Crappy Dinners

I made Swedish Meatballs for dinner last night. I had high hopes, looked like they would be good. They just...weren't.

It was a pretty basic recipe, as I was making it I kept trying to find a way to spruce it up some. To no avail. The kids ate it at least...because it had no flavor! It was like when you are sick with a cold and you can't taste what you eat, then when you are done you are so unsatisfied, that was Swedish Meatballs.

Now, we aren't used to tons of flavors. When I made Curry Chicken the recipe had tons of Ginger, Garlic, Curry and Onion. It was almost overwhelming all the flavors in it. It was delicious though and I would rather have lot's of flavor than none, which I think is pretty normal. So I ate a couple mini Crunch bars and felt a little better.

The Split Pea soup turned out pretty good. Except I didn't have enough chicken broth so I replaced it with bouillon cubes. It ended up very salty, and the ham I added didn't help. It was pretty good though. The Youngest loved it and ate it all, Middle only ate the ham out, Oldest had to be bribed to take, "Just a couple more bites".

So you can't win them all. I think I am feeling Goulash tonight.

I can't wait until Summer when the lighting in my kitchen is better. My pictures will look better then.