Chicken Devan is Devine!  − 1 August, 2006

I prepared Chicken Devan – a sinfully good casserole dish with chicken, broccoli, cream of chicken soup, mayo, lemon juice, bread crumbs and cheese, with more cheese, and a little extra cheese. Jason had 3 helpings of it – I think he may be a fan of this dish.

In an effort to make dinnertime easier and not have to make two separate meals for our family, we’ve been trying to encourage Micaela to try new things or old things with minor variations. We’ve been tempting her palate and diet with more green veggies, and having had success the other day with spinach salad, I thought broccoli wouldn’t be too much of a stretch.

Boy was I wrong!

She whined, she grimaced, she shuddered, she kept trying to change the subject. Finally out of exhaustion and frustration, Jason gave her the option of no dinner at all and ten minutes in the time out corner, or she could sit down and eat with us.

In her newfound 7 year-old attitude, she chose the ten minutes and not having to suffer through eating. Not really a choice. So we ratified those options and she was left with sitting down and eating with us or getting ten minutes in the corner, going straight to bed, and having to eat it in the morning for breakfast.

This time she chose to sit and eat – however short-lived it was. She took just a few bites and it was off to bed.

Comments:

wade1j (September 12, 2006. 12:52am)

That stuff was so good, she is crazy.