It seems like I am a little food-centric this week. Aw, who am I kidding, I'm always hungry. I just ran across this nice Oh Crap I Forgot to Teach My Kid How to Cook piece and cracked up. It seems that maybe I'm doing it right by ordering the 5er to chop mushrooms while the teens stir the sauce so that I can keep talking on the phone.
Posted by stephanie on 10/15/2008 - 12:58pm.
I fell upon what might be the ulitmate family cookbook. Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros is a cookbook written by a woman who is not only a mother, but a woman who acutely remembers what it felt like to be a kid. The recipes are gathered from family and friends and arranged by color: a charming technique that puts spaghetti and meatballs in the same chapter as cranberry syrup. The pictures are clear and inspiring, nothing is too complicated, but everything is fresh and recipes come along with a personal note and maybe a drawing from one of her kids.
Posted by stephanie on 10/08/2008 - 8:18am.
Posted by stephanie on 10/01/2008 - 8:16am.
Have you seen the ads from the High Fructose Corn Syrup peeps? The ones where someone blanches at an HFCS riddled treat, but can't come up with any reasons for her distaste, only to be shamed into aquiescence by her condescending, bug-eyed and benevolent HFCS lovin' friend? It drives me insane that they call it "natural" when to get the final product, they have to take corn starch and treat it with three different enzymes to break it down to the molecuar level and force the desired levels of sugars. Yeah, just like chewing on a stick of sugar cane. Mostly what scares me is, what is it doing in whole wheat bread, or spaghetti sauce, or salad dressing, or yogurt? Turning me into one of those bug-eyed benevolent friends who is shoving a popsicle down your throat, that's what.
Posted by stephanie on 09/15/2008 - 11:09pm.
As a kid growing up, I was stick thin. At age 12 I looked like a concentration camp survivor so I'm told. During the teen years, the weight gradually came and the hard edges started to soften. In college, I gained the freshman 20 and spent the next summer working to get it off.
Then I hit 30 and my metabolism hit the brakes, or so I thought. I changed some of my eating habits and got things under control.
Age 35, had a kid, gained weight, metabolism slowed again! Shit! I went on a diet that gave up candy and white carbs for Lent and started running. Worked.
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Posted by Jennifer on 06/27/2008 - 9:54am.
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?
Posted by stephanie on 06/19/2008 - 11:25pm.
I was totally shocked by the reasoning capability of my 5 year old.
The other day, on the drive home from pre-school (year round school), my son said that he was "STARVING!" I asked him what they had for their afternoon snack that day. He told me that they had watermelon "circles" but that he didn't eat any. I asked him why and he said that if he doesn't eat an afternoon snack, he eats a good dinner. WHAT?! I just sat there staring at him while my mind was going a million miles a minute. Various thoughts flying through my head like 'Boy, have I already screwed this kid up?' ' Have we put too much of an emphasis on eating dinner that he is depriving himself of his snacks?' and "Is this a normal thought for a 5 year old boy?"
Posted by Jennifer on 06/18/2008 - 5:55pm.
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?
Posted by stephanie on 05/30/2008 - 10:10am.
