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nwhikerSo I've whined about my kids and carbs before.
Namely, as a group, they don't like rice, pasta, potatoes, gnocci, polenta, or couscous (which I know is a pasta).
AC claims not to like rice "unless it's cooked in a rice cooker" or fat is added and it's a long process to make, ie risotto.
However, I can usually get rice or bread on the table without too much whining.
BTW, they're not too fond of meat or veggies either.
They do eat, mostly, the carbs I serve. Potatoes, unless roasted in olive oil or fried (which I never do at home and is a rare treat out), aren't well liked. Pasta is tolerated, some shapes better than others. They do all like bread. Perry detests polenta, AC refused gnocci. Linnea, for all, it depends on the day.
So, basically, we eat a lot of rice.
A lot of rice.
At least two or three times a week, closer to three. And since there are usually rice leftovers, again on leftover night.
Dh is sick of rice, and of complaints about everything else, and has decreed a no rice week next week. Hee.
The kids are already protesting. They're each putting in their "no this!" and "no that!" requests. Someone is going to be unhappy every night next week.
My challenge is going to be coming up with a week of meals without rice! I've gotten so used to it as a starch, and it's so easy, that I find myself thinking things like 'chicken vindaloo with... oh wait, not. OK, what about jambalaya, no, rice, what about...' Heh. It will probably end up being a much more boring and bland week than usual.
Namely, as a group, they don't like rice, pasta, potatoes, gnocci, polenta, or couscous (which I know is a pasta).
AC claims not to like rice "unless it's cooked in a rice cooker" or fat is added and it's a long process to make, ie risotto.
However, I can usually get rice or bread on the table without too much whining.
BTW, they're not too fond of meat or veggies either.
They do eat, mostly, the carbs I serve. Potatoes, unless roasted in olive oil or fried (which I never do at home and is a rare treat out), aren't well liked. Pasta is tolerated, some shapes better than others. They do all like bread. Perry detests polenta, AC refused gnocci. Linnea, for all, it depends on the day.
So, basically, we eat a lot of rice.
A lot of rice.
At least two or three times a week, closer to three. And since there are usually rice leftovers, again on leftover night.
Dh is sick of rice, and of complaints about everything else, and has decreed a no rice week next week. Hee.
The kids are already protesting. They're each putting in their "no this!" and "no that!" requests. Someone is going to be unhappy every night next week.
My challenge is going to be coming up with a week of meals without rice! I've gotten so used to it as a starch, and it's so easy, that I find myself thinking things like 'chicken vindaloo with... oh wait, not. OK, what about jambalaya, no, rice, what about...' Heh. It will probably end up being a much more boring and bland week than usual.
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Date: 11 May 2012 23:51 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 12 May 2012 19:39 (UTC)I recently read part of a book that inspired me to use up a lot of stale sourdough bread as the starch underlying soupy things like vindaloo, or soupy greens. Trader Joe's naan (from the freezer section, not the fresh-ish naan) is a big hit at our house.