Monday, January 26, 2009

The lazy cook blogs again



Maybe that would be a better name for this blog. Last night I made Lamb Navarin, a recipe from the book I'm working on, but sadly by the time it was on the table I was lacking the energy to find my camera and capture it. Not the most photographic dish anyway - basically just stew made with lamb. It was tasty though, and went down well with the adults and the eldest child. The middle child said something along the lines of "why do you always make this meal that Dad likes but I hate? I loved last night's supper but I hate tonight's." Such melancholy. Seeing as there was still a portion of her beloved last night's supper in the fridge (roast salmon with rice and crispy kale), I popped it in the microwave and offered it to her as a substitute. I feel it is acceptable to offer last night's leftovers as an alternative. She ate up her fish and rice happily (no go on the day old crispy kale). The youngest recited his "that's not my favourite" refrain, but eventually ate up a good portion. I think somehow I've been encouraging this behaviour, as we now have a little routine, where he finally gives in and takes a bite of whatever I have been pleading him to ingest and looks up at me with a big grin, and declares (ever the Dr. Seuss fan) "SAY!". So instead of stew and fish I offer you photographic evidence of my new favorite appy: raincoast crisps with brie, apple and hot pepper jelly. I hate to admit it, but I've become addicted to those 6$ crackers.

8 comments:

Mira said...

I hope that's not the jar of red-pepper jelly I left at your house in August... I found those crackers for $5.79 here, so I'll send some over with the Grandfather..

Rebecca said...

Yippee! I'm going to ask him to bring some maple syrup too, tee hee.

Hilary said...

Wow, your kids have sophisticated tastes. Salmon, coq au vin, OLIVES on pizza? Very impressive parenting :)

Incidentally, is the friend who directed you to my blog the Ottawa Public Librarian? I think she must work with my mum at the library!

Vicky said...

Is your red-pepper jelly made by Stonewall kitchen? I am a big fan and I especially love their Ginger Teriyaki marinade/stirfry sauce. I keep it in the fridge and it makes any stir fried veggies delicious.

Rebecca said...

Thanks Hilary - I think I'm more focussed on the struggles I have getting them to eat good food than so it's nice to have someone point out the successes! Yes, my friend is indeed the OPL!
Hi Vicky! Yup- Stonewall Kitchen (incidentally, it was the jar Mira left at my house in August. I just finished it up - it's a condiment! It doesn't go off for years!) I couldn't find the SK version anywhere her, so I bought a local company's (Catherine's). Tried it out yesterday and it's good - but no chili pepper, so no kick like the SK. I'm going to try out that stirfry sauce.

sarah said...

hey, there's a good recipe for red pepper jelly in my HSS cookbook (shameless plug) A and I made many jars when we did our big mama's stoplight preserves last year. You can make it as kicky as you want.

Rebecca said...

Thanks Sarah! I'm going to try it out. I love your cookbook, by the way.

Claudia said...

I have these Australian water thins I'm addicted to. I keep telling myself to stay away from crackers that require a mortgage. I do love what you feed your kids - I put everything on the table growing up - some they took to and some they didn't - but how else will they know what they like?