149. Pork chops

We really love pork. That guy that was on Top Chef that loved pork so much he had a pig tattooed on his arm....that would be dave. Not imagine the horror to have a child who hates pork. Our daughter Elise does not hot dogs, bacon...you get the idea. So I knew that it would be a struggle tonight. To my shock Elise was fine. The same could not be said for Eli. This meal ranks in the record books as one of the worst times at a dinner table. (I am thinking of not just our family but in the history of families)
Eli thought the pork was hot, spicy, cold, wet, too hard....The cauliflower was gross and he hated it...the corn was no good. We started dinner with the normal milk meltdown. Then he went to his room for time out for screaming and crying. Then he got to come downstairs where he started to scream about his milk and meal. Back to his room. This went on time after time. So finally we seemed to have him off the ledge and he was playing around at the table and knocked the milk over and it went everywhere and his father snapped. As I type Dave is putting him to bed as he screams I am hungry. Hence the eye twitch and bottle of beer beside my chair.

*pork chops
*1/2 cup soy sauce
*1/4 cup red wine vinegar
*2 TBSP honey
*2 TBSP olive oil
*4 cloves garlic, minced
*2 TBSP garlic
*1 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (If making for kids, leave out.)
*1/2 tsp pepper

Combine and place in container with pork chops
Marinade for an hour or more
Grill on medium heat

150. Roasted Cauliflower with Cheese sauce

I thought that I could trick the kids to eat the veggies with the cheese. Dave and I loved it. Eli did manage to bite that took him about 6 minutes to finally get down in the middle of the meltdown

*2 small heads cauliflower, trimmed and cut into flowerets
*1/4 olive oil
*3/4 tsp salt
*1/2 tsp pepper
Sauce
*3 TBSP butter
*3 TBSP flour
*1 1/2 cup milk
*1 tsp salt
*1/4 tsp pepper
*pinch nutmeg
*6 ounces Gruyere cheese (now if you can not find this, its very close to swiss cheese)
*pinch of cayenne

Heat oven to 400
In a large bowl toss the cauliflower with olive oil, salt and pepper until coated
Transfer to a baking sheet
Roast cauliflower, stirring occasionally, about 30-40 minutes
Sauce
Neat end of roasting time, in a medium sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat
When melted whisk in flour for 3 minutes
Gradually whisk in milk until smooth
Add salt, pepper and nutmeg whisk for about 3 minutes over a low heat
Remove from heat and whisk in cheese and cayenne
transfer cauliflower to platter and spoon cheese over.

Update...Eli is still screaming.