Baked Ravioli "Lasagna"

I followed this recipe. I also fried up some polenta with basil slices.

We've had this before but I bought a new jarred sauce. A puttanesca. I was unaware that puttanesca is made out of everything Logan hates in this world, except pickles. Olives, capers and I think there was a hint of Hewlett Packard in there.

I started to pour the sauce and saw the chunks of olives and at first I thought, "Maybe he won't notice."

But then I smelled it and there were a lot of olives and I pretty much knew Logan was going to start weeping at the table.

Gee, I just don't know why my kids are so reluctant to eat things.

Anyway, So we just pulled out the ravioli which was mostly untouched by the sauce and made a pot of plain pasta and butter for everyone else in my picky family.

Logan: Tried to be polite and set a good example for the kids but I think inside his heart grew a little blacker toward me and everything I stand for.

Madison: Ate a 'bite' which was approximately 1/8th of an inch square and deemed the ravioli entirely inedible. Shockingly, she liked the polenta.

Max: Watched ET on Sunday, didn't go to sleep for 3 hours Sunday night complaining that he couldn't get ET out of his head. He spent most of the meal telling us he can't get ET out of his head. This is getting old really fast. He ate a couple bites of everything but mostly filled up on plain pasta.

Melissa: I loved it. Of course I did, since no one else did. I'm getting tired of trying.

Comments

[Kristi]

I love "Did They Eat It?"! I especially love your recounting of all of their reactions, although Logan's reactions might be my favorite. I used to have a very picky eater but all of the sudden he has started trying and liking all kinds of new things. There is hope, at least for the kids.

[Susanm]

I love this feature, Melissa. I think you are adventurous in what you serve, so hang in there. Of course, with Logan as "selective" about what he likes, the kids are going to pick up on it. My husband is omnivorous- I could burn it to a crisp and he would still eat it. My older one, the same age as Madison. is getting braverm though, and Mari is going back to being a vegetarian, I can cope with it all but I miss really spicy food. Sometimes I make it and force them to try it, and other times I make them something else. I think feeding a family is exhausting !

[teresa]

my husband is the pickiest of all the people i have to cook for. He won't eat any kind of seafood at all. he won't eat most meat--he will eat a roast from the crock pot but generally won't eat chicken on the bone or any form of hamburger.

no one in my family will eat the old stand bys: meatloaf or even spaghetti. if i tell them we are having spaghetti they say, "we ALWAYS have spaghetti."

if i ask people what they would like to eat the only answer i ever get is Pizza from my husband. if he never married he would live off $5 pizzas from little caesar's and frozen pizzas.

[jenB]

we should be able to physically hurt picky people. especially when WE ARE THE ONES COOKING. not that i am bitter.

[Peeved Michelle]

I made this last night and it was really good. When you use the frozen ravioli, do you cook them first or just put them in the lasagne frozen? I cooked them first since I wasn't sure and that step made the whole thing not much simpler than my regular lasagne recipe. I am sure if I followed the recipe and used the refrigerated ravioli, it would have taken less time.

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