So, is anyone else working on expanding their food horizons?
No, my taste buds haven't particularly changed as drastically as yours appear to have. It sounds as though this is a true blessing for you as you may have only liked "comfort" foods prior to your surgery (lots of mashed potatoes and gravy, creamed corn and the like.)
I grew to love vegetables as a kid. Mom was a really bad cook so I looked forward to school lunches (most kids were saying YUK). I traded certain items for others spinach as I just loved the stuff (and it was the old canned version even.)
Never, ever cared for fish though until moving for about a year to the Milwaukee area.
They have lots of fresh water fish that well prepared was quite tasty. I found that I truly liked the mild white fish though still don't care for salmon, so whatever price its going for, isn't a problem.
There are only two things that I actively do not like - cantaloupe and pears (the taste is OK but they're just too gritty.)
Seriously now that you have a bread machine, investigate some whole grain or multi-grain recipes.
I don't actually bake in those wonders but take it to the second stage, then turn out on to a board, shape into loaves and bake in my oven, after basting with milk, egg white, etc. on top.
I do have a wonderful saffron braid bread that's just fabulous! If you'd like it, send me a personal post and I'll send the recipe along off the blog site.
Happy food exploring.
Please, if you make a perfect french bread, do it over and over before moving on. Baking is a science and an art and the world has a shortage of perfect breads. :)
I have had changes in my food likes and dislikes with each pregnancy. I wasn’t uber picky beforehand, but I was picky. Now, I’ll eat fresh spinach, grilled squash (that’s a biggie ‘cause I HATED squash) and zucchini, grilled asparagus, and olives. I’m still not crazy for olives, but I will eat them. The others, though, they are on my fav. list along with my usuals.
I still will not eat cooked spinach, or mushy veggies of any kind. Gotta be steamed or raw.
Mmm, French bread My mother used to make that.
I am really enjoying making my own bread. One thing I try to use is whole wheat flour or at the very least unbleached flour. One of the things I do to vary my Challah bread is to add dried fruit (cranberries and spiced apples) and sweeten it with honey instead of sugar. If I am making something special for the kids, I might add a double portion of honey to make it sweeter. I compensate by adding a bit more flour.
Another bread I like to make is sourdough. But you have to have a starter for that one, which I currently do not have. Hmm. Next week!
One thing I also have noticed is that my system cannot handle many of the foods I used to eat. They are apparently too spicy for me now?!
I have a sourdough mother a ‘festerin’ in my fridge. I make sourdough bread every 3 days. I live in San Francisco, too!