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Despite the picture, Alex was quite happy with his Cheese Pakora.
My Mom, step-dad, and one of my little sisters (the baby) are coming down mid-May, on their way to depositing my Mom at The Biltmore to begin her three-month externship. We've decided to take them out to dinner that evening, and we've settled on what has become our favorite Indian restaurant, Sitar.
We want to make the experience as pleasant as possible for every one involved, so my Mommy-senses kicked in: we should get a nice order of take-out, and give Alex a chance to get used to those 'new' foods.
So, we placed a big order.
Vegetable Pakoras (potato, cauliflower, and broccoli)
Dal Makhani, Matar Panir, and Malai Kofta
Add a nice Puri, and it's a meal.
Well, for a first try, I did get Alex to eat the cheese pakoras, as well as a puri. And he loved the tamarind chutney, dipping both cheese and bread in it repeatedly.
And as there are plenty of left-overs, I'll keep offering the other dishes. Hopefully, by the time my family gets here, he'll be a bit more receptive!
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Indian + Dinner + Kids + Restaurants
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Despite the picture, Alex was quite happy with his Cheese Pakora.
My Mom, step-dad, and one of my little sisters (the baby) are coming down mid-May, on their way to depositing my Mom at The Biltmore to begin her three-month externship. We've decided to take them out to dinner that evening, and we've settled on what has become our favorite Indian restaurant, Sitar.
We want to make the experience as pleasant as possible for every one involved, so my Mommy-senses kicked in: we should get a nice order of take-out, and give Alex a chance to get used to those 'new' foods.
So, we placed a big order.
Vegetable Pakoras (potato, cauliflower, and broccoli)
Dal Makhani, Matar Panir, and Malai Kofta
Add a nice Puri, and it's a meal.
Well, for a first try, I did get Alex to eat the cheese pakoras, as well as a puri. And he loved the tamarind chutney, dipping both cheese and bread in it repeatedly.
And as there are plenty of left-overs, I'll keep offering the other dishes. Hopefully, by the time my family gets here, he'll be a bit more receptive!
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Indian + Dinner + Kids + Restaurants
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For Christmas eve day, we drove to North Carolina to spend time with my mom, step-dad & 'baby' sister. We had a lovely brunch, watched Alex get spoiled with Lego's, played with Jack & new puppy Max, and finished up with a guided tour...
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So, to celebrate our three years of Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam... oops, sorry; wedding flashbacks!...we dropped Alex off with his grandparent's (who were quite happy to...
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