Food Phases

Richie goes through phases of things he likes to eat. And during a phase, all he will eat is whatever he is craving. Once the phase is over, he wants nothing more to do with that food. He isn't very good at telling me the phase is coming to an end, so I keep stocking up on whatever it is, you know, being a good wife and all, and then he comes home and announces he wants no more of his craving.

This time, I told him he needs to tell me when he is getting tired of his latest craving. We'll see if it works out any better.

So what is his latest food phase? That would be homemade chicken salad. With crackers.

If you know me, you know I'm probably tied for world's pickiest eater. Chicken salad is not something I like. I usually can't even stand the smell. (It's the mayonnaise that kills me.)

Richie doesn't like egg, so his only request while I searched for a recipe was no egg in the chicken salad. I, on the other hand, added in not lots of mayo. It stinks and isn't healthy for you.

I spent about an hour looking, and found what 500 reviewers claimed was "the best chicken salad recipe ever." Figured if 500 people agreed, it would be worth a shot. Plus it had no egg and very little mayonnaise (even the word mayo makes me gag a little).

It was super easy to make, and the longest part is waiting for the chicken to cook.

Thankfully, Richie loved it. As did my mom and dad. I hit gold with the recipe! I was worried about it since I didn't do a taste test, but I made Richie promise to be honest. The only thing he said needed changing was he wanted his grapes chopped up smaller, not just cut in half. Easy!

I've also only let him eat it for one meal a day. If he had his way, he'd eat it for lunch and dinner, plus two snacks in between. I think this is how he burns out on things. I want his chicken salad phase to last a little longer than normal since it is a quick, easy, healthy thing I can feed him for lunch.

Here is a picture of the finished product, ready to be served to my wonderful husband.

His other latest food phase is V8 juice. While it is healthy, that sucker is loaded with sodium! Like, enough to last you a week. A flight attendant pointed it out on the plane, and I'm glad she did. I'm going to try switching Rich to the low sodium version without telling him. We'll see if he notices :)


I'm working on organizing and cleaning my fridge, so that I can stock it up before going back to work. Notice I have only 5 more cans of V8 left. I better start mixing in the low sodium cans to ease the transition.

PS- The whole "food phases" title reminds me of my high school job. "Your order number is P as in phat" :-) True story.