I cooked.
Yeppers.
This week I made a meal.
The bread is an awesome, easy recipe from Heidi,my bama friend.
(it didn't look pretty. I need practice on the shaping of the loaf, but I made it myself - from scratch! and it tasted marvelous.)
And the soup was so easy!
That one is from my other friend, Natalie!
Thanks for helping me feed my kids! (kind of)
Try them both. Really. Just do it. You'll be happy.
In a crock pot...
Dump in:
2lb bag of frozen hash browns (cube style)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of celery soup
2 cans chicken broth
1 med. onion finely chopped
1 - 8oz. package of cream cheese cut into small cubes
Salt, pepper and garlic to taste.
Mix well. Cook in crockpot on low all day.
I wasn't paying attention when she told me she used a can of cheddar cheese soup instead of the celery soup - so next time I'll use cheddar although the celery one was still yummy, just had chunks of celery in it...did not thrill my kiddos.
Which leads me into my next topic - what the title of this post refers to.
My kids! Love 'em. Really, really do.
And I could totally handle if they didn't like one or two things.
All right. I just deleted my rant. Embarassing. Fine.
So they are picky eaters.
There are worse things.
Suffice it to say, I calmed down,
emptied the laundry basket and put all the food back in the pantry.
Then quietly/lovingly told the kiddos that if they are going to be such picky eaters things may be difficult sometimes. Sometimes meals may work out for them, sometimes they may not.
You decide for yourself :
"Will I still eat the hamburger even though those McD guys put ketchup on it when we specifically said 'plain'?"
What can you do.
One thing that stuck in my head from last weekend in Nashville was
"Teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves."
I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do that. (What is the punishment? She said you re-teach the principle, but how do the consequences work into it?)
And I'm not sure if it really applies to picky eaters, but...
What do you think?
How do you handle (or wish you handled) picky eaters?
(try the soup!)
6 comments:
I will try the soup for sure --love soups. ALSO Emma's Miss Olivia is picky picky picky --seems like more and more kids are these days. Tell me more about your stay in Nashville with Cassie and photos and stuff. HANG IN THERE-have a family home evening night with a prize to the kid who eats the most "I HATE IT'S" Kinda like Survivor eating the bugs etc.
My kids are notoriously picky eaters. They have also always been on the small side of the growth chart. So, the rule in our house is you have to try what is made. If you truly, sincerely, don't like it, you can have cereal (no sugared cereal at our house), or a PB&J sandwich. They kids are actually starting to eat more veggies, etc... all because I've held to my guns over the years. Also, if you don't eat what is made for dinner, you don't get the "side" dishes (ie, rolls, garlic bread, etc...). Good luck with this one...it takes YEARS!
Excellent - I want to try this!
Your bread reminds me of when I attempted my firts bread experience. At least yours was edible! Matt & I kept ours handy just in case someone broke in. =) Yes, it was that hard. Good thing I didn't give up, I love making homemade bread and rolls now. I can never eat just one slice/roll!
Hey, quick question. Do you mind if I linked you onto my blog?
Make them eat it till they puke.
My first reaction is to go along with what Cally thinks. They will eat it and puke trying!!! I have a story though. My boy Tyler is a very picky eater. He will not try anything and has caused Caryn and I a lot of problems. We decided one day to make him eat the dinner....NO MATTER WHAT! Well it was Tuna fish for dinner that night and long story short we ended up cleaning tuna fish off the walls and floor. That darn turkey(kid) launched that dinner everywhere!!
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