Intro: Who we are and what we eat

We are four people who get along fairly well except that we all like to eat different things. This makes it challenging at dinnertime, especially if it's getting close to 6 p.m. on a weekday and I haven't already started making dinner.

I also have a tendency to forget what I've made from week to week, so I'm hoping that, if nothing else, this blog will serve as an electronic menu reminder for our family. I hope it benefits you and your family along the way.

Who We Are
The four of us are: Mom (M., principal blogger); Dad (D.); Teenager (TA); and Picky Eater (PE).

What We Like

• D. likes super spicy food and can/will eat almost anything. 
• M. has a few food allergies/sensitivities we have to work around including an inability to digest all cheeses except swiss, goat and sheep's cheese.
  
• TA likes sushi, hates cooked fish, has cravings for olives and stuffed grape leaves but won't eat things like white rice or eggs.
  
• PE's favorite foods are chicken nuggets, pizza and scrambled eggs; for vegetables, she will only eat corn and raw carrots, celery, and peas in the pod, but she loves almost all fruits. (We've tried to get her to eat what's being made for everyone else, but then she just doesn't eat. She once held out for two nights in a row. Since she's very skinny, we've decided to set aside and adapt part of what we're cooking each night in order to make something she'll actually eat.)
  

Our Diet

We are all omnivores, but we usually eat small portions of meat and also often eat vegetarian meals. M. and D. tend to like ethnic foods of all varieties, and would cook more of them in TA and PE would eat them.

In addition, we try to buy organic milk; cage-free eggs (organic if they're on sale); cheese without BGH (organic usually too expensive); meat raised without hormones or antibiotics; and organic fruits and vegies, when possible. 

We never buy soda (except maybe for parties, when other people expect it), and rarely buy junk food, although we've been known to buy Dorito's. We feel no guilt whatsoever about eating small portions of ice cream whenever the mood strikes us.