the mind is a funny thing ...

[Guest guest]

I used to teach preschool and, every year on or near St. s day we would

read " Green Eggs and Ham " to the kids and make green eggs in the classroom. It

never failed that I would have a few students who said " I don't like eggs " but

when we made green eggs (scrambled eggs with a drop or two of green food

coloring), they loved them. Their parents were amazed that their son/daughter

would go home and ask for green eggs. LOL This taught me that the mind is a

funny thing. We might think that we don't like something but when it's made in a

different way, we might like it. I try to keep this in mind while looking over

different recipes and trying new foods.

The word vegetable was NEVER in my vocabulary when I was planning meals before

SBD, but now I can't imagine a meal without them. I found that I gag with canned

spinach, but if it's fresh leaf spinach in my salad or chopped up in my quiche

or soup, I like it. I always have broccoli, fresh spinach, celery, green

peppers, green onions, olives, cauliflower, green beans, cabbage and sweet

onions around my house for meals. There are a few veggies that I havent tried

.... yet, but I am going to try eventually. Sometimes I crave a potatoe so I make

a sweet potato instead (baked with a little smart balance and sprinkled with

cinnamon - or cut up like french fries and baked with olive oil and a dash of

cinnamon or nutmeg). Now you will find that you honestly don't like certain

things no matter how they are fixed, but you owe it to yourself (and your

family) to at least TRY different ways of making things.

I hope this helps open some minds to trying new things or trying old things in

a different way.

Lani

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