Dump-n-Bake

Dave is a great cook. He likes to look up recipes and try them out. His cheese cake is awesome and his smoked ribs are to die for. Maybe this is the reason I am so shocked at some of his less creative meals. I am thinking it is a mid-life man thing becasue I remember my dad also getting creative in the kitchen with a few less than desirable meals. There was even a time his meal was green. I don't remember that happening,

but the story is legend at our house.

I have named some of Dave's cassaroles Dump-n-Bake. He opens the refrigerator door, grabs items and dumps them together. Amber and I have worked hard to make him realize that just because you glue everything together with what ever Cambells soup you can find and then cement it with cheddar cheese...

a meal this does not make.

A few weeks ago he made a version of tater tot cassarole....I think. It had hamburger, beens, cream soup of some sort and tater tots. Good start. We think he tried to make the meal go a little further since with Amber and Pat here we needed to feed more. Well that is the reasoning I choose to believe. He then mixed in whole oyster crackers and tore string cheese into strips for the top and baked it.

I believe his feelings were hurt when we made fun of it.

The texture was really odd but it was edible.

This week was worse.   Again, a version of tater tot cassarole..again I think.  We had left over spegetti on the bottom layer. I am thinking there was a veggie in there some place. I know there was some kind of cream soup, I am thinking it was cream of broccoli. There was hamburger and cheese and tater tots. Thinking that it may not have enough liquid he squirted ranch dressing all over it.  Sorry Dave...it was, uh, it was bad.

He got a little defensive, But I noticed he did have a little smile on his face

as he took his plate of unfinished food to the sink.

I have asked him to please to never make dump-n-bake again.