<p>I am tired of trying to come up with something to make for dinner night after night that most of the family members will eat.
H and D won’t eat fish. H won’t eat pork. H prefers his chicken to not have a bone.H and D both won’t eat tofu. D dislikes most vegetables. You get the idea. As for me my only criteria these days is it not be high carb.
How many ways can you make a boneless chicken breast!</p>
<p>Quinoa? Lamb? Chili, either veggie or with beef? A dinner salad with grilled shrimp on top? Believe me, I feel for you!!!</p>
<p>mom60, I feel for you. We have similar types of problems in our home. I often end up cooking 2 different dishes, which is a royal pain. I recently tried this dish from Perdue’s website. I enjoyed it, but my son didn’t love it (he did eat it though), and DH was not home to try this:</p>
<p>Salt and ground pepper to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian herb seasoning
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes
1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can (16 ounces) Great Northern or cannellini beans, drained and rinsed</p>
<p>Instructions
Sprinkle breast halves with salt and pepper; press herbs into chicken.
In large nonstick skillet over medium high heat, heat oil; add chicken and brown 2 minutes on each side. Add garlic and sun-dried tomatoes; saut</p>
<p>Thanks for the recipe…I’ll try it, and the website!</p>
<p>Northeast Mom= H and I would eat that recipe. I might give it a try. D would have to eat her chicken plain.
Adding to the do not like list
H and D -seafood and lamb
D- no beans</p>
<p>Your welcome. I did not use these exact amounts of ingredients listed. I added a lot more garlic, more sundried tomatoes and I chose one of the flavored (perhaps it was cilantro and something else, perhaps lime was in it) diced tomatoes. I would try this with fresh tomatoes too, but when I made this it was still a bit too early for nice tomatoes.</p>
<p>mom60, what kinds of veggies will your D eat?</p>
<p>mom60, my older son would clear the beans off the chicken, which would be fine with me.</p>
<p>BunsenBurner- I am laughing. She likes lettuce (just graduating to Romaine, previously she only liked iceberg), carrots uncooked, celery if it has peanut butter on it. That might be it. She will tell you she likes Beef and Broccoli from the chinese place but she doesn’t eat the broccoli. So now that I think about it she doesn’t like any vegetables. She will eat stuff cooked in tomato based sause. She even prefers her pasta sause to be smooth.</p>
<p>Also H will not eat mushrooms.</p>
<p>mom60, I think you are describing my daughter. Does she live with you? </p>
<p>Re: not eating tofu- try soy crumbles. Sometimes it is a texture issue with tofu that people find objectionable. </p>
<p>Ask each family member to plan a meal given all the dietary preferences. Make it their responsibility to come up with something for one meal a week. </p>
<p>And if they can’t/won’t do that, cereal’s always good for dinner!</p>
<p>Sabaray, that’s exactly what I did… Had each kid plan and prepare one meal per week (My husband and I were both the easy ones).</p>
<p>Can you start each week by making three huge casseroles catering to each person, then each night put out the same 3 casseroles (unchanged) for the entire week? </p>
<p>Bore them back.</p>
<p>Your job as you seem to define it is to make sure they have nutritious food that they’ll eat, and this plan does just that. </p>
<p>If they want variety, they’ll have to learn to like more kinds of foods. Meanwhile, everyone is eating.</p>
<p>Paying3tuitions- I have thought about quitting.
I should not complain about H. He will eat anything I place on the table without complaining. He does request that I don’t use protein sources he doesn’t like. Years ago when we were first married I would try to pass lamb off as beef. I have also been known to try to pass ground turkey off as ground beef. My kids are pretty hard to fool.</p>
<p>This is one of my favorites:</p>
<p>Crunchy Ranch Chicken</p>
<p>Mix 1/3 cup corn flake crumbs, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, and 1 packet Ranch Dressing Mix.</p>
<p>Spray 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts with butter-flavored Pam. Dredge in the cornflake crumb mixture. Place into a 9x13 pan (greased) and bake in a 350-degree oven for 45 minutes.</p>
<p>I don’t know if that meets the no high-carb requirements, but it’s very easy and delicious :)</p>
<p>Ceasar Salad with Chicken. I poach chicken breasts at the beginning of the week for sandwiches, etc. Just get a Ceasar mix (low fat if you want) and chop the chicken on top. With some 8 minute bake whole grain rolls, that is dinner for us! My kids love this, and it is easy. As long as your lettuce hasn’t been recalled :)</p>
<p>I am staying with my nephew (17) while his parents are away… so okay–we had whole wheat pancakes and fruit for dinner! As a kid I loved breakfast for dinner. I can’t believe he passed on tacos… wierd kid. But the pancakes were yummy!</p>
<p>Chicken Alfredo. Cook boneless chicken breasts however you prefer…grill, bake, saute… Warm up a jar of Alfredo sauce (we like “Classico” brand, or Ragu) and pour it over the chicken. You can eat as is, or over pasta (low carb pasta isn’t bad). In my family, we all like peas and mushrooms, so I mix them in with the chicken and sauce.</p>
<p>Taco Salad. Take all the stuff you’d put into a taco, but use more lettuce, and mix it in a large bowl. No matter how much of this I make, I cannot ever have leftovers, 'cause the kids munch on it all night! We use: ground beef with packaged taco seasoning mix cooked in, shredded cheddar, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, taco sauce and/or salsa, chopped onion, and (if we have them) some crumbled tortilla chips.</p>
<p>I’m making red beans and rice tonight. Only 2Ds and me here for dinner and we all love it! The ones who don’t (mostly my H) aren’t here so hurray for making something everyone will eat.</p>
<p>Chicken satay, made with the peanut sauce mix package and a can of cocoanut milk. But I add extra peanut butter to it.</p>
<p>How about chicken burritos or wraps? Saute boneless, cut up chicken in some olive oil and garlic and add other seasonings you like. Then just have extras cut up for everyone to make their own - cheese, oinions, avocado, lettuce, tomato and some good salsa. You can also get carne asada meet at Trader Joe’s and cook on the barbque and do the same.</p>