French bread pizza

That makes "Italian" sort-of two days in a row - and the kids both had pizza for lunch! (The mid-kid is at a birthday party; he's eating pizza as well.) We also had honeydew and cantaloupe. The cantaloupe was absolutely wonderful; and it just came from the local Giant (otherwise known as the hell-hole grocery). The honeydew wasn't bad either. I have a really bad habit of buying fruit and then forgetting it until I find it melting into a pool on the kitchen floor. I have another cantaloupe in there that needs to be dealt with reasonably soon.

Who's betting we have strawberries for dessert?

Lamb shanks

Mmmmmm, lamb shanks...TMOTH cooked them with mushrooms and celery in a mixture of broth and crushed tomatoes. Very nice. Roasted potatoes and some flatbread to go with. Kids had Chef-Boy-ar-Dee pasta with meatballs.

I know it seems like the kids eat a lot of meals different from us, but as I don't generally cook them a separate meal, I don't see it as catering to them. One thing that I will be forever grateful for is that my mother never forced us to eat anything we didn't like. (Well, with one memorable exception. I have a vivid memory of being made to eat corn, and throwing up all over the dining room table from the horrible taste of it. Never had to do that again.) I have the advantage of my kids being LESS picky than I was as a kid. I didn't train myself to eat tomatoes in any form until I was in college. I STILL will not eat nasty green peas or corn.

At any rate, it works for us.

Gumbo

TMOTH scavenged the freezer, and gumbo it was.

We had Thai takeout for Mothers Day, and it was delish.

Saturday Night Pizza

Pita pizzas - big ones.

Pizza

I used the big pitas to make pizza tonight. TMOTH really likes the pita bread as pizza crust - it's really thin and gets pretty crisp in the oven. Plain cheese for the kids (even so, the mid-kid claimed it "tasted funny" and didn't eat more than bites) and with pepperoni, ham, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, and bell peppers for the grown-ups.

Grilled chicken and new potatoes

TMOTH concocted a lovely marinade for the chicken - some lemon dill sauce, sherry vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and garam masala. It was yummy. I got new potatoes at the farmers market and sauteed them in a little oil, then added some garlic at the end. Also really yummy. Carrot sticks for a "green" and strawberries from the market for dessert.

Last night we had fish from the asian market with garden asparagus and bruschetta. Wednesday night was pita pizza.

I got some BIG pitas at the asian market - like the size of a real pizza. Bound to be pizza again in the near future.

Steak last night

Steak (and ham for mid-kid) cooked on the grill; broccoli, salad, and carrot sticks; and bruschetta with [sadly overcrisped] pita chips. Mini chocolate cupcakes for dessert.

Pita pizzas for lunch

at least for TMOTH and a couple of kids. The mid-kid had a hot dog at his baseball game, and I had pita bruschetta (also on the dinner menu!). I got the bruschetta topping made last night from a farmers market tomato and basil, onion, and garlic. Summer on toast.