Dinner tonight - or last night.

Do the kids eat all of your creations? It sounds delicious, but kids can be pretty picky.

Chicken breasts can get quite dry and hard, I usually buy chicken thighs, they're much more flavorful and tender.

You’re right, chicken thighs are the way to go. I’ve bought chicken beast before and they were like rubber! The kids like just about everything I cook. I remember when they didn’t like Brussels sprouts until I found this recipe and roasted them in a Lemon Parmesan dressing. They ate them up.

You're a good Mom!
I use Parmesan on Brussels sprouts too and some balsamic glaze in the end.

I parboil them then roast them in the oven with salt pepper and butter for about 5 minutes.

One time I boiled them and then made my own cheese sauce from a recipe I found online. Of course kids always love cheese sauce.

I don’t have to cook tonight. Last time I made chicken and Cajun sausage gumbo I made such a large pot I froze some of it, so it’s defrosting now and all I have to do is make the rice.

Apart from a friend, who was a chef, teaching me tomake lasagne, I've not had any cooking lessons at all, not even at school.

I'm all self taught.

Me too! When I was just married, I burned so many meals. oh my! We were living in a high rise in NYC where the stench permeated through 2 floors and the entire hallway.

I read a lot of cookbooks and watched a lot of shows.

I took a cooking class for two months, the lady was a retired Chef from New York, I decided to take the class after I decided to make hard boiled eggs in the microwave, don't ever try that

My microwave is starting to die.....it works most of the time, but when it's on a self-declared break, it stinks.

Time to buy another one, sighhhhhhh.......I hate shopping for appliances.

On Sunday night we had tomahawk steak. I cooked it African style with suva spices. Yesterday I used the leftovers to make Cornish pasties, freezing half the mix, and I'm currently boiling up the bone to make stock.