The little things that count...

As a mom this is a very real dilemma.  And after a few years, and a few more... you find you're repeating the same old same old.  Then the kids get sick of eating the same things to the point that they don't want to eat those meals. Ever. Again. My kids once pointed out to me I was making the same meal every week, even to the day.  Monday Spag Bol, Tuesday fish fingers and chips.... I've made sure I try to avoid doing that again.

Have you ever wondered how 2 people can cook the same meal, follow the same directions and come out with different tasting dishes... One example from a page in my life... I make a mean Spaghetti Bolognese. Well, I like to think so.  The kids always enjoy it too.  I had an ex who asked me to teach him how to make it. I showed him step by step. And more than once. Yet every time his came out tasting really different. Sweet. I struggled to eat it. It didn't make sense. Mine always has a heavy tomato taste. So again we'd go through the steps. And again it would come out sweet.  So I started questioning... "Did you add anything? Sugar? Chutney? Tomato Paste" Nope, was always the answer... So again I mentioned, but you should be adding sugar after the tomato paste... "Oh I don't add tomato paste"... Ok, but do you still add sugar then? "Nope".