Parents magazine just put out their Top 10 national family friendly restaurants. You've probably been to a few of them, Red Robin or Denny's or maybe Old Spaghetti Factory. I'm curious, what makes a good kid restaurant for you? Is it a healthy kids menu so you can feel good about your meal? Or is it a chicken-finger loaded kids menu so that you can actually enjoy your meal? Is it a place that gives crayons or provides sippy cups or simply a place where they don't look at your brood like aliens? And which place would you have added to the Top 10?
My daughter's graduation party is next weekend and I am in a tither. Let's get this right out on the table, I am a food snob. The hard part is that everybody knows that and so are expecting a huge gourmet spread at the party. I have thrown countless dinner parties for all sizes, the most recent for 20, without stressing too much. After Megan sent out her Facebook invites last night, the total replying with a positive YES was about 200. In her words, OMG. So I'm planning on doing a cocktail-like spread, with nosh and snacks: bread with spread, veggies, fruit salad, cheese table, etc. Do you have any life-saver, favorite party recommendations for me? Besides calling Subway?
Two Angry Moms is a documentary about advocating for change in the sorry state of USDA-approved lunches in American public schools. The women behind the film grew concerned about chicken-nuggets-&-tater-tot meals because they leave children spacey or hyper. "Go to your child's school and eat the lunch. That's the only way you'll really understand the quality of it," they recommend.
Last night the hub grabbed a bite to eat at a local fast food establishment before picking the kiddo up from school because he was going fishing that evening leaving the T and I to fend for ourselves. After hub left, I looked at T and said, " What should we have for dinner?" I think that his participation in choosing the meals helps him want to eat it. "Breakfast!" he exclaimed.
Okay, so I've been a vegetarian for fifteen years. Back in the day, I ground my own wheat, juiced my own vegetables, and baked with date sugar.Then, I had two more kids and got a job. Now, it seems all I eat is wheat thins. Really. I just can't get hold of a way to cook decent food on a regular basis. When I buy fresh vegetables and other ingredients with the best of intentions for cooking them, they too often end up in the trash when we rush in the door harried for the tenth night in a row at 7 or 8 PM after so-and-so's concert or the other one's play or the meeting I had or whatever. And what do you do at that point? Break out the crackers or order a pizza. What do other people do?
