In an attempt to get the boys to eat a wider variety of vegetables (hearts of romaine salad and broccoli are about as far as their adventurous spirit goes these days), I've started asking them to choose a new vegetable when we're at the grocery store.
Last week Mosey chose brussel sprouts which I was sure would be a bust. I have a vivid memory of my mom boiling some brussel sprouts for dinner one night, and, peeling back the first layer of leaf, finding a bunch of black bugs inside. I still shudder thinking about it.
But, they actually ate them! And liked them! You could have knocked me over with a feather.
We picked up artichokes and asparagus for this week. We'll see how that goes!
(I did make creamed spinach tonight which was *not* a hit. They just can't get over the texture, even when I mixed it with rice. Too bad, because I really like it, but I just can't take the cream and butter content if I eat it all myself...)
The Turners
Gabrielle and Ben
Joseph
Brigham
Mosey
About Me
- Gabrielle
- I am a Christian, a wife, mother, homeschool teacher, perfectionist, night-owl, reader, conservative, photographer, and a lot more. I have 3 boys-- 11 year old twins named Joseph and Brigham, and a 9-year-old named Moses. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005. I went from a 30-mile-a-week runner to being mostly wheelchair-bound in 2 years. In 2008 I was accepted into the HALT-MS study-- a clinical trial in which I underwent an autologous stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant) in an attempt to put the disease into remission. So far, I have remained stable for more than four years! I am grateful every day for the new lease on life that God (and modern medicine and awesome doctors, but mostly God :-)) has granted to me, and the chance I have to teach and raise my boys, love my husband, and experience the joy, frustration, happiness, and heartache that life brings.
2 comments:
Sorry about those brussel sprouts... I believe that was the most traumatic culinary experience in the lives of all of my children -- it scarred you forever. Sigh... Who knew you had to check brussel sprouts for BUGS??
Oh my goodness, I have the most delicious recipe for fresh asparagus! It's a soup, and is basically pureed asparagus, with a few other ingredients. If you have a good blender, it is ABSOLUTELY fabulous! Where it calls for soy, I just used regular milk...and if you don't have plain yogurt, sour cream works great!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fresh-Asparagus-Soup/Detail.aspx
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