You know the most important thing to do if you want to be a writer? Practice. And yet, you get home from a long day at work and you know the last thing you want to do is sit down and write. Me too. Until I signed up for Writing 101 – WordPress will sent a prompt every weekday for the month of April.
Day 10: “Tell us something about your favorite childhood meal — the one that was always a treat, that meant “celebration,” or that comforted you and has deep roots in your memory.”
I know many think I was probably the weirdest kid ever, likely because my favourite celebration meal contains a lot of broccoli.
I’m sure my mom was all, “Yes! Parenting win. I ask my kid, ‘what do you want for your birthday dinner?’ and she says curry chicken bake.”
Sure it has a lot of broccoli, but the secret that most kids completely miss is broccoli is only a delivery vehicle. I mean think about all the deliciousness that goes with broccoli: butter, cheese sauce, ranch dressing, the yummy sauce that comes with beef and broccoli, and miracle whip. No I’m not crazy; there is more than one amazing recipe for broccoli salad that has miracle whip.
So my celebration dinner, this Curry-chicken noodle bake simply uses broccoli to deliver curry mixed with mushroom soup, noodles and cheese. To be honest it remains one of my favourite meals today – even the smell of it coming out of the oven takes me home.
And close second is homemade lasagna, but isn’t that everyone’s favourite food?
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