Trying new food

I've made it a goal to make at least two or three new dinners a week for the kids.   I always try something with ingredients they'll like.  It's not like I try something funky.   I'm no Betty Crocker but I'm pretty handy in the kitchen.  I thoroughly enjoy trying new dinners and desserts.  I've made some things that I thought were fantastic and fairly easy.  I was so proud of myself.  But the kids take one look at it and turn up their noses or say, "I don't like it"!  I'm now getting a much better appreciation for my mother cooking for me as a kid!  So lately I've kinda just decided what the heck, I'm going to try anything.  One weekend we boiled some shrimp with a bunch of seasonings.  I thought no way will they eat that.  And of course, they couldn't get enough.  New Year's Day I cooked my first batch of black eyed peas.  I kinda winged it but they came out really tasty.  Caiden had fourths.   I started buying some different fruit, like pomegranates, gooseberries and red currants.  And what do you know they loved the pomegranate seeds (Caiden even ate the actual seed) and the very tart gooseberries and currants!  I just can't figure it out!  So from now on,  anything is fair game for dinner.  The second you think you have their eating habits figured out, it changes.  You just never know what those little rascals will take a liking to.