A Recipe for Success for the Neophobic
Neophobic = roughly translates to someone who eats less the 10 foods
It is our family tradition to have 13 vegetables at Christmas. For some strange reason this has slipped into Thanksgiving too.
Menu
1. Roast potatoes - crispy please. Mashed potatoes for the faint hearted.
2. Brussel sprouts with roasted chestnuts [throw out the burnt ones]
3. Carrots discs in sweet potato puree [don't for forget the Thyme]
4. Whole garlic mushrooms with white wine [the alcohol burns off]
5. Courgettes and yellow crook neck squash, circles in Herbs de Provence
6. Cauliflower and broccoli florets in bechamel [grated nutmeg for that lightly browned effect]
7. Leeks and pearl onions in Parmesan cheese sauce
8. Parsnips, roasted whole on a bed of Rosemary
9. Creamed spinach with toasted almonds [use double cream to ensure compulsory coronary]
10. Quarter white corn on the cobs, whole
11. Swede pureed with caramelized onions
12. Green beans with fresh pesto glaze
13. Dahl with okra - gotta have something spicy
One cup full of frozen mixed veg to show willing
The cranberry sauce, crispy bacon, stuffing and turkey don't count as vegetables of course.
Require all children to attend to the general vicinity of the table and the feast for 3 minutes. Ensure visual timer and quiet beeping timer are prominently displayed.
Permit children to believe that they have escaped following the passage of three minutes. Enjoy as much as the feast as possible during the next unsupervised five minutes without inducing indigestion.
Solemnly puree all food in the magimix [cuisinart] and pour into all the ice cube trays you possess. Freeze and then transfer into rigid freezer boxes. Consider the possibility of sieving the 3 gallons first.
Present each child with a subsequently thawed and warmed cube at every meal for the next six months.
Repeat following Christmas to enjoy a full year of exposure to vegetation.
Well.....it is better to travel hopefully......Happy Thanksgiving
P.s. in case anyone takes issue with the word 'success' in the title, and there are always a few quibblers, I should like to point out that 'success' is all about defining your terms. In this instance 'exposure to food,' on a daily basis, is success, and this makes it all the more easier. Eating may take a little longer.
p.p.s. why does the phrase 'exposure to food' sound vaguely rude?
4 comments:
Vegetables are all I eat for Thanksgiving and this menu sounds delicious.
I'm salivating..tea please!
tc
you crack me up!
i wanna come over to your house next year. i was hitting the antipasto hard this year, cheese and salami and then some cheese. i need me some 13 veggie dinners!
My kids are backwards. My autistic daughter eats anything and everything (sushi, raw oysters, pickled octopus) and is a petite size 6; my NT son did not let a vegetable cross his lips until very recently, but still managed to grow to a husky 5 feet, 10 inches at the age of fifteen.
I love leeks. I would probably pick out the pearl onions. I like onions the most when deep fried in rings or blooming.
I really want the recipes for all those veggies!! Can you part with some of them?
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