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I am starting to compile the grocery list for the week, and since we are retrenching, I am looking for rock-bottom price recipes. Nutritional main dish recipes that you actually like. Kid-friendly and easy a particular plus.

I remember one we ate pretty often when I was a kid, a fondue recipe we called "Blushing Bunny." I think I got it from Camp Fire Girls. Why the weird name? I think it is meant as a sort of sideways joke, a tip of the hat to the better known fondue "Welsh Rarebit," which a child might hear as "Welsh Rabbit."

Take a can of Campbell's tomato soup. Do not dilute it. Stir in one egg, well beaten and shredded cheddar cheese (I think we'd put in somewhere between a half cup to a cup or so). Heat gently until hot and thickened. Serve by pouring over toast and eat immediately. I think this serves 2-3, depending on whether you are serving kids or adults.

Like I said, I remember loving this one as a kid, but when I mentioned this one to Delia, she wrinkled her nose in disgust when I made the mistake of telling her the ingredients list. I know that adding the egg to the soup sounds disgusting, but when it is stirred in and heated up, you really can't tell it's there at all. It just is there to add protein and thicken it, I guess. I might make it anyway and insist that they try it at least. It is certainly dead cheap.

Mom used to serve spam and rice pretty frequently, but I'm not quite tempted to revisit that old memory. Rob remembers dinners of fried boloney when he was growing up, but I don't think he's nostalgic for that one, either.

How about you? My kids are picky, but give me your best shot anyway.

Edited to add: All three hate onions, broccoli and mushrooms. The girls hate potatoes (yes, potatoes!), brown rice, and bell peppers. Delia hates cooked tomatoes, cooked apples and cooked oranges and is very unpredictable about meat. She has tried and rejected a number of meat substitutes--impossible to predict, but she doesn't seem to like tofu-based products very much. She is hit or miss on most other vegetables, but less likely to eat them if they are cooked.

Fiona would eat nothing but carbs (pasta) if I let her. White, of course. I prefer whole wheat pasta, but they are much more reluctant to eat it.

Beans are also unpredictable. Rob will eat lentils, pinto beans and kidney beans (reluctantly); girls will not. The girls adore baked beans, however. Go figure. Rob will eat green beans (even canned!), girls, there is no predicting.

Rob will eat kale reluctantly, girls will not.

Edited to add again: My personal favorite suggestion, among all these comments, is [livejournal.com profile] moony's suggestion that I teach the girls basic photosynthesis: "You're hungry? Go stand in the yard for an hour."

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Date: 2007-03-07 05:03 am (UTC)
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Cilantro Rice & Beans

1/2 lb dry black beans
1 1/2 c. white rice
2 c. packed cilantro leaves
2 cloves garlic
1/3 c. extra virgin olive oil
1/4 tsp salt

1. Soak and cook the beans. Cook the rice. (You can do this the night before, refrigerate, and reheat in the microwave right before serving.)

2. Put the cilantro and garlic into a food processor (the directions say it needs to be a food processor and not a blender), process until chopped, add the oil, process again.

3. Mix all together. Add salt.

(This is a really good dish, though I bet your girls won't eat it.)

Bean Stew

1 lb any sort of dried beans
8 to 16 oz any sort of smoked meat
1 to 2 onions
2 to 10 carrots, depending on how much people present like carrots
a stalk or two of celery
1 lb frozen corn
Anything else you've got handy that needs using up
thyme and savory OR chili powder and oregano

Soak the beans, then put them in a pot to simmer with the meat, onions, carrots, celery, corn, and anything else that isn't tomato-like. (If you have tomato paste or diced tomatoes, they're good in this, but can't be added until the beans are tender.) Add water to cover. Add spices to taste. Simmer for an hour or until beans are tender. This can be made in a crock pot.

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