
i love to cook...i love to eat...i'm very fond of supermarket shopping & strolling farmers' markets...
i enjoy finding new recipes & giving them a try...i'll make something before buying it in a package...i'm of the "homemade is always better" persuasion (because i'm cheap & because it is usually the much healthier option)
mike eats anything & everything...i'm not picky in the least...
so why do i have kids that totally don't eat???
i mean seriously...ryan exists on air and wheat bread...and kate survives on fruit and cheerios...kelly is the only one that won't be taken away by child services, i guess. she eats & tries new things...thank the Lord or else i seriously would have to be locked up in the crazy house...it is some crazy mother bear instinct in me that rises up..."EAT!!!!! YOU MUST EAT!!!!!"
i'm going slowly mad...i know it....
this week we thought we'd try a little chart & every time he ate his dinner, w/o fussing & stall techniques (omgosh...you wouldn't believe the craziness that is my dinner table...) AND tried something new he would get a smiley face. after 10 smiley faces i will purchase him 2 packages of those ridiculous silly bandz that i swore i would never ever in a million years spend my $$ on. but i thought...dude...if it gets him to eat, then so be it. bring on the silly bandz....
so we are on DAY 2...seriously DAY 2 & tonight he was to eat 1/2 of a turkey & cheese sandwich for dinner.
oooooommmmmmgggggggosh...the faces! the tears! you would have thought i was trying to make him eat liver & onions!!!!
aaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
i know my mom is secretly laughing at me...
wish me luck on Day 3. i'm going to try rice & maybe some grilled steak....
God help me...
happy wednesday :)
xoxo
gi
p.s. the photo above is one thing he does eat (well...usually, if it is the exact correct temperature...you think i kid?? lol!)
Parmesan Chicken
recipe by Ina Garten from her Barefoot Contessa Family Style Cookbook
1-2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 extra large eggs
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Unsalted butter
Good olive oil
Lay the chicken breasts on a cutting board & slice each diagonally into four or five large strips
Combine the flour, salt, pepper on a dinner plate. beat the eggs w/ 1 Tbsp water on a second plate. Combine the bread crumbs and Parm cheese on a third plate. Dredge the chicken on both sides in the flour mixture, then dip both sides into the egg mixture and roll in the bread-crumb mixture, pressing lightly to coat.
Heat 1 Tbsp butter + 1 Tbsp olive oil in large saute pan and cook the chicken strips on medium low heat for @ 3 minutes per side, until just cooked through. Don't crowd the pan. Add more butter & oil and cook the rest of the chicken.
serve & pray they eat :)
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