Slow Beginnings

Well you have to start somewhere right?

My first Dinner By Dad technically went off well, but I am not pleased.
The reason for that is two fold.

1.) Logan did not eat anything but a few pieces of chicken and 1 piece of broccoli.
2.) Nothing overly interesting happened which will make for a rather dull blog post.

Never fear though, fearless reader (see what I did there) I will still try to make this as interesting and painless as possible.

First thing is first, what did I cook?

Finished Meal On Stove
(Lemon Pepper Chicken, Rice, Stir Fry Veggies)

Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz as you can plainly see.

Sorry Dr. Suess attack, it is Lemon Pepper Chicken, White Rice and Stir Fry.

Now before you go thinking that I pulled out all the stops you should know that except the rice, everything here was from a bag.  It had all been frozen in the freezer before I thawed it, and cooked it.

Don't let that fool you though, i still made this meal my bitch.

I have never before today made rice that was not "minute" or "easy" rice and even though i didn't make very much of it (didn't want to ruin it all) it turned out great!  Every grain was fully cooked and had soaked up the water exactly the way you expect rice to behave.

The Chicken was also very good, although I added nothing to it, it was in the package just like I cooked it.

The Stir Fry, here's where i really spiced things up.  I added a dollup of honey and some light soy sauce while cooking it, and let me tell you , it was superb!

O.K., the final score on this meal is as follows.

Logan's Plate before presenting it

Logan's Liking = 2

Logan's Plate after dinner

The little stink bucket has no idea what he was missing, he only ate  ate a few pieces of chicken and 1 piece of broccoli.  He also asked for Ketchup to dip the chicken in.  Lesson learned.

Prep Time and Clean-up = 20 Minutes and easy

During Cook Time

 The chicken required nothing but some foil and the oven to be on, the stir fry was easily and quickly completed on the stove and the rice took the longest but was still super easy.  I see this being one of the easier meals for me to make, stopped only by Logan's apparent lack of interest.

Finished Meal on Stove

 The dishes that you see here, represent not only the nights cooking dishes but the previous evening worth of cups and randomness that always occurs, so clean up was easier than a fat kid choosing cake over green beans.

Clean Dishes

Reheated Rating = ?

Normally I would say how it was when Robin ate it later, but she got home from her first day as i was cooking and got to eat with us, she did enjoy it and would have given it a 4!

Dad's Decision = 4

I would eat this again, and I will probably try to get Logan to try it again, because I know he has eaten all of these things and enjoyed them, it was probably because he ate a daycare today and wasn't very hungry.

Here, Logan is watching Oomy Zoomy waiting patiently for dinner, he somehow got one sandal off but not the other.

One Shoe On

Now, if your still with me, than I applaud you and I promise that this will not be as boring as this post was.  Give me a week or so to find my groove and the posts will get better and better as well as the dinner.  I do not intend for this to be just a place to talk about the meal, I want to use this as a forum for you to get to know me and my family through my eyes.  

Please leave your comments on my meal, my blog, my cooking, anything you want.  I also welcome recipes and suggestions for meals!

Until next time...