Making Different Meals

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I've always been one to make the same meal for everyone at home. While I wouldn't mind, say, cooking a couple of sausages for one and burgers for another, I would mostly make the same meal and expect everyone to eat it. There are a few reasons for this. One is because it's a lot of time and effort (and dish washing) to make separate meals for every person in the family. It's also the way I was brought up and, I think, my ex being so ridiculously fussy made me more determined that my children wouldn't be! I wouldn't mind occasionally doing something different but, generally, going out for a meal was when everyone could choose what they wanted (although I did do my best to make a point of having everyone's favourites at least once a week). D, Midi, and Mini are all good when it comes to food. Mini is the most fussy but he's getting much better at trying different things and he's starting to enjoy more. Well, today, I realised that I am cooking different meals for each of us more often. There are only two of us most the time these days so I don't mind so much. It's not as if I'm cooking four different things. I still prefer to have the same thing, though. It's more a matter of time nowadays. Mini and I hardly seem to be home for five minutes before it's time to be somewhere else! So we do have a lot of quick and easy foods but I do make a point of making proper meals as often as possible, and I've started doing that more when we're at D's as well as when he is here. Not that the quick and easy stuff isn't 'proper' food but I'm sure you know what I mean. Saying that, some of the simplest meals can be very good. Anyway, even though I've always preferred for everyone to have the same while at home and still do that whenever possible and practical, I have noticed myself getting into the habit of doing different things for Mini and myself. So, do you cook for your family? Do you prefer to give them all the same meal or are you happy to make different things for everyone?