Adventures in Cooking

[Honeylioness]

If I do say so myself, Miss Anne hit the jackpot of host mothers with me. Because not only do I LIKE to cook - but I am darn good at it as well. She told me the other night that she had never eaten as many, or as varied, a selection of vegetables as she has since coming to my home.

One of the things that we do together is fix dinner where she watches carefully what I am doing, I let her chop and mix and explain the process and then we sit down at the kitchen table to eat and talk about homework or friends or upcoming schedules.

Anyway, I thought it might be fun to make a list of not only the new things Anne has tried but then follow her progress as she learns to cook some of these recipes.

[Honeylioness]

Menu Lists (and editorial comments )



Unless noted otherwise these have been popular meals or sides and usually call for second helpings


Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Twice Baked Potatoes - cheddar cheese or garlic & mozzarella
Broiled Chicken with paprika
Baked Bean and Hot Dog casserole
Cornbread
Spaghetti Squash with homemade Italian "sauce"
Marinated Flank Steak
Yellow and Orange Peppers stuffed with seasoned beef and rice
Red Cabbage with Apples & Caraway Seeds (not a huge fan of caraway but if I hold back on the amount she is fine)
Homemade Chicken Soup with pasta
BLTs with homemade French fries
Fish and Chips
Rice-A-Roni (who knew!?!)
Pork Chops served with homemade Apple Sauce
Beef Stew made with Red Wine and caramelized onions
Creamy Potato and Leek soup with roasted garlic topped with garlic shrimp
Pacific Salmon poached with Lemon Juice
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Shrimp and Scallop saute served over pasta with a butter lemon sauce
Chicken Piccata
Cream of Tomato soup
Tacos (she ate 6!!)
Chicken with Mushroom gravy - cooked all day in the crockpot ( not such a fan)
Yankee Pot Roast (I may have used too many cloves in the onion as she was iffy about this)
Chicken & Dumplings
Scalloped potatoes - something else she will eat voraciously


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I like that Anne is not a picky eater and will try anything once, unlike many teenagers (AND too many adults) she does eat vegetables and fruit:

Corn on the cob
Green beans
Carrots
Potatoes
Spaghetti Squash
Butternut Squash
Zucchini
Cabbage
Broccoli
Onions
Leeks
Cucumbers
Asparagus
Yellow and Orange Peppers
Mushrooms
Celery
Peas
Tomatoes

Green grapes
Red grapes
Pears
Blueberries
Strawberries
Raspberries
Grapefruit
Peaches
Bananas
Apples - Not so much

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Of course we have eaten out a few times:


Chinese (this was a favorite)
Sushi (tried her first piece and liked it)
Pizza (of course, cliche American teenager food)
Large flame broiled hamburgers at the local brewery with Sweet Potato fries



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And I have finally found a few things that she will not eat:


Brussel sprouts (I don't like them either so not a problem)
Lamb