If your house is anything like my house, you’re still finding ways to make sure the kids eat enough vegies. My kids aren’t too bad. They don’t love them but they’ll eat them if I insist. But I’m always looking for ways to trick them. You may think that’s bad but why have the fight if you can avoid it. There …
The Art of the Simple Birthday Party
We had a birthday party to attend today, it was early, it was Saturday. It was my nightmare. The venue was right in the neighbourhood. The original plan of mini golf…… buses and trains away, was changed seeing as the weather was turing nasty later on. I was secretly pleased. Is that mean? Was I being a grouch?
Are You a Short Order Cook?
Lately I have gotten very tough in the kitchen, I’m no longer cooking separate meals. Not that I really did it too much but with the kids older now, their palettes are changing anyway and they are enjoying more varieties of foods. Whatever I serve is what they eat. If they don’t eat it then they will be hungry. My …
Kid food vs real food
With the current health problems in children, obesity, asthma, autism among others, new research has surfaced that products made with high fructose corn syrup are now linked to autism. Food coloring causes hyperactivity and the sugar in processed foods is crazy. So why do we need to feed our kids different foods? Why would we serve up a lovely meal …