So this year, I'm venturing to the frozen tundra of just north of downtown Chicago to celebrate Thanksgiving. The kid to adult ratio will be 1:1, but I still think we're going to be outnumbered
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I'd probably avoid the brussel sprouts and broccoli if you want the girls to like you. :) Just in my childhood experiences, as well as my pre-school days. Corn is always good, carrots and peas are hit or miss. Macaroni and cheese is always a hit with kids. Sweet potatoes with brown sugar and marshmallows would probably appeal. That's my kid-friendly advice.
Really? Everyone in my family loved "trees" when we were kids. I think that broccoli and green beans and cauliflower were the three vegetables that were guaranteed hits for all four kids. Jose and I hated peas, Claudia and Olivia loved them. Jose couldn't stand potatoes or tomatoes. Claudia couldn't stand cucumbers. Liv loved Brussels sprouts, and I couldn't stand them. Someone had a mushroom thing, whereas someone else hated them. I think Claudia was a big squash fan.
We never had much experience with fresh veggies when we were growing up. Other than potatoes, our veggies came out of a can or a frozen box up until I started cooking my own food. Canned carrots, canned peas, canned string beans, canned wax beans, canned corn... you get the idea. I can't even tell you the horror of frozen spinach. We'd never had broccoli that I can recall, and definately not cauliflower. To this day I've never had a brussell sprout, not entirely sure I'd know what one looked like if it showed up on my plate.
Paula still won't eat a raw carrot, prefers them VERY cooked.
Broccoli with cheese sauce may be a hit with the girls--esp. if they like mac and cheese. (And I've NEVER met a kid who didn't like mac and cheese.)
My advice is to still make cookies with the girls, and then see if they are up to making a pie. (That is if you're making pie crust from scratch. If not, then mixing up pie filling and putting it in the crust is not a big deal with young children.)
Final bit o'kiddie food advice: cranberry sauce--some kids are picky about texture. I'd have a small can of jellied cranberry sauce just in case. They may end up liking your cranberry sauce, but you can never tell.
Broccoli with cheese sauce may be a hit with the girls oh yes!- broccoli with cheese sauce is SO. Yummy. I used to LOVE it when the cheese sauce was basically heated up cheese whiz....
Mostly, I don't miss cheese. But DAMN right now....
Also, if you DO decide to try peas, stina, as kids the ONLY peas my sister and I liked were "company peas" -- tender crisp cook (ie not overcook the peas) and mix them with freshly sauteed and crumbled bacon, and finely chopped onions, sauteed in the bacon grease (or in olive oil if you want to be more health conscious).
Have a WONDERFUL thanksgiving, btw. The menu sounds great!
We found an ancient snowman burial ground, and then we nearly died when I took a wrong turn and I said "I think we can make it" before barreling down this very steep snow covered hill.
I think you misspelled "ice". And "hill" should be spelled "switchback", which is important when you consider that each level of the ice-covered switchback ended in a cliff. It's still the roadtrip adventure with which I measure all other roadtrip adventures. And yet oddly, I always forget about the burial ground and the ER visit until either you or jungleeyedgirl mentions it right around this time. It's the near-death experience that stands out most clearly from that year. *g*
[Note: This icon is from a completely different Thanksgiving, which did not involve a breaking platter in the oven, although it did involve an undercooked turkey. ;-)]
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Paula still won't eat a raw carrot, prefers them VERY cooked.
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My advice is to still make cookies with the girls, and then see if they are up to making a pie. (That is if you're making pie crust from scratch. If not, then mixing up pie filling and putting it in the crust is not a big deal with young children.)
Final bit o'kiddie food advice: cranberry sauce--some kids are picky about texture. I'd have a small can of jellied cranberry sauce just in case. They may end up liking your cranberry sauce, but you can never tell.
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oh yes!- broccoli with cheese sauce is SO. Yummy. I used to LOVE it when the cheese sauce was basically heated up cheese whiz....
Mostly, I don't miss cheese. But DAMN right now....
Also, if you DO decide to try peas, stina, as kids the ONLY peas my sister and I liked were "company peas" -- tender crisp cook (ie not overcook the peas) and mix them with freshly sauteed and crumbled bacon, and finely chopped onions, sauteed in the bacon grease (or in olive oil if you want to be more health conscious).
Have a WONDERFUL thanksgiving, btw. The menu sounds great!
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I think you misspelled "ice". And "hill" should be spelled "switchback", which is important when you consider that each level of the ice-covered switchback ended in a cliff. It's still the roadtrip adventure with which I measure all other roadtrip adventures. And yet oddly, I always forget about the burial ground and the ER visit until either you or jungleeyedgirl mentions it right around this time. It's the near-death experience that stands out most clearly from that year. *g*
[Note: This icon is from a completely different Thanksgiving, which did not involve a breaking platter in the oven, although it did involve an undercooked turkey. ;-)]
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