When the cat's away, the mice eat curry!

or something like that:)

Truth be told, whenever the dad is out of town, we are all sad.  So we bury our misery by cooking and eating all the foods he generally doesn't like.  The dad has some serious aversions to casseroles (except lasagne, is that even a casserole?), curry, and all things lentil.

So.  Whenever the dad is away we are sure to eat some of the things above--or all of them if we are feeling particularly sad or if it has been a while since the dad has been away.  We also try to eat very simply.  And that is mostly because I like to have a little easier day when the dad is away.  So if it is not cassseroles, curry and lentils, it will probably be pancakes, eggs or cereal;)  

I am not alone in this endeavor...a dear friend serves her family popcorn and apples and cheese when the dad is away.  We are not odd.  We are just opportunists.

Anyway.  The dad was away for a long day a few weeks ago and we gorged --yes gorged-- ourselves on lentils and cheese casserole.  Two dad aversions in one!  and boy did we love it!  We--meaning mostly connor--ate a full 9X13 inch dish of the famous Jansen- Less-with-more-cookbook :Lentils and cheese.  Yum.

We sent pictures to the dad and his response? "yuck. glad i missed dinner"  We reminded him not to yuck someone's yum  and his response?  "yuck."  

Oh well.  we loved it and ate heartily.

Then more recently, the dad was away for a few days so we ate again--but this time he was a bit sad to miss our first yummy dinner.  We made Hawaiian Breakfast. Sound exotic, eh?  well.  It  is.  Sort of.  In a 'isn't that intersting' sort of way.  

The hawaiian breakfast was first discovered on our tip to maui  last year.  We found this little eatery that served yummy breakfast at a great price.  Lots of locals.  So wanting to experience the full hawaiian way of life, we ordered up and chowed down.  we all loved  it!

wanna know what it was?

pineapples?

no.

poi?

Uh, no way.  we aren't that interested in cross-cultural experiences...

we chowed down on this:

Rice, corned beef hash, egg over easy, all covered in brown gravy.

yum.

So that is what we had our first night.  The dad was sad tomiss it, but didn't mind missing the  chicken masala (indian style), the chicken pot pie or other yummy curry, casserole or lentil inspired meals that followed.

Yum.

(don't yuck it!)