The “What’s for Dinner?” question plagues most mothers. With 365 days in a year, each with the opportunity to decide what to feed your family for dinner, it is no wonder many a mother is frustrated by the dinner dilemma. Even though a major part of my professional employment comes from developing recipes, I too will have weeks when making the dinner decision is difficult. I’ll ask the kids, “What are you hungry for?” You’d think with the “cooking lady” as their mother, a long list of meal ideas would roll off their tongues. But, no. They “don’t know” what they are hungry for. Or if they do know, their heart’s (or stomach’s) desire never includes anything we have the ingredients in the house to prepare. So I resort to listing possibilities. I outline the contents of the freezer and pantry, describing the possible mealtime options. Girl-child declares that she wants pizza…delivery…on a night when I’m trying to save money by eating what we already have in the house. Then comes the night when I realize the refrigerator is overflowing with remnants of past meals. After two or three days of cooking great family dinners, I’ll declare it a “leftovers” night. Leftovers at my house can be really good. Most people would love to come to my house for leftovers. Right now there’s Pasta Bolognese, Asian Beef Skewers with Sticky Noodles and Mushroom-Brie Chicken. As good as all of that sounds, the word “leftovers” leads to sighs and moans…sometimes even the “oh no, not Pasta Bolognese again…” from the kids. Somehow it doesn’t seem quite fair that in most families the mom has to come up with the meal plans. I think that’s been one of the most rewarding parts of writing the quick cooking column for The Augusta Chronicle. It is nice to know that maybe once in a while I unburden another mother and help her solve her “What’s for Dinner” dilemma.