How delinquent am I! When your in charge of the household for a wife, four boys, and a dog, I guess you need to be a little more diligent about your blogs, huh? Sorry for the lapse and I will attempt to be more attentive in the future.
Attempting to find new and nutritious foods for my wife and children, not to mention meals they will want to eat, is always a challenge. I love them all, but aside from my eldest son Thomas, my family does not have what you would call a broad palate. Hershey bars and a coke was my wife's breakfast while she pushed through college, and I think, if she had her way, she wouldn't have changed. However, giving respect to trying to teach the children how to eat right, that and Mother Nature playing her usual mean tricks on women who bear children in their late 30's and early 40's, my wife is really trying to follow my lead in eating more nutritiously. Of course old habits die hard, and Rome wasn't built in a day, and all that.... Nonetheless, this past week or so, I opened my Mexican cook book, and after a few days of chili con carne, I presented my family with Chicken Flautas. Now, although this isn't exactly the most nutritious of meals, what with the frying of the finished product, and serving it with guacamole, it at least was a different dish than the usual boring fare my family has allowed me to serve them with successful devouring. Alas, my home made salsa was ignored, and as for the flautas themselves, although they were delicious, were only enjoyed by the three eldest; me, my wife, and Tom.
Ok, so I'll attempt breakfast. Yesterday I made baked apple pancakes. I thought it turned out a bit flat, but tasty nonetheless. This opinion was shared with my wife and Tom. You know, someday, my three littlest just might surprise me and like something the rest of us do. Until then, I've grown to expect dissappointment without depression. Oh well, school starts in three short weeks and then, for the most part, it's back to cereal and toast for their breakfasts, and and egg and cheese muffin sandwich for my wife, that is if she gets a job by then...but that's another story.
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