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the_rckCordelia's Girl Scout troop will be doing two cookie booths. Cordelia and I are signed up for the first one-- February 14th from 7-9 p.m. at a local Lowe's. It doesn't seem like a great place to be on any Friday night, and Valentine's Day kind of exacerbates the problem. Apparently, the troop leaders were late to sign up and had to take what was left. The other cookie booth is in mid-March and in another town altogether. That one's on a Saturday, during the afternoon, at a grocery store.
Scott repaired the bathroom light yesterday. It meant another trip out of the house, and he had to bring in a hanging light from the garage because it was late enough that there wasn't enough light to work by. He assumed that the problem was in the light fixture rather than in the wall wiring. I hope he's right. I suppose we'll find out.
Scott released the mouse at a park about half a mile from here. He drove across the river to do it. He said he was going to clean out the trap and bait it with almond butter on a ritz cracker (we don't keep peanut butter in the house because I'm allergic (mildly) to peanuts). I don't know if he did or if we've caught anything. We have no idea how many mice we have.
We're struggling to find things to serve for dinner that Cordelia will eat without dramatics. She's decided that she hates chicken, and that wipes out most of what I make. We can't have beef because of Scott's allergy. Lamb's too expensive. Ground turkey tends to be expensive and doesn't stretch very far. We get it every couple of weeks to make tacos or spaghetti sauce (Alfredo not tomato) or meatloaf. Pork is iffy-- A lot of the cuts we can afford are too fatty for me. They cause reflux. Once in a while, Scott will find a pork roast of some sort on sale, and we'll do that.
I think part of the problem with the chicken is that it's plain. All I do is brine it and stick it in the crock pot. I'm not sure what to do to make it not plain, however. Cordelia has rejected every sauce we've ever tried as 'too spicy.' 'Too spicy' is her catchall phrase for things she doesn't like. I don't think anybody but her would call teriyaki sauce particularly spicy. She got sweet and sour chicken at a Chinese restaurant with the sauce on the side and called that too spicy (she ate all of the chicken, though, over the course of three days).
Cordelia says she's willing to eat baked beans, so we've bought a couple of cans of those. She won't eat the plain beans we've got (lots of great northern beans because I use them for soup and one can of refried beans) and is reluctant to try new kinds of beans.
I'm not sure I can get her to eat tofu. Right now, she thinks it's gross. I don't think she's ever actually eaten it unless it was at someone else's house. I stopped buying tofu when Cordelia had that soy allergy while I was still breastfeeding her. I never got very good at preparing tofu, and I'm not sure that we wouldn't still run afoul of Cordelia's ban on sauces. Tofu doesn't taste like much if you don't add something for flavor.
Scott repaired the bathroom light yesterday. It meant another trip out of the house, and he had to bring in a hanging light from the garage because it was late enough that there wasn't enough light to work by. He assumed that the problem was in the light fixture rather than in the wall wiring. I hope he's right. I suppose we'll find out.
Scott released the mouse at a park about half a mile from here. He drove across the river to do it. He said he was going to clean out the trap and bait it with almond butter on a ritz cracker (we don't keep peanut butter in the house because I'm allergic (mildly) to peanuts). I don't know if he did or if we've caught anything. We have no idea how many mice we have.
We're struggling to find things to serve for dinner that Cordelia will eat without dramatics. She's decided that she hates chicken, and that wipes out most of what I make. We can't have beef because of Scott's allergy. Lamb's too expensive. Ground turkey tends to be expensive and doesn't stretch very far. We get it every couple of weeks to make tacos or spaghetti sauce (Alfredo not tomato) or meatloaf. Pork is iffy-- A lot of the cuts we can afford are too fatty for me. They cause reflux. Once in a while, Scott will find a pork roast of some sort on sale, and we'll do that.
I think part of the problem with the chicken is that it's plain. All I do is brine it and stick it in the crock pot. I'm not sure what to do to make it not plain, however. Cordelia has rejected every sauce we've ever tried as 'too spicy.' 'Too spicy' is her catchall phrase for things she doesn't like. I don't think anybody but her would call teriyaki sauce particularly spicy. She got sweet and sour chicken at a Chinese restaurant with the sauce on the side and called that too spicy (she ate all of the chicken, though, over the course of three days).
Cordelia says she's willing to eat baked beans, so we've bought a couple of cans of those. She won't eat the plain beans we've got (lots of great northern beans because I use them for soup and one can of refried beans) and is reluctant to try new kinds of beans.
I'm not sure I can get her to eat tofu. Right now, she thinks it's gross. I don't think she's ever actually eaten it unless it was at someone else's house. I stopped buying tofu when Cordelia had that soy allergy while I was still breastfeeding her. I never got very good at preparing tofu, and I'm not sure that we wouldn't still run afoul of Cordelia's ban on sauces. Tofu doesn't taste like much if you don't add something for flavor.
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Date: 2014-02-02 06:48 pm (UTC)What about cooking the chicken, then shredding it and using it for tacos or spaghetti sauce or whatever? Any chance that could work?
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Date: 2014-02-02 06:51 pm (UTC)We haven't done much with shredding chicken. It might work. We do sometimes cut up chicken to make tacos with it, and I like making chicken noodle soup, but Cordelia will no longer eat either one. I swear that child wants to starve. Except that she complains and complains about how hungry she is.
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Date: 2014-02-02 10:18 pm (UTC)I think he basically skips lunch at school. I' ve treied packing him lunches, and even when he says he'll eat something he often brings home the nutritious parts uneaten. So I'm not wasting time or money on that anymore. Our school district is low-income enough that we qualify for a block grant that gives all kids free school lunches, so he gets to waste taxpayer dollars instead. I've started requiring him to eat something nutritious as soon as he gets home from school.
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Date: 2014-02-03 02:13 pm (UTC)It just seems like she doesn't like anything involving protein. I'm really hoping that the baked beans work. They're sweeter than I'm quite happy with, but they're better than no protein. I'd try making them, but I can't talk Scott into eating them.
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Date: 2014-02-04 02:17 pm (UTC)I should see if I can manage quesadillas. I expect Cordelia would eat those. I'd have to make something else for myself, but I could do that.