Nom nom nom

[Rapscallion]

Made some golden rice using turmeric today. First time ever. Damn, that was nice - dab of mayonnaise, some toasted pine kernels, the rice, and some chicken.

Can heartily advise it.

Rapscallion

[Cazzi]

Oooh nice
I was just wondering what to make for dinner too

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Now that sounds pretty good . . . if only I had family that didn't mind trying new things.

It's hard to be creative in a meat and potatoes world.

[lupo pazzesco]

Now that sounds pretty good . . . if only I had family that didn't mind trying new things.

It's hard to be creative in a meat and potatoes world.

Tell me about it!!

I told mama what I made for dinner tonight, and heard my sister gagging in the background. (Rolled sole fillets stuffed with spinach, feta, mushrooms and garlic; served with some sweet corn, and a spinach tomato feta pasta salad using orzo)

Philistines.... >.>

[Andara Bledin]

I told mama what I made for dinner tonight, and heard my sister gagging in the background. (Rolled sole fillets stuffed with spinach, feta, mushrooms and garlic; served with some sweet corn, and a spinach tomato feta pasta salad using orzo)

Oooh... I'd totally be all over that.

^-.-^

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Tell me about it!!

I told mama what I made for dinner tonight, and heard my sister gagging in the background. (Rolled sole fillets stuffed with spinach, feta, mushrooms and garlic; served with some sweet corn, and a spinach tomato feta pasta salad using orzo)

Philistines.... >.>

That sounds interesting as well.

And I would've heard my mom and brother gagging too had that been me.

Oh well . . . maybe one day.

[Cazzi]

Now that sounds pretty good . . . if only I had family that didn't mind trying new things.

Sounds like my household. Both my 2 are very limited in what they eat, & of course they both like different things. I love trying new things though.

At least now they're both old enough to make their own food when I don't feel like cooking 3 different meals

[Jester]

At least now they're both old enough to make their own food when I don't feel like cooking 3 different meals

Please tell me you're exaggerating when you suggest you used to have cook 3 different meals for them.

My parents had a very simple point of view: this is what's for dinner. You are eating it. Or you don't eat. End of story.

And sometimes, we didn't even have the option of not eating. It was more like: Eat. Or there will be consequences. My father was very persuasive that the consequences would not be pleasant.

(I am beginning to think the intimidating gaze and vocal tone are hereditary. Yay genes!)

[Teysa]

Remind me to invite myself to your house for dinner, Lupo. That sounds yummy. I live with a meat and potatoes guy but he is willing to at least try new things. He has food allergies so I do have to be careful in my experimentation. Mushrooms are definitely out unless I decide I want to collect the life insurance money.

In fact, I started cooking a lot of his favorites at home because it's much easier to control the ingredients that way. *Grumbles at how hard it is to find things without soy*

Growing up, my parents had the 'you don't leave the table till you've finished that food' rule. Let's just say it's a good thing we had a dog.

[Cazzi]

Please tell me you're exaggerating when you suggest you used to have cook 3 different meals for them.

My parents had a very simple point of view: this is what's for dinner. You are eating it...

My son has always been very limited in what he eats, even as a kid it was a struggle to get him to try anything out of his comfort zone & even now some things he used to eat have fallen out of favour.

My daughter on the other hand has quite a few problems. When she was young, she would try new things, but as she's gotten older, she's also become rigid in her food habits, and goes through phases or say eating one thing for a few days.

Last year I was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance, so now there's a lot of stuff I can't eat either; and with the price of some of the food substitutions & the fact that at the moment I'm not employed on medical grounds and am also "carer" to my daughter, I can't afford to cook the expensive alternative for all of us to end up throwing it away

So, yes, as they became older & it became clear that things weren't going to change much, unless it was something we all liked, I made different things, for one, it cut down on a lot of waste & saved a fair bit of money. Sometimes life just works out that way

[Andara Bledin]

My parents had a very simple point of view: this is what's for dinner. You are eating it. Or you don't eat. End of story.

And sometimes, we didn't even have the option of not eating. It was more like: Eat. Or there will be consequences. My father was very persuasive that the consequences would not be pleasant.

That's actually a good way to give kids food hangups.

Thankfully, my brother's tastes are very similar to my mom's and I'll eat almost everything they do and a dozen other things besides.

In fact, I started cooking a lot of his favorites at home because it's much easier to control the ingredients that way. *Grumbles at how hard it is to find things without soy*

Marie Callendar's would be right out. They use mushrooms in most of their sauces, from what I hear.

My son has always been very limited in what he eats, even as a kid it was a struggle to get him to try anything out of his comfort zone & even now some things he used to eat have fallen out of favour.

My brother was not an adventurous eater. So my mom had one simple rule.

Take one bite. If you really don't like it, you don't have to eat it, but you have to at least try it.

Oh, and we were mostly on our own for getting replacement food, but as long as it was food and not junk, we could have whatever was available that we could make.

So, yes, as they became older & it became clear that things weren't going to change much, unless it was something we all liked, I made different things, for one, it cut down on a lot of waste & saved a fair bit of money. Sometimes life just works out that way

At least in that sort of situation, you could make three full meals, then store the leftovers for future meals. Saves both money and time.

^-.-^

[shankyknitter]

my family isn't very experimental when it comes to food. Thankfully I've managed to land friends who are in love with foods I've never known existed and have been able to broaden my food horizons. Sadly I'm going home for the summer and have to live without my lamb and sushi. *pouts*

[Magpie]

My parents always had the rule of "if you don't like it tough". My sister ate cereal for dinner fairly often as a child...