I eat so much food now compared to five years ago. I blame my expanded palate on marrying my husband, graduating college, staying home and having time to cook, two pregnancies, and two babies. The other day I tried to remember what I ate before I married Brad and all I could think of:
chicken
all kinds of pasta, usually whole wheat
fresh parmesan
cheddar
eggs
minute rice
bananas
sandwiches
luna bars
kashi cereal
cheerios
cheese toast
smoothies
hawaii's own frozen juice concentrate
yoplait yogurt
annie macaroni and cheese
milk
If you ask me what I ate before my freshman year of college, I really can't tell you. My mom did her best, but I was so picky and we often didn't like the same things. My freshman year I started checking out health food stores and fresher options thanks to my roommates. Brad has introduced me to even more foods, which sounds counterintuitive when there are so many foods he can't eat. But the world is so much bigger than bread and noodles.
Here are some of the foods I have tried (or prepared for the first time on my own) and come to like since I got married. The ones marked with * I now buy on a regular basis.
limes*
lemons*
cream*
plain yoghurt*
cinnamon life
cilantro*
black beans*
chickpeas*
kidney beans
pinto beans*
refried beans*
bamboo shoots*
coconut milk*
pork chops*
pork loin roast*
seven-bone beef roast
ground turkey
mission chips*
dubliner cheese
goat cheese
feta
eggplant
pomegranate
rhubarb
parsnips
blueberries
sour cream
yellow squash
basil
nutella
dried beans
tangerine
munster cheese
ginger*
shallots
leeks
salmon
steak
figs
fava beans
edamame
applesauce and pear sauce from scratch
pizza from scratch
frosting from scratch
cream puffs from scratch
roasted turkey
cranberry mustard relish
omelet
homemade corn tortillas
thai curry
pesto from scratch
chicken tikka and tikka masala from scratch
butternut squash soup from scratch
tomato soup from scratch
muffins from scratch
carrot cake from scratch
pancakes from scratch
lemon pancakes from scratch
bread from scratch
crepes from scratch
brownies from scratch
cheesecake from scratch
Here's to finding even more delicious foods in the future. I'm just getting started.
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2 comments:
Wow, Meg! That is quite a variety. We're still in something of a noodle phase, but I'm working on it.
Before I married Paul, I thought I didn't like bell peppers. He loved them and eventually I came around (aka, tasted them). They are some of my favorite vegetables now. But also experimentation in the kitchen has done wonders for my palate.
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