Erin As mothers and wives, we usually put all the pressure on oursleves. Whether it is the family calendar, school shit, health of our crotch goblins, and also everyone’s nutrition. We want to be like those parents who post on Instagram of their beautiful keto gluten soy earth friendly brightly colored crap! Not that we want to eat it, but we want our meals to be as vibrant and eye appealing. I do not forsee myself posting pics of my salisbury steak or beef and noodles because honestly it tastes great, but it looks like shit on a plate!
We worry about our kids having too much sugar which will rot their teeth and cause higher dentist bills (I hate the dentist with my kids). We worry about serving them two starches in any meal because somehow that gets the worst reactions from judge-a-moms everywhere! We worry about giving our kids too many foods with dyes because according to bullshit studies everywhere, they will die (I don’t get it). We worry that they are not getting enough fruits and veggies because the pediatrician always demands a number on the spot (I may or may not always just throw out a number). We worry about our kid’s milk consumption because if you give them too much apparently you want an obese child, if you do not give them enough their bones will crackle and they will die! Whoooooo now I am questioning my dinner plans!!!!!
All of this weighs on your mind and multiple points of the day, but then you have to add on, “Will they eat this shit or not?” So my illegitimate sister and I have some of the same cooking styles. We do not really follow recipes. We have our “safe” dishes. We know what our hoards will or will not eat, and we can pretty much make each time the same without measuring. But what happens when we change it up even one small bit to promote said better health above? Shit tastes like cardboard! Let me explain…….
Oatmeal is supposed to be really good for you! If you google “How to make meatloaf,” you are guaranteed to find multiple results all using the same ingredient……. oats. These recipes have five star ratings and they look beautiful in the picture. They are, in reality, a negative two stars and look like maggots have infested what you thought would be a perfect, pretty, and healthy dish. Instead of just making your usual guaranteed yummy meatloaf, you tried and now you are stuck ordering a pizza for your kids at 6:30 at night. Not to mention being asked a thousand times during the process when dinner will be done or hearing, “OMG you are trying to starve us!”
Why stray from your trusty recipes? Yes, we want our families to be healthy, but is it really worth the possible heartache to stray from it because you feel pressured by the outside world to be more “picture worthy?” I don’t know about you, but my family has the metabolism of Tom Brady. I’ve realized I do not need to worry so much as to what they are eating, but more of how much they cost me ha ha! I guess what I am trying to put out today is, every family is different. The fact that a mom worries, is what makes her family okay. We may be the force behind what our tiny turds are ingesting, but we need to always trust our instincts. We are moms, and we are way stronger and more competent than we believe ourselves to be!
