Don't say...cooking.
Somedays I just cannot cope with the idea of cooking a meal for the tribe....I work on the principle of serving what is guaranteed to be eaten with the least potential for complaint. It's just that you might spend an hour preparing a meal only to hear "Yuk !"...it's pretty demoralising- also asking "What's for dinner ?" is banned at this house coz I don't wanna hear that they don't like it. After all, I do try to make stuff they like.
Here is my mother (mother of 6 sons to boot) smiling as she checks the pots and pans...I can only think that maybe Dad did the washing up.
Tonight though I am gonna try to improve our general health and puree onion, carrot and shallots into a pulp and cook it secretly into the spaghetti meat. Wish me luck - I haven't done it before and I cannot be held responsible for my reaction if someone returns it to the kitchen.
Wish me luck.
Somedays I just cannot cope with the idea of cooking a meal for the tribe....I work on the principle of serving what is guaranteed to be eaten with the least potential for complaint. It's just that you might spend an hour preparing a meal only to hear "Yuk !"...it's pretty demoralising- also asking "What's for dinner ?" is banned at this house coz I don't wanna hear that they don't like it. After all, I do try to make stuff they like.
Here is my mother (mother of 6 sons to boot) smiling as she checks the pots and pans...I can only think that maybe Dad did the washing up.
Tonight though I am gonna try to improve our general health and puree onion, carrot and shallots into a pulp and cook it secretly into the spaghetti meat. Wish me luck - I haven't done it before and I cannot be held responsible for my reaction if someone returns it to the kitchen.
Wish me luck.
August 12, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Love the photo of your Mum and I am so impressed with your culling - have created a new password so let's hope I can remember it this time. Happy cooking - I am always trying to hide healthy like things in my cooking. Good luck
Pandy
August 12, 2008 at 6:34 PM
what a novel idea - I love it. I might try and hide beetroot in something.
August 12, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Nice to know that both Pandy and J are doin' the same thing as me....those pink pancakes weren't coloured with beetroot, were they ?
Can I report that I totally got away with it tonight but it was still a bit chunky so we ate by candle-light and that fooled 'em.
August 13, 2008 at 1:54 PM
The apple never falls far from the tree, does it?
I remember one of your (our) "ancestors" notoriously trying to improve the healthiness of a pizza by hiding bean sprouts under the cheese!!!
(Tasted like someone had stuck half a hay bale in there!)