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growing up i was spoiled. yes i admit it. i wasn't really forced to eat a lot of things. i love my mom!! i didn't eat fruit - seriously, a few blueberries and that was it! no apples, no applesauce, no strawberries, grapes, oranges, etc.. i would only eat corn and green beans for veggies. meat i liked, potatoes i liked, wild rice i loved, and of course ice cream, cookies, candy, pop-tarts, etc....

so anyways, my adult life has been filled with finding that i really do like a lot of things i never thought i would. i tried a strawberry when i was a junior in college on spring break. i wanted a friend to try grape jelly on her grilled cheese. she thought that sounded gross, i thought her strawberry sounded gross, so we agreed to each try. wow...not bad.

then i ate a salad on my missions trip when i was 23. loved it!! imagine my parents, and fiance's, surprise when i returned. i now eat a variety of fruits and veggies - currently passionate about asparagus!!!! imagine that???

but one thing i still didn't like was chicken salad. i've tried it - a variety of them. always just found it okay. but i had a very yummy one at my friends house one day. it was different. liked it. then dear friend has a recipe she raves about as well. she made it one day when i was there. i tried it, after initially refusing, and thought it was just okay. but for our preschool lunch that is what she chose to make. of all things - chicken salad. i planned to bring something else out, but when i woke up that morning i CRAVED her chicken salad. i couldn't wait to get there and eat it. then i went back for seconds. and now....i definitely want the recipe to make for here!!

hmmm...my kids really want me to like pickles, but well, i'm pretty sure i'm still not liking those - i've tried them and they are nasty. but i would never have guessed i would one day eat chicken salad and like it. i wonder what else i might like!

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