Me vs Them: The Cornbread

One of the things that caused an hour delay yesterday was the fact that I could not figure out what the feck to cook for dinner. My kids are very picky, so it's a task meal planning a lot of the time.  I also like to try new meals. WHY I want cook new exciting, but kid-friendly meals when I am alone with 3 children under 4? Because I must have dated a dominatrix in my past life and instead of getting whipped by my leather bound a mistress , I whip myself with crazy high goals.

So today, I did not want to make the same mistake. My lovely friend took the youngest two this morning AND my cleaning lady was here, so should be feeling on top of the world! No, I have loads of laundry, trash to take out, bedroom, to organize and clean, and figure out what the feck to cook. I did some laundry, cleaned some of  my room, and took out all the trash (yes!). The reason I didn't finish the laundry and cleaning my room was because I was STILL stumped on what to cook. Was thinking about General Tso's Chicken, but my kids, especially my daughter, hates anything remotely spicy, so I had to nip that. I browsed online, went through all my cookbooks and then it clicked to go with a favorite: Mac 'n' Cheese with cornbread. The kids all love pasta and cornbread, and my son has a weird love for mac 'n' cheese period, so I thought I was golden.

Well while cooking, I had my mise en place, was well organized, dishes and teeny workspace is looking clean. The baby comes in pissed, and I say wait. Gotta finish. So he cries and cries, and when he's pissed he looks to destroy anything he in front of him. Well, unbeknownest to me he turned the fecking oven up on 250C which is 482F. So while prepping the mac 'n'cheese, I smell the bread and say, "damn that smells like it's almost done! That's not right!" I almost sort of saved it in  time. It wasn't burnt, but it was soo dry and not my normal stuff. The kids didn't like it and they're cornbread crazy, but at least the mac 'n' cheese went down well. I am going to bake cornbread again Friday along with some other stuff.  That'll learn me for being so sure.

The sun will come ooooout tomorrow...