Dinner tonight - or last night.

We’re having Mexican food for Easter dinner.

I’m going to make my famous Mexican meatball soup, then a big pot of Mexican style beans.

For the beans I’ll be following this recipe.

Pinto Beans With Mexican-Style Seasonings

I've been learning a lot about the deliciousness of a lot of broths I've previously thought were mmmmmm icky.

Learning new things at this age is a good thing especially when it's new deliciousnesses.

checking out the recipe

thanks!

I "love" Spaghetti Bol. But yesterday shops were closed, I had most ingredients but no onions and only pork mince and if I want something I have to have it, not that I want for much.

Checking la fridge, I found a le(a)k, no seriously I did!!! And so I sliced the le(e)k thinly added sliced mushrooms, pork mince thereafter, salt, pepper and tomato sauce, white wine and cooked the pasta. Ended up tasting better than my original normal recipe!

D agreed, given the bowl left in the fridge was gone, no wait he does that every night that he works and comes home.... Still, he's a stick.. Don't get it.

Not doing dinner yet (that'll be chicken and something, maybe toast) but busy busy caramelizing onions... which make me sneeze in the prep time.

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Dinner will be ready in about 40 minutes. My Mexican Meatball soup is almost done and the Mexican style beans have been simmering for 5 hours. I bought some tortilla chips for the soup. Now I’m going to grate a little cheddar cheese to put over the beans. The kids will love it.

I may have violated a law yesterday. I boiled chicken in beef broth. Don't tell anyone, 'k?

we ate like pigs yesterday. We had a trout broil with white asparagus as a "brunch" and then a late suuper of BBQ RIBS. We had a whole rack (of which we each could only eat 3 ribs, and a baked yam and a caeser salad (My first Romaine lettuce was coming in in the hotboxes)


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You probably didn't realize this, but it's supper time here. Now I gotta go out and buy a rack of ribs. It must be done. And I know exactly where to find them. I passed by them and resisted the urge last week. (Can't find freshwater trout over here, though.)

I just got back and they just got put in the over, by Thor. Slathered in some Korean marinade that makes a passable BBQ sauce. The countdown to ribs has begun.

The Puerto Rican is picking up take out from PF Chang’s for us tonight. Antonio is already a pro using chopsticks so tonight we will be having a little fun with Alicia and Alex Martin teaching them as well.

Are both kids eating everything you serve?

Alicia isn’t as finicky as little Alex Martin. There are certain vegetables she doesn’t like, peas and broccoli being two of them but other then that she’s pretty good about eating what we cook.

Now little Alex Martin, that’s a whole other story. He’s always asking to go to McDonalds for dinner. He’s only 3, I think the people who had been raising him pretty much let him eat and do whatever he wanted.

That’s slowing changing.

I’m going to make a beef stroganoff for dinner tonight and he’s going to eat it.

Raw (pre-cooked, really) bacon. Can't do carbs on this diet and couldn't be arsed to re-cook it.

Caveat: This is Korean bacon. Lean-ish. Less fat and sodium than the western variety.

I just got back from the market where I picked up everything for tonight’s beef stroganoff. I also decided to make chicken fettuccine alfredo for Sunday’s dinner so I got everything for that as well.

Fried Potatoes, Smoked Sausages, SauerKrat

Tonight. Tonight...
sounds like West Side Story, doesn't it.
Well, tonight will be diced already roasted chicken (that had had salt and pepper and turmeric and garlic on it) in a white sauce (primarily half and half cooked down a bit) over linguine. Some mushrooms if I can find sauteed ones in the freezer, or else prev cooked garlicy collard greens; oh wait, there's also sauteed bok choy white stems in the freezer. It'll be a white sauce surprise.


sparkledanny, welcome to A2K!

Interesting! Kids learn fast and if they don't get anything else, they'll start eating what's on the table. That's how I did it too! My daughter knew only very basic food items when she first came to me (at age 3), but she was willing to try everything. I used to tell her that she needs only one tablespoon full, if she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to eat it. 99 % she liked immediately.
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Today, I made Polenta - just simple with garlic, fresh herbs and Parmesan.

This is true German food....are you German?

This is my fettuccine alfredo with chicken and sautéed mushrooms I made last night. They ate it and liked it, even the mushrooms.