ShannaLee83
Cook
Does ayone cater to picky eaters? With my kids, nope, they grew up eating the way I cook and what I cook. I mean, I am not mean about it, they have to try TWO bites of everything. I am a firm believer in that our tastebuds change. I hated cheese...I know right...when I was little. Cheese was such an enemy that if you got me a cheeseburger Happy Meal you would be faced with a very unhappy little blue eyed girl. I wouldn't touch anything with cheese with a 10 foot pole and NOW I have at least 5 different kinds of cheese in the fridge at all times and I love every kind of cheese. And MUSHROOMS, don't get me started on my unreasonable disgust of mushrooms when I was under double digits of age...
My son does not like tomatoes, but will humor me and eat a few grape tomatoes in his salad. My daughter does not like pickles, but loves my pickle brined fried chicken. My boyfriend does not like pickles, mustard, tomatoes, salad, peppers, I do and do not cater to him when cooking. I don't put chunks of tomatoes or mushrooms in his food, but I still leave other ingredients in my recipes but mince them and "test" him to see if he can pick it out in my dishes. If he doesn't say anything I keep making it the way I always have but take the extra time to mince it all (ugh) but if he does notice he doesn't like the flavor of something and starts asking me what is in it I will sometimes leave the unliked ingredient out of that dish.
In Joe's defense, he has never ever been around someone who loved to cooked. When I moved in with him he did not even have salt. The fridge and pantry was filled with few items and most were expired by years, yes YEARS.
My son does not like tomatoes, but will humor me and eat a few grape tomatoes in his salad. My daughter does not like pickles, but loves my pickle brined fried chicken. My boyfriend does not like pickles, mustard, tomatoes, salad, peppers, I do and do not cater to him when cooking. I don't put chunks of tomatoes or mushrooms in his food, but I still leave other ingredients in my recipes but mince them and "test" him to see if he can pick it out in my dishes. If he doesn't say anything I keep making it the way I always have but take the extra time to mince it all (ugh) but if he does notice he doesn't like the flavor of something and starts asking me what is in it I will sometimes leave the unliked ingredient out of that dish.
In Joe's defense, he has never ever been around someone who loved to cooked. When I moved in with him he did not even have salt. The fridge and pantry was filled with few items and most were expired by years, yes YEARS.