This is a conversation that I’ve had many times with my friends and family. It goes something like this: ”I don’t know what I’m going to make for dinner tonight, I have food in the freezer but I forgot to defrost it. I’m so tired of cooking, I never know what to make and I spend so much money on food. How do you get your kids to eat well and try new foods?”
The answer:
“We sit down together, pull out some cookbooks and magazines and create a meal plan for the week. Then I know exactly what to shop for and I’m not scrambling at the last minute. They eat it because they helped to choose it.”
The new year officially starts for me on the day my kids go back to school. I can finally say Happy New Year to you! I took a little bloggy vacation this Christmas – deciding to instead focus on having fun with the family. I’m hoping that you all had a super celebration, no matter what you did this holiday season, and that you have some fab things planned for 2013.
You know what I love best about food (other than the whole keeping you alive thing)? It’s the memories that go with it. As far back as my brain can go, the big memories are associated with food. One of the first things I can recall is being forced to choke down an overcooked brussel sprout (at age 3 or 4) and then promptly throwing it back up. Of course we all have thousands of more pleasant food memories – from school lunches and holiday feasts to picnics, tasty travels and everything in-between. And the best of them all usually involve friends and/or family.
Happy summer holidays! How is your summer going so far? We had a terrific weekend camping with our friends – beaching, biking, hanging out, and plenty of eating. Camping eating isn’t always the healthiest though, so in an attempt to get excited about some fruits and vegetables I took the kids to my favourite organic farmers’ market this week. After a visit to the wading pool, some quality time with the farm animals and a little trail exploration, we perused the various booths at the market.