Don and I have been trying out some recipes from Jamie Oliver's book "Jamie's Dinners". I've always been a fan of his cooking, especially the super easy cooking methods like using foil packets to bake chicken and veggies. So far, we've made lasagna, roast chicken with lemon and rosemary roast potatoes, penne with a simple tomato sauce, sweet corn, a modified version of his beef stew and South American fishcakes. Don and I have loved them all so far but it's not so with the kids.
Desiree has only been around for a few of the dinners and she seemed to like them but Dakota and Calum are another matter. Calum liked the chicken and pasta dishes but made it clear he didn't like anything else. Dakota has just been picking at her dinner and filling up on bread or dessert. I was watching the cooking channel last night - Jamie's School Lunches - where he tries to introduce good food to the school lunch program. Most kids resisted new dishes too. I'm not giving up though so will look through the cookbook once again before I go out today so I can pick up any necessary ingredients. Besides, it's a lot of fun trying something new and a whole lot better than our usual take out or quick dinners.
Seems like things will be picking up again at work on Monday so I'm working on my proposal again today and getting receipts and invoices in order. Hope you all have a good weekend. I think we may need to start doing some cleaning and sorting so that we can start packing up some of our stuff. Anyone interested in some good fiction? I've got a stack that I'm finished with:
Chronicles of Narnia, Teacher Man, Penelopiad, Just So Stories and Jungle Book, A Complicated Kindness, Kite Runner, Predator, Dogside Story, Reflections of Eden, Through a Window, 'Tis, Angela's Ashes, Jack Whyte - Sorcer, Skystone, Sword, Clothar the Frank, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Dry Lips (play), Can You Keep a Secret, Rosencrantz and Guidenstern are dead (play) and My People, myself
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