'Mamma. I Have a New Favorite Restaurant'

That’s what my son said as we were wrapping up supper this evening. We’ve been out and about quite a bit lately, so I was curious.

“Oh, really,” I inquired. “Where?”

“Home,” he said.

I was thrilled and not just because he knows how to make his mommy happy. I’m happy because I took a gamble that the kids would actually eat all of the adult meal I’d planned, without having to flesh out the menu with kid-friendly items.

Admittedly, they weren’t thrilled with the idea at first. I sent Future Farmboy out to the grill about midway through meal prep when he started to complain about the kabobs.

Future Farmgirl wasn’t going to have any of the rosemary roasted new potatoes until I explained that, yes, those are just potatoes. She didn’t even mind the rosemary (as much) when I pointed out the plants that it came from off our back porch.

In the end, the kids were asking for second, third and fourth helpings of the dishes they feared the most.

I’m not expecting this will happen with every meal going forward. But I’ll sure try more often.

VFG Test Kitchen Note: Photo above is the rosemary new potatoes (from King’s Hill Farm). I slightly altered a recipe I found at Simply Recipes (my new favorite recipe spot). My one fail was the garlic, which burned to a crispy black if it wasn’t right on top of a potato. Might need to reposition the baking pan.