My four children, who are all just lovely, force me to make dinner on occasion.
They don’t hesitate to complain, if they’re unhappy with what I have prepared.

I know, I know, they are spoiled but what is a mother to do.
I am forever trying to make good meals regularly but I need to learn how to cook first!

I always have the urge to experiment in the kitchen and one day I decided to invent my own chicken recipe.
I purchased some chicken wings, a bag of flour, an onion, and some seasoning salt and black pepper, from the supermarket.

After I got the ingredients home, I placed the chicken in a baking dish and covered it with water.
Then I seasoned to taste, covered it with sliced onions, and put it in the oven.

I let it cook for between a half hour and an hour, then mixed in some flour to make thick gravy out of the pan juices.

Thinking I was really doing something, I bragged to everyone else in the house!
It had a great aroma and made me anxious to eat it.
I made rolls to go with the gravy from the chicken.
Not only that, but I baked their favorite after-dinner treat, yellow cake and vanilla icing.
Time had flown by and the aroma was stronger than ever!
Well, about 45 minutes later, I removed the chicken from the oven and thought it turned out great, from the looks of it.

I served my children a nice helping thinking they would love it.
I watched with joy to see the reaction of the first bite – finally my 6 year old had taken it in.

Can you believe it, after just a few minutes, I was thanked with ‘Mommy, do I have to eat it?’
There went my ego!
So, in the end I ended up serving them chicken nuggets, frozen ones at that which they enjoyed!
I have since named that meal a Chicken disaster – I actually thought it was pretty good myself.

I’m going to try and do some further tinkering with this chicken recipe until it turns out just right.

The ultimate goal is to seduce my children into loving it.
The hubby told me it was marvelous, but that was probably only to avoid a week of sleeping on the couch!
Next time I will think twice before trying a recipe with chicken.