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I am Super Chef

December 23, 2013 by Mona Andrei 9 Comments

Well, well, guess who made something YUMMY yesterday, awesome readers!

I cooked something and believe it or not, my son said, “Wow!”

Yup. True story.

What?!! You don’t believe me? I would NEVER lie to you, my awesomenesses!

Well, unless if you were holding a gun to my head and asking me where I keep “the jewels”. Then I might lie and say that I keep them at my neighbour’s. (Sorry neighbour.)

But since no one’s holding a gun to my head, here’s how the cooking thing happened . . .

It all started when I was sitting at my desk yesterday afternoon, working on my book. Only I wasn’t really working on my book because the words were stuck in some constipated corner of my mind.

Suddenly I heard a shout from the kitchen:

“There’s nothing to eat around here!”

It was my son.

“Cereal!” I shouted back.

PS. When I’m quasi-writing I often speak in monosyllables. Even when said monosyllables have more than one syllable – such as with the word CE-RE-AL.

But when I looked up and saw my son standing at the door of my office holding an empty box of Lucky Charms, I realized that it was time to take a break and stop staring at the blank screen of my laptop.

I got up from my desk and as I walked towards the kitchen, could feel the determination of a prize-fighting chef lurking within with every footstep.

PS. Possibly “prize-fighting chef” in this case means “frustrated writer”.

PPS. Also, my son and I watched The Incredible Hulk over the weekend so possibly some of my attitude may have been a residue from that.

And that, dear readers, is how I got to make something “wow”.

Here’s a pic of . . . well I don’t really have a name for it but it involves chicken. And noodles. Oh and ginger. And some saucy stuff I bought at Club Price.

I have yet to name this deliciousness.
I have yet to name this deliciousness.

Notice the halo thingy around the bowl? Even the heavens recognized the greatness of this dish!

My son’s response (after the “wow”):

“Why can’t you make stuff like this more often?”

His words made me feel proud. Actually more than just “proud”. I felt DELIGHTED. I felt like . . .

SUPER CHEF!!!

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But then he said this:

“I think the worst thing you’ve ever made was that lasagne last week . . . No actually that’s just the worst thing you’ve ever made recently. I could probably write a book on the stuff you’ve made that was bad.”

That’s when I realized that me wearing a cape in the kitchen is just ridiculous.

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  1. Kim says

    December 23, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    HaHa – love that your son said WOW!!! And, one day he will learn to leave off the rest so that you can keep your cape!!!

    Reply
    • Mona Andrei says

      December 23, 2013 at 10:58 pm

      Thanks, Kim! And yes! I think that’s the next thing I need to teach him 🙂

      Reply
  2. Anne @ FoodRetro says

    December 24, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    Play to your strengths! Obviously your son just hasn’t discovered he was the one destined to be the cook in the family 🙂

    Reply
    • Mona Andrei says

      December 25, 2013 at 2:01 pm

      lol – Thanks, Anne. Although I have to admit: my son . . . cooking . . . all I see is a big messy kitchen 🙂

      Reply
  3. Jenn vanOosten (@YouPinspireMe) says

    January 3, 2014 at 2:27 am

    Aw, I love it! I’d certainly eat it! But then again, I’d eat cereal for every meal of the day if I let myself. 😉

    Reply
    • Mona Andrei says

      January 3, 2014 at 2:17 pm

      Thanks, Jenn. Cereal is pretty big around here too 🙂

      Reply

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