That sounds like a great idea. I guess the I don't know or whatever dishes for me must be simple and easy. Maybe a grilled sandwich of some sort and a pasta dish. Oh this will be great for the recipe book I am beginning to compile. Hopefully it will be done before our Christmas in July events and then I will try making a scrapbook format for the very first time!!!
Trying one new thing each week
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starflake said:
wow starflake I love the scrapbook recipes on this site. For those of you who want to see the main page that leads to a wonderful array of these scrapbook recipes here is the link http://www.kevinandamanda.com/scrapbook ... index.html
They are all so wonderful!!!! Now I want to dabble in scrapbooking the family recipes!!!
starflake- if you want to make real homemade dumplings, they are super simple and extremely tasty given the few ingredients needed. Here's how:
For two of you, I would use 5-6 eggs (this will give you leftovers depending on how big you make the dumplings so if you don't want leftovers use 4-5 eggs)
1 tbsp. of water for each egg used
Add salt and pepper.
Mix up the eggs with a fork and start adding flour. After each flour addition, mix with the fork. Add salt and pepper every now and then as well. You have to just eyeball it really. Once the mixture starts to get sticky and almost dough like, you're ready to drop by teaspoonfuls into a boiling pot of chicken broth. If you want noodles you do the same thing but you'll add more flour until the dough is stiff enough to roll out, then cut into strips and let sit for a bit. Then add the noodles to the boiling broth.
For two of you, I would use 5-6 eggs (this will give you leftovers depending on how big you make the dumplings so if you don't want leftovers use 4-5 eggs)
1 tbsp. of water for each egg used
Add salt and pepper.
Mix up the eggs with a fork and start adding flour. After each flour addition, mix with the fork. Add salt and pepper every now and then as well. You have to just eyeball it really. Once the mixture starts to get sticky and almost dough like, you're ready to drop by teaspoonfuls into a boiling pot of chicken broth. If you want noodles you do the same thing but you'll add more flour until the dough is stiff enough to roll out, then cut into strips and let sit for a bit. Then add the noodles to the boiling broth.
We don't try new foods very often-- kiddo gags at the table when we serve a new food-- it is quite annoying.
I typically cook the same thing each week with very little variation. For example: Thursday nights is pasta night. I know the best thing to make is spaghetti-- it will get eaten without a bunch of fussing. The only night I hear fussing (guaranteed) is Wednesday's. Hubby loves potatoes, I love potatoes with dumplings or sauerkraut, kiddo will only eat mashed potatoes. I try to rotate what kind of potato I make every three week. At least every 3rd week kiddo will be happy with his mashed potatoes.
Once in a great while I will try a new recipe... most of the time hubby will try it, I will eat it and kiddo will make himself a bowl of cereal or peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
I typically cook the same thing each week with very little variation. For example: Thursday nights is pasta night. I know the best thing to make is spaghetti-- it will get eaten without a bunch of fussing. The only night I hear fussing (guaranteed) is Wednesday's. Hubby loves potatoes, I love potatoes with dumplings or sauerkraut, kiddo will only eat mashed potatoes. I try to rotate what kind of potato I make every three week. At least every 3rd week kiddo will be happy with his mashed potatoes.
Once in a great while I will try a new recipe... most of the time hubby will try it, I will eat it and kiddo will make himself a bowl of cereal or peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
cmerth said:
LOL...I do the same thing. If they don't like it they will have to make themselves a sandwich BUT if they don't at least try it, snacks are no longer available after dinner. I also have very picky boys (3 of them) so supper time is not easy. I lve all kinds of food but for some reason they are set on having chicken nuggets, pizza, mac and cheese, spaghetti, etc... Vegetables has been the most recent challenge. For one of them it has been to the point where he must eat his vegetables BEFORE I put the main course on his plate. He went 3 days without eating his green beans and on the fourth night he decided to put the green beans in a slice of whole wheat bread and surprisingly (and grossly in my eyes..lol) he ate it.
Because of work, school, and baseball they have been pretty lucky to have most of the quick meals but pretty soon those days will be over and I will be putting my battle apron on and preparing for WWIII at the table :haha: