DIY Taco Bar aka Fork Tacos

 

 Deconstructed aka “Fork” Tacos

 

Kids can be notoriously fussy eaters. My parents didn’t normally let us get away with being picky. We were of the eat-it-or-you-can-go-to-bed-hungry generation. I noticed that, later on, with my younger siblings and my cousin, who was even younger than all of us, they started to cave and even made separate kinds of potatoes to suit them. I think that we’d drained them by the time the younger crowd came around.

So, in honor of the picky ones and those still adamant about not eating food unless it is prepared the way they want it to be done, I’m sharing a Family Favorite recipe that lets kids choose how to put together a meal that hopefully parents will find acceptable as well. These made an appearance after a scouts’ camping trip and then shortly thereafter entered the weekly rotation at our house. 

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Winter Melon Soup

Huh? Wasn’t that, like, a month or so ago? It might seem a bit late to say that, but one of the more fun things about living in a multi-cultural city is getting to celebrate holidays multiple times at a different time in the year for everyone, depending upon the calendar one follows. It also means getting to discover new traditions and ….best of all…new food items, especially which ones bring prosperity, good fortune, and luck.  (I’m not so sure, however, that, as someone pointed out, it means that you also continually get to push back when you start your resolutions, but I sometimes do fudge that one!) 

Fried Whole Crabs