Monday, December 29, 2008

Merci!

Big thank yous to everyone who provided wonderful suggestions for my dinnertime dilemmas. I'll comment more specifically when I have time, but for now know that your wisdom is appreciated, and as a result, here was tonight's dinner:

Jerk Chicken (pre-marinated from Nugget Market, Tim and Austin ate this)
Steamed broccoli (everyone ate this)
Tater Tots (the kids and I ate these)
Salad (Tim and I ate this)

Believe it or not, my family LOVES Brussels sprouts (Austin's just ok with them), so it wasn't quite as much of a setup for disaster as it might have seemed for me to cook them. And the dinner recipe wasn't chosen to impress. It actually didn't take that long to make and I chose it because it looked like it had a lot of flavor, it was reasonably healthy, and it seemed like something my family would like. (I used to make a honey and curry chicken dish that everyone loved until I made it too much and they OD'd on it.)

I'm considering starting a different blog to record dinners -- what works, what doesn't, and what I learn. If I go this route, I'll let you know in case you want to play along!

Last night ended with us watching a scary movie, and Tucker unable to sleep. So I spent most of the night on the floor of his room and then I was unable to sleep. So I'm heading off to bed now.

4 comments:

Julianne said...

Ooh, kind of a food blog, then? That sounds cool! What scary movie did you watch???

P.O.M. said...

I love brussel sprouts too. I've been begging my guy to make them (he's the cook). I even buy them but they just sit in the fridge until they get icky.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad things are more at balance with you now.

Take care and best wishes :-) :-).

Matt

ColeC said...

I had made brussle sprouts a few weeks ago when Justin had his girlfriend over for dinner...she hates them (like most kids/people do) but I made her try one anyway because she never had them roasted...she tried it and still hated them. I teased her a bit but was impressed that she at least tried it...I'm so mean LOL

Glad things are better. Just remember you can't please everyone every time, and if I recipe flops, dump it and move on ;)

At least you are a mom who cares enough to cook and trie new things. Not many out there these days who do that. That in itself is huge!