I thought these questions would provoke many memories! I know they did for me.
1. What is your first food memory?
I remember eating Cheerios at the bar in our kitchen, sitting up high on the stools & being told not to twirl the chair.
2. What was your favorite dish/food as a child?
My mom’s mashed potatoes. I still love them.
3. Name one of your mini’s favorite foods:
ha! I can’t name just one…Strawberries, rice, peas, lettuce, noodles, cucumbers. If I did a meal with all that combined I’d be sure to have her eat it all!
4. What was your mini’s first solid food? Did they love it or hate it?
rice cereal and applesauce. I remember her really going for it!
5. What was something you were excited to make for your mini for the first time?
The aforementioned mashed potatoes. Since they are my favorite food. My husbands big one was pizza. Luckily for our fragile egos she loves both!
6. What is your favorite food memory?
The yellow cake on my 4 year old birthday. I just remember it being so good and super yummy. We were not a household that ate a lot of cake so your birthday cake was a pretty special event.
7. Your mini’s birthday party : All out theme with perfect kid food ala Martha? or Quiet family home party with scrumptious cupcakes? Something in-between?
Quiet home party with delusions of grandeur. I usually have a big plan and then get down to the wire and have to punt. We always have yummy food! I think it will be better when she can help with the planning. Good thing she’s Ina Garten’s biggest fan!!
8. Name one thing you absolutely love to make and eat when you are feeling like a kid again:
Brownies or fudge. We used to make fudge for Christmas presents at our house and it was so good! I can never make it as well as my mom did.
9. Name something you ate as a kid that you now look back on and wonder “what were my childhood taste buds thinking??” :
Kraft sliced American cheese with ketchup on it. I know it is SO gross!! But hey what did I know?
10. Name 3 things your mini loves (doesn’t have to be food related):
Totoro, Kiki, babies, animals, letters & numbers
5 Comments so far
Leave a comment
I love Barefoot Contessa so much too! I’m afraid if I ever met her that I would not be able to control my urge to touch her hair. I know that sounds bizarre but she has the silkiest softest looking hair.
I loved reading this - it made me remember a doll cake my mom made for my 5th birthday. She had tiny licorice pieces for her hair
LOL! I love that Ina seems to be a big hit in the kid AND adult arena! I actually just wrote her a little fan letter telling her about my daughter’s love!
Meredith, that cake sounds lovely! And Ina does have nice hair!
Tulip - can I ask what the secret is to your favorite mashed potatoes? I love experimenting with mashed potatoes. I tried Giada’s pesto mashed potatoes with a roasted chicken on Sunday. I also like adding Gorgonzola occasionally. My standby is reds, with the skin still on, lots of garlic powder, butter, cream and fresh parsley!
Comment by Meredith 02.21.07 @ 4:44 pmGah! Could I take LONGER to answer this question!?? Sorry!
Meredith, my secret is garlic and goat cheese. I use about 6 cloves of roasted garlic and one packet of goat cheese for a family size portion of mashed potatoes. I get loads of requests for it at potlucks and family dinner get-togethers. I think it’s the roasting of the garlic that really makes it. A little parsley never hurt anyone either!!
Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
Too funny about your little ones love of Ina. My son is in love with her show too! (and so do I
Comment by Megan 02.18.07 @ 10:52 pm