Remember that time when I was SO scared of cooking? While I’m still not exactly the most confident chef, I do ok, and am better in the kitchen than I was. I think thats a pretty accurate way to say it.
Which is REALLY handy because food is tricky over here these days!
Firstly, I have Brady, whose mouth gives him a lot of trouble, thanks to cancer treatments targeting his C-spine, and catching his mouth and throat in the crosshairs. Most meat hurts, and most seasonings hurt. This isn’t new, though, so I understand him pretty well and know what he can have.
Secondly, we have a toddler who is rocking a total dairy elimination diet right now. Which is HARD. Down to the “may contain” part of the label, we are avoiding ALL dairy at ALL costs. So, to name the obvious ones for cooking suppers, thats milk, cheese, butter, and lots of our favorite seasonings.
So. Brady can manage the caramelized onion butter seasoning. But the kid can’t, because butter. Kid could have dill pickle seasoning, but Brady can’t manage the zingy flavor.
Hence why I think I need to start cooking sheet pan meals in loaf pans 🤣
Sausage is a no-go for Brady right now, which I knew going into it, but everyone else eats it so we still have it.
I usually cook broccoli with garlic powder and parmesam cheese. Today, to save Brady, I decided to just put on parm. Of course, I realized too late that thats CHEESE! 🙄 Thankfully it was frozen broccoli that was still nice and frozen, so I rinsed it off and put garlic on the little batch, and parm on the rest for the rest of us.
And then potatoes are SO much better seasoned. So I put on simply “the blend” of salt, pepper, and garlic powder, but I made an “in case” batch with just a light salt in case Bradys mouth reacted.
This was an annoying way to cook, but I can confirm that it was actually super helpful and I will ABSOLUTELY use this method again!
Added bonus – Brady could totally handle the potatoes with the seasoning! Fun surprise! You never know when things will and won’t work, and today was a good day for food for him 💜 Yay!
Ok! Munchie Mix actually gave in to sleep earlier this evening, so I’m going to be done blogging and tuck in early!
Thanks for following along with our fam, guys. It means a lot to me.