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| Chicken Kabobs Recipe and photo credit |
Do your kids
love everything that you cook? What do they do with the food they would prefer
NOT to eat? Grab a muffin, relax and listen to this story…
It was a
warm and sunny day when I decided to uncover the grill. My boys were excited,
grilled chicken kabobs and burgers were on the menu.My fourteen-year-old said, “Oooh, yeah, I want to try the kabobs AND a couple of burgers.”
As the chicken kabobs came off the grill, my son pointed to the plate said, “What’s that on there with the chicken?”
“Do you mean the red bell peppers?” I asked.
“Oh, I didn’t
know that was going to be on there. I’ll just eat the chicken and the
pineapples.”
My son
sampled the kabobs, but didn’t eat much. Not to worry. The chicken reappeared
two days later in the form of Fajitas, rolled in soft flour tortilla wrap. I
was proud of myself for reintroducing the chicken as a different dish. Even my
fourteen-year-old said, “This is pretty good.”
I excitedly
scooped a generous amount of chicken, peppers, and onions onto a flour tortilla
and rolled it up for my seventeen-year-old son. He unwrapped a corner of the
tortilla and said, “What is this?”
“Just try
it,” I said.
He took a couple of nibbles and said, “I can’t
eat it, I tried.”
The next
thing I knew, he was popping a bag of Kettle Corn in the microwave. He asked
his brother to finish the Fajita for him. His brother refused saying he was
full.
Not giving
up easily, my seventeen-year-old said, “I ate all of your peas last time.”
“Yeah, but
you charged me an outrageous price to eat them.”
So this is
what happens to food in my house when kids don’t want to eat what is provided.
I’m getting a dog!
What food related
episodes have you experienced in your house?
