![]() B ecause w e have never had a green bean casserole together, and I doubt we ever will. I’m relieved in their satisfaction that who I am in the kitchen is enough. M y son adds, “I love the sliced cucumbers and the beef.” (It’s stir-fry beef without the stir-fry - cooked on a pan and salted.) My four-year-old daughter says, “I like your strawberries and watermelon.” While I’m writing this, I ask my kids if they like my “cooking.” Their nods of approval are a bit too much. Same is the mantra for breakfasts and lunches. Just wash, slice, heat, stir or pour and go. ![]() Nothing mashed, nothing needing to be mixed. Cereal isn’t a backup it’s a legitimate meal choice. ![]() It could be strawberries or watermelon slices, mac and cheese, cold baby carrots, oranges, a turkey hot dog, maybe slices of a red or green apple. ![]() This way of feeding my family is a framework of what I can do with simply a knife, a cutting board, a pan, and my wooden spatula - with the microwave as my sous-chef (in 10 minutes or less).Ī picnic dinner could consist of cucumber slices and cherry tomatoes, chicken and a crescent roll. I’m not going to spend these next years worrying about making dinner exciting, new, or different. Because I know this time playing with my kids won’t last. And the thought of this, this growing-up-too-fast grief, encourages me to not cook “real” meals for my kids. Especially when, in three years, my almost-seven-year-old probably won’t care so much about our chill time together. To me, what’s for dinner just isn’t an important part of our lives right now. Snow cones at today #summervibes #houstonkids #htx #houstontx #whatsupfromHouston #nofilterbaby #snowconesĪ post shared by Isobella on at 5:23pm PDT I’m being true t o myself and letting their interests be the centerpiece of our life. The reason I can play a round of UNO before bed is because I’m not cleaning up pots or scrapping leftovers into Tupperware. I’d rather mix oil and water and blue food coloring to make a cool sensory ocean in a recycled plastic water bottle, and tilt it upside down 10 times. I would rather spend the time spent stirring, marinating or worrying about the timer, focusing on my kids. The 20 minutes it takes me to get one decent pancake, in my opinion, is time wasted - that also took me away from enjoying my kids during the fleeting minutes and hours we have together to connect each day. When I have given it an attempt, my onion soup is too salty, my lasagna is somehow wet and sloppy on the inside and black on the edges, my stuffed mushrooms stiff as a rock, and it all makes me feel like crap while I order a backup pizza. And although my Texas-born husband would probably just happily cover my burnt dinner results with hot sauce and eat them anyway, I feel cooking is a gamble that most of the time has brought out the worst in me. The dump and swirl of ingredients into a crockpot looks kind of gross to me as a first step. The orderliness and step-by-step process of measurement gives me anxiety - and reminds me of how much I sucked at math in school. If you make mistakes you will end up delivering a worse product to the customer, which will result in worse tips.Cooking a traditional meal is not only too time-consuming for me as a parent (what with the prepping, waiting and cleanup) it also conflicts with the essence of who I truly am. The second that you begin a new day, you have to be on it from start to finish. The biggest tip we have for newer players is to try and stay focused at all times. This only continues to get more and more true as you get deeper into the game. There is almost for sure another task that you can start working on. There should never be a moment where you are just sitting around doing nothing. It gets hard when there is more than one customer to deal with at once! This is when it gets especially important to multitask during Papa's Cupcakeria. If it's done correctly, you get a big tip! Spend your tips to buy new clothes, upgrades, and furniture for your cupcakeria. To start the game just click on the "save slot" cards. Take the customer's order, bake the cupcakes, and give it to the customer. Please refresh the page (your progress will be saved) and we are working on getting it fixed ASAP. NOTE: We are aware of an issue in the Blender Ball mini-game where your ball can get stuck.
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