Success is just a meal away

Well the endless fruitless attempt to get my children to eat a reasonable dinner was not a complete failure.  

We had

Microwave chicken (from Aldi - actually quite good - skin comes up crisp and spicy) Mummy got to eat extra skin as neither child eats it.  It has flavour or something.  

Mashed potatoes (ignored as usual - my kids only eat mash made by someone not living with us)

Spinach fried in a splat of olive oil with garlic, spring onion, celery and broccolini.  Also a spider came out of the spinach as it was cooking!  4 year old ate once I explained the spinach makes you big strong and do smelly loud farts.  Anything to get them to eat greens.  It works actually.  

mashed sweet potato - ignored.    4 year old had a hissy fit when sweet potato was put on his plate.

Nuked frozen peas - eaten by both.  2 year old mostly to drop half masticated onto floorboards.  I thank everyday that I have floorboards.

Also my brother - the one who lives with us - won't eat orange food.  Except carrots.  

Then each child ate fruit for dessert.  Youngest 1.5 bananas and eldest 3/4 apple.  

Mummy ate chocolate (for dessert!).  And drank a glass of wine.