Just Like a Television Commercial
We're Going to Fix Our Own
When it comes to food, advertisers know how susceptible we are to the power of suggestion. It doesn’t even take a slick marketing campaign to inspire some of us to choose a particular food to eat.
For example, Louisa and I were reading a chapter in the charming children’s classic, “The Faraway Tree” by Enid Blyton, and we found inspiration for a dinner next week. In this chapter, the mother told her three children that they would have a baked potato with cheese and butter for dinner and suddenly we decided that should be one of our dinners next week. Yes, I know this isn’t an innovation in cuisine, loaded potato skins have been on restaurant menus for years. But we’ve never used this as the basis for our dinners at home. We’ve had make your own tacos, and do it yourself fondue, top your own pizza and, of course, make your own sundaes. But we’ve never worked with potatoes.
So we’re planning on having baked potatoes with toppings and a salad. So far we’ve selected bacon and gouda cheese as two toppings. But we need other, healthier ideas to add to the menu. Maybe chopped peppers? Any suggestions from the peanut gallery? Have you ever served “top your own potatoes” for dinner?
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Hummm….I’ve done broccoli and cheese and it’s tasty. How about salsa? A nice hot salsa should wake up the appetite! Roasted garlic? If you’re considering bacon, how about diced sausage or ham?
Well, I’m looking for healthy adds to the bacon and cheese. Broccoli might work, I wouldn’t go for salsa, but maybe the girls would. Thanks for the ideas.
When I was a kid I used to mix peas with mash potatos. Perhaps a side of fresh peas would work.
Great idea, except Louisa hates peas…
I kind of liked making faces with my peas on the mashed potatoes before eating them.