When I was inside hospitals and rehab centers for four extended stays in 2019 I had a lot of strange thoughts. Some were silly, some were scary. One of them, when everyone seemed to be convinced I wouldn’t recover was simply “Oh no. I won’t ever cook dinner again.”
Of course, cooking dinner night after night is a chore, one that can feel overwhelming at times. But my situation was unusual. As the single Dad of three teenagers three nights a week, I only cooked meals on two of those nights — on the third one we’d order food or go out for dinner.
Finding something easy to prepare that all three would eat was sometimes a challenge, so I eventually settled on good old spaghetti as a most reliable option. I had to cook large amounts of it because they were growing teenagers.
When in season, I’d cut up green onions from the garden, garlic cloves, basil leaves, and other herbs from the store.
I loved serving it to them.
Anyway, since I basically lost that whole year in 2019, I’ve gradually returned to cooking on occasion. Last night, thinking about all this, it was a platter filled with the meal pictured above.
I cooked enough for six and I believe that’s how many eventually ate it. Maybe seven. But schedules are complicated around here on Wednesday nights for everyone but me and I ended up eating my meal alone.
It tasted good.
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