Apparently, my girls are spoiled.
They’re whiny little kids when it comes to eating dinner. Lunch, they love. Breakfast, they eat it up.
Dinner? Complaint-ridden, crying, protesting, begging, pleading little spoiled brats.
And yes, I take full responsibility for creating them this way.
To say I’m not a fan of cooking is pretty much an understatement. I can cook about 5 dinners well, and about 10 dinners mediocrely. All of those dinners I can make, my girls hate.
Not just “dislike,” but hate.
Homemade spaghetti sauce? “BUT I DON’T LIIIIIKE SAAUUUUUCCCCE…”
Stuffed hot dogs? “THAAAT’SSSS YUUUUCKKKYYYYYYY…”
Crock pot BBQ pork? “EEEEEWWWWWWWWW…”
Sloppy Joes? “WHAAAT IIISSS THAAAAATTT?????”
Pasta with sausage? “BUT WHAAAT’SS ALLL THAAT GREEEEEN STUUUFFFF???”
So you’ll pardon my frustrations and lack of enthusiasm when it comes to dinner time and I don’t want to even step foot into the kitchen. You’ll have to pardon my disdain for needing to do anything requiring a pot, a stove, an oven, or a pan. It’s tough enough for me to get past my anxiety to actually cook a meal, but when it’s greeted with 45 minutes of the combined whining from a 4 year old and a 6 year old? I just want to serve them up peanut butter & Nutella sandwiches and call it “dinner.”
To add to the my frustration, every single dinner Patrick cooks, the girls love.
Breakfast for dinner? “YIPPEEEEE! BREAKFAST FOR DINNER!”
Captain Crunch chicken? “WHOOOO HOOOOO! THAT’S MY FAVORITE!”
Cheeseburgers? “AW YEAH! AW YEAH! CHEEESEEBURRRRGERRRS!”
So you’ll have to pardon my reservation to make dinner in exchange for making reservations FOR dinner.
It’s really the only way to get through the evening hours without Mama drunk on the bathroom floor.
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I like all the things you make!
I also cook up WAY MORE than just those 3 things. They do seem to like it all too… but I could make some things they don’t.
When was the last time you were drunk on the bathroom floor? That’s my job!
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I have the same issue with my son – and he’s almost 12. One thing that is easy to make and that he loves beyond reason is Barilla tortellini – either the four cheese or cheese and spinach kind. It takes 10 minutes to boil and you just toss it with butter and freshly grated parmesan cheese. It’s delish and the kid can eat the entire bowl by himself.
Oh I feel you. Except the whiny, spoiled brats are my in-laws. I am my FIL’s caretaker. He’s got emphesyema, heart disease, and now his kidneys are failing – so he’s on a restricted diet (low protein, no salt etc). And this is what I get daily……..”EEEEEWWWWW, onions”, “It tastes like cardboard”, “But I wanted a tuna fish and banana sandwhich” (gag). The MIL complains whenever there is a spice other than sat in her food….”Did you put pepper in this?”, “Is this basil? I hate basil” and on and on and on. I’m about to close the kitchen FOREVER!
I LOVE breakfast for supper. ANYTIME!!! Of course, most of hte time I just have a snack for supper – I’m on a weight loss kick and I find that helps me control my weight. although. Last night I went crazy and had an Egg Salad and Crunchy Peanut Butter On Toast sandwich for supper.
It was yummy.
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Mmmmm. Breakfast for dinner.
How about Mac and Cheese? I thought all kids like that. I made mine with spaghetti noodles and actually threw a box of chopped broccoli in it. My kids loved it. Especially with some kind of chicken nuggets and corn bread on the side.
mmm. I haven’t had a good sloppy Joe in decades! But what is a stuffed hot dog? I’m intrigued….
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