Macaroni, a kind of pasta shaped like tiny curved tubes, but where I’m from, any pasta that isn’t spaghetti is called macaroni. I don’t know why. I guess it’s just one of those things that get renamed by some people.
My son, SonTer, loves macaroni, so I make sure I have enough and a variety of “macaroni”.
I have five months till he goes to secondary boarding school.
Yesterday I was doing some thinking and told myself I would be intentional about the time we have left. One sweet thing a day, wish me luck here.
He loves surprises, no matter how little. So for his school lunch today, I packed for him a “macaroni” surprise.
What was in my “macaroni” surprise?
- Cavatappi – twisted, ringed and longer than macaroni
- Farfalle – ribbon shaped
- Penne – straight tubes, wider than macaroni tubes
- Fusilli – twisted like a screw
- Conchiglie – shell shaped
I’ve never cooked more than one pasta in a meal for him before. I have only done that in my salads and he’s not a fan of salads so I doubt he has ever seen it.
I dropped him off at school and I’ve been at work, smiling at myself, imagining his reaction when he opens his plate to find what I made.
One day win.
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