Julie Bove wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>> I am eating my pot roast now. Very good! I had intended to put
>>>>>>> a little garlic in there for forgot. Husband and daughter love
>>>>>>> garlic but I do not. I didn't brown it first. I used to do that
>>>>>>> but I don't really notice a difference in how it comes out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I didn't make a gravy either but I did take the excess liquid
>>>>>>> out and reduced it down a lot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also managed to make a couple of sweet potatoes are were
>>>>>>> actually edible! Now that I now how to make them, I will be
>>>>>>> stocking up on them. 
>>>>>> I'm glad you made a meal that pleased you and your family!
>>>>> Well they were happy for a while. Apparently eating beef two
>>>>> nights in a row is no good for gout.
>>>> You just can't win.
>>> I found something new that they like. Chicken breasts with garlic
>>> sauce. They both love garlic. And daughter is on a sweet potato
>>> kick.
>> It's good that you are adding to the repertoire of what they will eat.
>
> Husband will eat pretty much anything. Not that he should. And daughter
> *would* eat a whole lot more but the South Beach diet is really restricting.
>
> Tonight I made them some kind of cheese sausages which probably neither of
> them should have eaten. I loosely followed the recipe on the package. I
> didn't have the zucchini or summer squash so I added in a couple of green
> peppers and increased the red pepper to two. Also an onion, oregano,
> garlic, black pepper, Alfredo sauce and some freshly grated parmesan. This
> was mixed with whole wheat penne. Both of them cleaned their plates.
>
>
Two hits in a row. Keep it up.
I dabbled with SB back a little after it came out. It seemed to
have its good and bad points. My preferred "diet" now includes a
lot of veggies and fruits (minus the very carby things in both
categories). I like the fact that SB allows whole grains,
legumes, etc.
--
Jean B.