So, question…..who actually enjoys preparing and cooking family dinners? I know there are a wide variety of opinions on this particular meal of the day. One only needs to look on Facebook for large swaths of people who have created groups just to this one meal. Everything from fussy eaters to budget dinners to help, I haven’t gone grocery shopping what could I make with this bunch of random ingredients.
Personally for me, I don’t mind it. I’m happy to whip something up, and by whip up, I do mean sometimes I’m that person asking myself “now what could I do with 2 minute noodles to make it less like a uni dinner and more a family meal…..hmmmmmm…….”.
What I prefer for family dinners is that I’m prepared. I do best when I have some idea about what we will eat for a full week. I hate having done a full day at work and then, when I arrive home at 6pm go, “what will I cook now?” That is the pits! However, in the past 12 months or so I have made sure my boys can now cook at least one family meal to perfection (and no, I’m not being biased, their dinners are amazing and they invite the extended family and friends out without me knowing about it!). I guess I made sure they have a signature dish. Part of my contribution to society when my boys leave our nest.
I guess I’m one of the lucky few that enjoys cooking. Happy to cook dinners and breakfast and even lunch, just don’t ask me to do packed school lunches. They are the bane of my existence. I hate packing school lunches! I’m thinking that might be for another post.
My favourite for family dinners is when I have freezer cooked. It’s way better food frozen and ready to go, not like some of that interesting frozen food from the frozen food aisle. Nasty looking and tasting some of those meals! What I like the most about family dinners is when we sit down together as a family.
I guess that’s my why. Husband Dear and I have always, even before our children, sat for a family meal. Its the time when everyone is able to talk and decompress and express themselves and how their day went. So if it’s a fancy roast dinner to a fancy 2 minute noodles it’s not about the cooking but about the “breaking bread” together. That’s my why, so what’s your why?
Grateful Wonder 