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January 24, 2006

Salmon Surprise

Just to set the tone: my son won't eat ice cream, cake (only frosting but not if it has sprinkles), or grapes. This is the level of fussiness I'm dealing with here people. But twice he ate salmon and didn't complain too much. He must have been really hungry.

So now that I'm back in suburbia I hit Costco for some salmon and I cooked it up last night. Karsten wouldn't even think about eating it. I thought fast, made him a quesadilla, didn't mention the fish and viola, I have a salmon eater. When he did notice the salmon I just gave him some ketchup to dip it in.

Night number 2, more salmon. This time I disguise in fish cakes. I wasn't sure how this was going to go down either. I chanced it and added basil, garlic, and onions and cooked up some homemade french fries with the skins on. A miracle! Salmon cakes were scarfed among my two non-eaters. I'm feeling such great accomplishment at this moment. Oh yeah, he wouldn't touch the french fries, not even when I tried to drown them in ketchup.

I'm constantly trying to think of meals that are gourmet enough for me to like but simple enough for the kids to like. I seem to add a recipe each month that is a hit. The biggie this month (besides the fish cakes) is pulled pork sandwiches, which get this, I can make in my crock pot. Just bought more bulk pork at Costco tonight. We might be getting sick of pulled pork pretty soon but for now, life is good.

On the way home from Costco I heard an interview with the CEO of Dream Dinners. The whole concept sounds good but I've never gotten around to trying it. In May they are having a Mother's Day special so the dads can go in and cook up 12 dinners for their wives. Andy, if you're reading this: THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA.

Posted by jana at January 24, 2006 9:16 PM

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Posted by: andy at January 26, 2006 4:03 PM