I like recipes, but I don't always like to cook. I guess it's because my audience for my recipes are not always excited about my new dishes and I'm bored very easily with the same old stuff.
My audience includes:
- an 8 yr old who will eat most anything, but doesn't seem to like cooked carrots or some things that are stew-like especially if they have carrots and he groans when I say we're having chicken for some reason. I know he likes chicken so I'm not sure why the groan.
- a 10 yr old that is a bit picky, but sometimes amazes me and will try new things, but only if it has some things in it that she already likes. It took her a good 4 years to even start to enjoy eating mashed potatoes...now she can't get enough of them, but is learning to appreciate other ways of eating them. She also doesn't care for rice served under things. Under Crawfish Etouffee it is just fine, but under anything else....she requests a little bit please. She does not eat our yummy farm eggs or any eggs for that matter. She hasn't since she was about 1 1/2 yrs old and got sick after eating some scrambled ones. I'm not sure what it is...I can't get her to try them at all and I can normally get her to try most things. She does however eat French Toast so we have that about once a week. She knows that there is egg all over the bread, but I guess that a little sweet syrup takes care of any fuss she may have about them! LOL
- a 34 yr old hubby (well not yet, but soon-just in case he reads this post today!) who is not all that fond of trying out new foods. He could probably be happy most everyday with a big ol' thick steak seasoned and grilled to perfection, a baked potato loaded with sour cream and maybe some butter, and lettuce with Italian dressing. Notice I didn't say 'salad'. He really prefers just lettuce and if it were possible, just iceberg, which isn't lettuce as far as I'm concerned-ick! I rarely ever have iceberg here, but almost always have some Romaine, Butterhead, Red or Green Leaf, Spinach, Red Cabbage, etc. in the fridge. What ever I can get at the store on sale that's not Iceberg!
But I have to say they do try most of the things I make and many times like it and want it again. Sometimes I try and find those 'comfort food' recipes. They normally go over good. Of course the good old 'American Fare' or Italian is always welcome. I made a great Manicotti a week or so ago and it was YUM! Last night it was an oven stewed chicken, which after cooking for 2 1/2 hours, I deboned and put over rice. Son didn't finish it (it was stewed and had carrots!). Of course this isn't Piccadilly's and so what I make is what they are eating...
This week I want to try a meatball recipe to make the meatball subs that they all like. I also have a recipe for Greek Gyros from a site I visited this morning. Hubby loves those and we have lamb meat in the freezer since we raise them (It tastes nothing like the meat from the store of course; ours is much more mild. The kids love it). I also have a couple more recipes from online today while browsing a new site that I found when signing up for a book giveaway over at the Year in Bread website.
One thing they did like that I didn't think they would, was a curry dish that I made. I left out the raisins that it called for and added some peas, but didn't alter it otherwise. It was well received even by the pea hating husband who had seconds that night! LOL. He did sort of complain about the peas, but he didn't try and pick them all out!
