near constant runny nose...I've learned to embrace it. :)

 clean plate club!

Sydney's plate - she ate all the veggies...no carbs...whose daughter is this?!



What Did I Make?

steamed carrots and green beans

chicken breast chunks

noodles

Philly Cooking Creme

for me, this is cooking...