Weeknight Meal Gifts

"OK, if I can pass on the duck's blood soup, I'll eat the spinach!"

'I sent out for everything.'

A woman standing beside a stove full of steaming pots and pans.

Chez Nous Menu

"Who ordered the double chocolate parfait with a cherry on top?"

'Of course you're very dear to me - that meal just cost a fortune.'

Rusty, not believing in God, seized his chance...

'I'm worried about him, he eats his vegetables, but not his dessert!'

'Thanksgiving's no holiday for turkeys or the women who cook them.'

"Can you turn these mashed potatoes into french fries?"

'Okay mum, I'll eat it all up. But I doubt I'll grow big and strong on this muck!'

Making healthy substitutions at mealtime

You're the sizzle in my roast!

'I'm thankful you didn't make turnips.'

'And thanks be to the lord that we're going out to eat on Friday...'

A man and baby wearing bibs

"That sister of yours sure has some nerve asking for those leftovers - we earned them."

"When it comes to turkeys, Mom, you sure know your stuff-ing."

"Can you reinvent the classic grilled cheese for me?"

'A hacker broke into our computer and, in an act of human kindness, deleted your mother's recipe for peppers and meat loaf.'

'I'm saving some for leftovers tomorrow.'

"All good things must come to an end...unless I use both of my giant-size super-pots."

"You're close, but you're not the record. The record for one family in one booth—all from out of state, each ordering a complete breakfast—was set in 1978, with fifteen."

''Romantic'? No -- but it makes me feel like having a CROISSANT!'

'You can't have a drumstick because this is roast beef.'

"Do you want the last piece, or can I have it?"

"Mum, why can't we just have a normal Sunday roast like other families?"

"Mother will never be able to rest on her laurels. If they're green, she'll cook them."

"Mom told me to make my vegetables disapear."

The downside of the cupcake bed.

Bedside Manna.

'I knew I needed help when I started going to fast food places only at night so I wouldn't have to share with sea gulls.'

"I mean, he does have a point."

"Tonight, we'll be eating hot dogs with a mustard-ketchup-and-pickle purée, accompanied by peas lightly sprinkled with ketchup. Then fettuccine al dente with a ketchup sauce, followed by applesauce maison with a dollop of you know what!"

"Mom, Eugene picked all the peanuts off the pizza!"