a day of firsts
(jennie – i am happy to give you a green curry recipe, but do you want a slow cooker or regular recipe?)
the slow cooker made its appearance today thank you very much in the form of….drum roll please….
chicken adobo.
this philipino dish is not a traditional slow cooker meal, but after a quick call to lita i felt confident enough to give it a go.
threw it together in five minutes (the longest part was waiting for the chicken to defrost) and then set it to low for five hours and 30 minutes. it felt good not to be rushed around dinner time, it gave me some extra time on the playground, where i played hide n seek with the kids. they love that game right now although they always hide in the same spot and call me over to it.
around the allotted time, i set out the plates, put on them french loaf brushed with a bit of olive oil, some broccoli, and with some trepidation, took off the cover of the slow cooker.
it looked marvellous in there and smelt even better. i popped a portion on each plate.
my audience of four was thrilled to see the bread but wasn’t so impressed with the other two items on their plate. only sebastian ate solidly. surprisingly, jasper did as well. sela whinged quite a bit and ignored her chicken, insisting, "i will make a broccoli sandwich", and she did, popping her broccoli on top of her french bread and popping it down the hatch. carys was quite good.
after five minutes or so, i gave them all a glass of milk. jasper was ignoring his broccoli and for some reason, as i put his glass of milk infront of him, i decided that this should be the day he had his broccoli.
"jasper," i said, "tonight you are going to eat your vegetables". immediately, jasper began to whimper. "i doan like vegetables!" he exclaimed, real tears fillng his eyes.
i picked up a fork and put a floret of broccoli on it. jasper’s eyes widened and then narrowed as he saw this redwood approaching him. "hide it!" he beseeched. "please hide the broccoli!"
suddenly i said, "jasper, cover your eyes and count to 10. and when you’re done, i want you to say, ‘ready or not, here i come broccoli’!"
and he covered, counted and consumed.
