It is like pulling teeth to get my Imp to try new foods. I think I've found the trick though: he's more likely to try something if I tell him it's spicy.
Case in point: we got him to try pad thai, recently, by calling it "spicy spaghetti." He tried it, and liked it well enough to ask me to learn how to make it so I could teach him.
Last night was another new food: buffalo chicken dip. I started with a recipe found online, but ended up modifying it a little bit. I'll probably half the recipe, more or less, next time I make it, and will just make it on the stove top.
Hot Buffalo Chicken Dip
2 cans chicken, drained
2 bricks cream cheese (I used reduced fat, and thank God I did)
3/4 c shredded cheddar (grate it yourself so the dip doesn't turn out gritty if texture bothers you)
1 c ranch dressing
3/4 c buffalo sauce
1/4 c Louisiana hot sauce (optional--if you need more heat to be happy with it)
Drain chicken (my cats demanded some of the chicken water, so I drained a little into paper bowls for them), dump in crock pot, break up a bit. Dump in cream cheese, cheddar, ranch, and buffalo sauce, and turn the crock pot on low. Go back in an hour or so, depending on your crock pot (mine runs way too hot on all settings), and start the process of mixing it up. It's ready when it's fully incorporated and hot all the way through. It's good with Freetos, tortilla chips, celery sticks. Probably would be good with club crackers, but I can't vouch for that, since I can't have those anymore.
The picky kid ate probably a cup of dip, last night. He only stopped because it was starting to make him queasy (as much cheese as is in it, I'm not surprised). I had maybe half a cup...and a bottle of hard cider to mitigate the gallbladder attack I knew would follow.
It was worth it. This recipe turned out good.
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