Wednesday 10 February 2010

Latest book and pasta!

Yesterday I managed to start a new book....
tonight I stole some me time and languished in a hot bath with Patricia Cornwell (well the book obviously!) I enjoy reading and must find some more time to catch up on my 'to read' pile of books. Next week is half term and I am off work with no hard and fast routine so I may get to lie in bed with a book or two, fingers crossed!

Today hubby and I were uninspired when planning dinner partly as we haven't managed a proper shop this week so we opted for the store cupboard staple....
Pasta! There are only a few meals that the four of us will all eat and enjoy. This is because DD is actually extremely fussy. I don't know why or how this fussiness has come about but we seem to be stuck with it! DS eats almost anything and loves to try new and varied foods. DD became a vegetarian over a year ago and loves most carbohydrates, several vegetables and will have certain veggie versions of burger, sausage and bacon. She doesn't do any sauces/stews or anything out of 'her' ordinary! So pasta starts off plain in our house, DD would opt for cheese and peas the rest of us like sauce, some veg and even some meat at times!! At least we can eat something together, although the rissotto I showed here last week is really loved by everyone and we all have exactly the same (shock horror!). Any fussy eaters in your house? Favourite family meals??

7 comments:

  1. Oh, I so relate to fussy daughters lol... In our family though we have such different tastes!! We have pizza as a treat now and then and we all have totally different toppings. There is no meal that we will all eat in its entirety but I've become adept at cooking certain components for all of us and tweaking the extras to suit each of us individually....

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  2. You are LIVE guest poster friend!!!

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  3. A reader after my own heart...love Patricia Cornwell.
    In our family there are only 2 meals everybody eats.....roast dinner [though DD wil only eat certain meats] and lasagne...but now they are older....if they don't like what I'm cooking....tough!!!....they know where the kitchen is!

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  4. We are getting better with meals we will all eat slowly - but there is usually one who turns up their nose!! I started the latest Val McDermid last night - good so far.

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  5. aargh dont get me started!!! One of my boys only likes things a certain way, will eat things his nanna gives him but when I do them - he doesnt like them - he never used to be this fussy!! My youngest will give anything a try - bless him. Lol x

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  6. I'm still trying new things on DS. If he turns his cute little nose up at it, then he goes without!

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  7. ooh I love Patricia Cornwell (again, her books of course!) ;) xx

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