This weekend for fall break i got to go home for the first time in two months. The first thing i wanted when i got home was a home cooked meal of anything my parents have made before. Of course the weekend i go home so does my older brother which means he has the choice of what the meal is. Normally i hate what he picks because it is pork chops or something i was forced to eat as a child that i do not like now. Which we learned in psychology that being forced to eat something or being shunned form eating certain things and then when you’re older liking them and not liking them is common. This is common especially among sweets when children are not allowed to eat sweets as a child and when they get older they love sweets.

The recipe my dad uses

Back to my home cooked meal, my brother chose to have jambalaya. We used to eat this all the time when my dad would cook on the weekends so i have grown to like it very much. This time my dad added shrimp into the mix with the sausage and chicken. I actually enjoyed this version more than the other version. This could be from me getting older and my taste buds changing as i get older to like different things. As a child i did not like shrimp but now as a young adult it is one of my favorite foods to eat all different kinds of ways.

This home cooked meal and this trip home was exactly what i needed to relieve the stress from college.