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Sunday lunch in our house is never planned. I open the fridge, stare at it for five minutes, and then improvise based on whatever my kids haven't rejected yet. Today's menu: hand-pulled noodles (the store-bought kind, don't judge me — I'm not my grandmother), a tomato egg stir-fry that's so simple it barely counts as cooking, and the leftover braised pork from yesterday that somehow tastes even better than when I first made it. My oldest insisted on 'helping' crack the eggs. Two out of three made it into the bowl. The third one ended up on the counter, where my younger one immediately tried to draw in it with her finger. I counted to five and decided this was fine. The best moment of cooking with kids isn't the food — it's the quiet that falls over the kitchen when they're both focused on a task. Chopping scallions. Tossing noodles. Licking the spoon when they think I'm not looking. We sat down at 1pm, the table a mess of mismatched bowls and spilled soy sauce. My younger one announced: 'Mama, this is the best lunch ever.' She says that every week. I still believe her every time.
