My back was to the wall. No other options. No kid food in my back pocket to bail me out . . . and they liked it! Most of them even had seconds! Total success.
Now, I am the first person to say that when it comes to feeding children dinner that you should only have one dinner option. Or make that two . . . take it or leave it. For me, it has been a matter of survival. If I offered other options or acted as a short order cook, I would literally have six different meals I would have to make. (I am assuming that Mark would throw me a bone and let me cook him what I was eating, but I may be just assuming!)
Let me jump off my soapbox, though, because I used to have one exception to that rule, and that was fish. I started off serving fish when the boys were younger and I would call it "white meat". They caught on eventually (Patrick has a keen nose) and began to revolt. So, I would usually cook hot dogs or chicken nuggets to serve alongside.
Recently, I started cooking extra fish, as some of my more adventurous eaters began asking for "bites". Well, the bites became bigger and soon I started not having enough for Mark and my main course. I took the plunge a couple of months ago and cooked tilapia for everyone and they loved it. In fact, I ran out of it! Slowly but surely, I have been working other fish into my plans with great success. Score!
A long time ago I had read that children would often need to be introduced to a new food many times (I think they had said something like fifteen!) before they would start to like it. I would have to say that I agree with that. Sometimes it doesn't take so long, other times (mushrooms, beans, fish) it takes much longer. Keep at it and you may turn your picky eaters around!
Now to the meals . . .
Monday: General Tsao's Chicken, rice, edamame
More on this later this week. Chinese is always a hit here!
Tuesday: Omelets, hash browns, fruit salad
This meal was pushed back from last week. I love breakfast for dinner!
Wednesday: Moroccan Chicken, couscous, baked sweet potatoes
This sounds yummy. More recipes from The Six O'clock Scramble.
Thursday: Fettuccine with Chickpea Sauce, zucchini and tomato saute, bread
Ditto the source. Sounds good, but the boys will be bummed that it is meatless.
Friday: Dinner out for the Blue Jackets game!
Saturday: Breaded Tilapia with Garlic-Lime Sauce, rice, green beans
Hopefully my success with fish will continue. Everyone has enjoyed tilapia in the past.
Sunday: Pizza out for baseball meeting
Enjoy!
Have a good week!
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