That's it! No more 5 Buck pizza for my kids. Shauna gave me Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld the other day. While I have dabbled in smuggling extra veggies into my kid's food, I hadn't fully thrown myself into the business of puree ... until now. Last night it was brown rice chicken balls with hidden yam, broccoli and milled flax seed. Tonight it was whole wheat noodles with squash, carrot, zucchini sauce and locally grown lamb meatballs. All day I day dream of spirarilla Popsicles and chocolate beet cake. How about cauliflower fluffy eggs with extra egg whites and yogurt. And do you know what -- he actually EATS it ALL. Yes, I have one of those kind of picky eaters. (Not Zina -- she'll eat anything.)
So, today I run home from hiking Rock Canyon full of purpose, full of energy and full of commitment. I'm just in time to whip up some tofu-beet-rutabaga-blueberry dino-nuggets with carrot-eye-of-newt ketchup before the kids get home from school. As Marco walks kitchen I fill him in on today's lunch menu.
Him: Oh, don't worry about lunch. On the way home we got burgers.
Me: What? Oh well, I guess burgers are protein. At least you didn't go to McDonalds. (I long ago told the kids that we don't go to McDonald's because they are mean to the cows before they kill them.)
Him: (Really guilty look.)
Me: (Medium to large tantrum.)
Him: But I had a coupon!
Me: That's no coupon, it's SATAN beguiling you into poisoning our children!
Him: Drama Queen.
Me: Well, you are a tofo-beet-rutabaga-dino-nugget-with carrot-eye-of-newt-ketchup hater!
(Tonight I pureed an extra eye-of-newt into his pasta sauce at dinner. Take that, Ronald McDonald.)
7 comments:
I thought it was against the davis code of ethics to ever go to mcdonalds Has he been dis-owned yet?
Kara
my kids only like the yogurt and apples at McDonalds...I saw that cookbook the other day in Ross of all places and walked around with it for a while before I left it there. It looked too complex for me. is it time consuming?
It's so nice at this time of life to fix simple meals that basically require no time. Hubby is happy with anything. I remember how taxing it was to constantly be thinking "What can I fix for dinner". Just not that big a deal now. So nice.
Love you, Judy
I almost bought this book while in the states and thought I'd wait to get a good review. Tell us how your nuggest turned out.
jen
The stuff of sitcoms. Hilarious.
Kara - I guess the Davis coupon ethic out trumps all others. (I just glad Marco didn't have a "Vegas Showgirl" coupon. Lord only knows what could have happened!)
Erin - You would LOVE this book. But I thought your Bat Babies already ate veggies.
Judy - I think I deserve a medal for everyday I prepare 3 healthy meals. For the love of quilts ...
Jen - You need to pick this up the next time you are in the states. SOON!!
Geo - Who gets to play me in this sitcom?
You are hilarious Andi!
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