I grew up in a small town in Michigan called Coloma.
My grandma lived right down the street from me not even a mile away. Her parents were from Poland and they taught her several different Polish recipes that she has perfected. I have found that to me Polish food is delicious and I have her to thank for all of the wonderful foods that I have eaten and now make for myself. For example, one of my favorite dinners that she has prepared for my family and I is
Polish sausage with potato dumplings and sauerkraut. It is an on going joke that whenever we go to my grandma's house for dinner that we will most likely be eating something that she made a while ago and froze. Since she lives alone she saves everything and will
freeze it to make later. Another thing that my grandma did besides bake was to have tea parties with me which is by far one of my fondest memories from my childhood.
My family and I love food, I mean who doesn't, but I will admit we eat too much of it. One thing I eat too much of is pizza. I could easily eat pizza for every meal of the day and be just fine with it.
Favorite foods
- Manicotti
- Lasagna
- Pizza
- Chicken
- Mashed Potatoes
- Chips
- Frys
- Polish sausage
- Tacos
Those are just of few of my favorite foods (notice that not one of them is healthy). However, I have been working on eating healthier and exercising more since last Summer and have noticed some positive results! It has not been very easy to say no to all those yummy foods, but as time has passed each day becomes that much easier and I know I am heading in the right
direction.
Wow, sounds like you have a lot of food traditions with your family, that is really cool! Have you tried making healthier versions of these favorite foods, so you don't lose that connection?
ReplyDeleteMy wife's family is also Polish - -boy do they make a lot of food. It is part of their hospitality.
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