I'm a dumper as a cook, my duaghters hate that, they'll ask for a recipe, and I have no idea how much to add.
I am exactly the same way...
I must make meat loaf different than most people, when the kids were on their own, but still living here in town, if I wanted them home for a meal, all I had to do is call them and say meat loaf and home made scalloped potatoes on the table at 6...never failed, all 3 of them were at the table. I would laugh at them and say they are the only kids in the world that love meatloaf.