Since Garnet was diagnosed with hypoglycemia the traditional meat and potato meals have been out the window in our house. While it was a struggle to learn to cook with NO SUGAR and LOW STARCH I am finding a groove. Add to this dietary restriction four kids to cater to….
To be honest, this Mama isn’t the catering type. If I serve them something they don’t like (after having tried it) I will reintroduce it over and over till they DO like it. This is how I won on the avocado front!
All that good parenting advice aside, I like to treat them now and again. That means asking what they would like for supper or making something I know they will love. On the weekend I surprised them with pancakes and strawberries for lunch (high protein and fiber, sugar free but they didn’t no that). The other night I needed a meal in a hurry and dared to ask for their hearts desires. They all agreed on ‘salmon h’orderves’. I started making them cracker topped snacks years ago and to them it is the fanciest of my meals.
Salmon h’orderves is what they call the meal in the photograph at the top of the post. Salmon salad atop some greens on a cracker and then topped with cheese, in this meals case we had havarti. I boiled a few eggs, steamed some broccoli and made an avocado salad for good measure… done in little time. One of my oldest kids found the home made apple cinnamon sauce in the fridge and requested it as ‘a side’… since it too is sugar free I agreed with little pressure.
The kids had seconds and thirds and…I told them I was done making h’orderves when they pleaded for fourths. A speedy, healthy meal all around and all the better because my crew thought it was grand!
Do you make your kids h’orderves’? If so what are yours like? Fancy actual h’orderves or ‘kid style’ ones?
Bless you and your meal making efforts!
TTFN
