Dinner for Two
Because of busy schedules, I am often making dinner for one, however, I love when my son and I randomly share a free night. When this happens we often find ourselves in the kitchen, cooking a meal together.
I am not really sure how it all began, but years earlier he would come home hungry, and couldn’t wait for dinner to be ready. He would impatiently stand next to me willing the meal to be done, which clearly made the process quicker……not. His impatience morphed into helping chop or stir, and eventually into complete meal preparation together.
Nowadays if nothing has been planned, I’ll throw out ideas around the food already in the house or we may touch base on his way home. He oftened asks if I need him to pick anything up at the grocery store. I love that he is willing to get whatever I need. It’s funny, he always over buys, which I tease him about…..recently, I asked if he would pick up a couple gallons of water and he brought home eight! He is always prepared with abundant supplies and is willing to share with anyone. I adore this boy.
We work together preparing the meal side by side, and each seems to know what needs to be done next, like a well oiled machine. We often talk of how we prepared something in the past that worked or lessons learned.
As the meal is ready we serve ourselves and head into the dining room, where we share the heartfelt meal we’ve prepared together. The best meals are those that end in getting caught up from our busy schedules. As I was writing this post, as luck would have it, we would dine together. We made do with what we had in the fridge…..a red pepper, pancetta and sautéed onion omelet with fresh sliced avocado. Andrew commented it was the best omelet he ever ate, although it wasn’t fancy, it was made with love.
As life continues to happen, it’s only a matter of time before my son will have a place of his own, and we won’t have as many opportunities to prepare a meal together. Until then, whenever I get the chance to enjoy dinner for two, I will make the most of our precious time. Now…… if I could just get that boy to help with the dishes!
Bon appetite!
xoxox…..Sheryl