PB's green pasta bake

[menthe_reglisse]

One of the things we are working on for our family self-improvement sticker chart is eating a wider range of meals. This is mainly the kids, rather than the adults who are pretty unpicky. But for form's sake, I have a chart for eating dessicated coconut. The kids eat a nutritionally adequate diet, but it uses quite a narrow range of ingredients and

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[menthe_reglisse]

It was also good cold as packed lunch today.

[minnesattva]

This would even get me to eat cabbage, which is not a favorite of mine thanks to bad childhood experiences :)

[menthe_reglisse]

Excellent! Garlic and/or cheese are excellent additions to cabbage, IMNSHO. And cooking it lightly so there is still some crunch is essential.

[minnesattva]

Garlic and cheese are twoof my favorite things to eat, so this bodes well. :)

All vegetables of my childhood were cooked until they were no longer crunchy. I honestly thought I hated all cooked vegetables (except corn, and that's probably because it holds its shape no matter how long it languishes in a pan of water atop my mom's stove). I have gotten a lot better since I've been cooking for myself (I like a lot of veg that my mom doesn't! she thinks it's weird that I like spinach) but there are a few stragglers that I'd still like to learn to enjoy.