Ok, so I made the Mexican Burgers for dinner tonight. I pretty much followed along with Duke's changes, except I added chopped onion & garlic to the guac as well.
The results were (unfortunately) mixed. I thought it was ok.. I am not a huge cilantro fan, but I couldn't find fresh basil today, so I just went with it. I loved the guac and salsa. I think I ate half the guac myself! Tristan ate tons of guac as well. W & H tried it, but weren't too impressed. Will ate 1/2 a burger, but Hallie just poked at it.
Dan thought it was very good, but wished I had made some sides to go with it. To my way of thinking, the burgers, guac, salsa & lime mayo were enough for a dinner, but... Duke, did thee make sides with this? Dan is definitely a "full meal" type guy, meaning preferably meat, 2 sides, bread and dessert type of thing. I definitely lean toward the "one dish" meals, and this was sort of up the middle, in my opinion. I guess I could have thrown together a salad or something too. (And the first thing he asked for before I sat down was A1 sauce... ugh..)
Anyway, I don't know if I'll make this again. It was not too bad on the prep (I have an old grater, so the lime peel was tedious) but the rest was easy. Maybe next time I'll have fresh basil and I'll be able to sub that in for the cilantro and my "problem" with cilantro will be solved. :) Or maybe we'll be in our house by then and I can pick my own basil!!! :)
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Sare, I did make a couple of sides with this meal, grilled zucchini and sliced fresh cucumber, tomato and basil. I'm sorry thy kids didn't like it too much, I guess I'm never terribly surprised when my kids don't like something, they're awfully unpredictable, so usually I just cook what I like or what looks interesting and let them eat that with some additions, like fresh fruit, etc. What do you guys usually do about dinners and kids meals? Do you usually plan your menu around what your kids will eat?
Yeah, I actually made a pack of Lipton noodles w/ broccoli with dinner for my kids, b/c I thought they might not like it. I don't really cook to the kids-- they're way too unpredictable and picky. They have to try dinner, and if they don't like it, they can eat the side dishes or have a piece of fruit or something. Generally it works out ok. :)
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