I've been cooking my own meals pretty much since I was allowed to use the stove. For many many many years. I just don't eat the same foods as my parents, especially within the last year and a half since going mostly primal, so I just always cook my own food. Sometimes I will make something and my mom will ask if she can have some; on a rare occasion she will make something I'll eat. One thing I've always loved, something my whole family used to love and one of the only meals we'd really eat as a family, was spaghetti and meatballs. My mom HATES to make it because you cook the meatballs in a frying pan with oil and the oil gets everywhere and makes a big mess with lots of dishes, but she will still make it sometimes because we all like it. Unfortunately, the meatballs are made with an egg-soaked pieces of bread mixture, so it went on the "cannot eat" list after I realized gluten was making me sick.
Well, I just came home from work a bit ago. She works for a school so she's been off work since last Monday and today too, so this afternoon she apparently made spaghetti and meatballs for my dad. While making them, she set off a big chunk of the meat mixture to the side BEFORE adding the bread mixture... and she made me meatballs without the bread. Just for me.
And I really really REALLY didn't want to cook dinner tonight, too.
My mommy is awesome <3