While we were in China, it was obviously straightforward to accommodate her culinary preferences. We're now at Day 5 in the US, and quite frankly, our success rate is ~50%.
In the morning, about all she eats is frozen food preparation of fried rice and pork. She's the first kid (or adult) I've ever known to turn down one of Grandma Wedel's cinnamon buns. She doesn't like american yogurt, grilled cheese sandwiches or chocolate. She does like apples, nuts and cherry tomatoes. We've managed to convince her to try broccoli soup (a hit), pasta in a light tomato sauce (a miss), pizza (a miss) and toast (a hit). Last night we resorted to Chinese take-out and she devoured the green beans and sweet and sour shrimp. It was a great day. The happy news is that she's interested in trying things and it's a fun experiment for all of us.
We welcome your suggestions!
You guys might want to practice your rice frying.... You could basically cook rice every couple days (and keep it in your fridge). Then you can heat up a wok (hot) with a bit of oil in any meal emergency and toss in some veggies, egg, any handy meat bits -- and then some rice and soy sauce. Bonus points for adding in a drop of sesame oil. Quick, easy, and you can always sneak in something with nutritional value.
ReplyDeleteThe rice-frying-guy was our go-to street vendor when all else failed back when Kevin Penrose and I lived in Taiwan.