Being grateful for family meal times and mum’s fish pie:
I love my mum’s fish pie.
Since giving up most meat (ok, ok, I’m still a sucker for a bacon sandwich!) fish pie has replaced lasagna as my favourite meal made by my mum.
Featuring cod, smoked haddock, salmon and prawns smothered in a white sauce, the mix is topped with mashed potatoes and a generous sprinkling of cheese. It’s the ultimate comfort food, and is served with some steamed veggies.
Thursday night is our big family dinner tonight, with my sister, brother-in-law and two little nephews joining mum, dad, and me. Since I’m not a meat eater, it’s the only meal we can all enjoy together. Most weeks, when mum makes a roast dinner – which she does even in the middle of summer! – I replace the meat part with a homemade vegetable burger. Or I have something entirely different.
But when it’s fish pie, we all eat the same. And that feels nice.
I really appreciate our family time together, even if it does get a little bit hectic at times. But it’s a happy hectic and I don’t mind that I feel so wiped out afterwards.
It’s moments like these I will always treasure, and will miss once I’m well enough to move on.
It’s sad how family sitting around the dinner table eating together is a dying tradition. It’s not surprising with how busy life can be, but I think it’s a lovely way to catch up on everyone’s day and enjoy some quality time together.
So with this in mind, my happy for today is being grateful for family meal times and my mum’s fish pie.
Fish pie – yum!
Sooooo yum my lovely. You are welcome to come round the next time mum makes it 😉 Xxx