I am a fan of quinoa, the rest of my family not so much. I tried coming up with ways to fix it so that the kiddos wouldn’t complain much. The way to their hearts, or stomachs as the case may be, is definitely fruit. I already planned on using some black beans I made earlier with peppers from the garden and decided pineapple was the way to go. Continue reading
Jack started Kindergarten Wednesday. After being a little scared he recovered well. He enjoyed his first day, especially since they made gingerbread men cookies! Here is his first school lunch: peanut butter and honey on homemade wheat oatmeal bread, carrot sticks, pineapple, grapes and homemade vanilla pudding.
He came home and hardly ate any of it. Just the pudding, of course, and a couple bites of his sandwich. By day two he was better adjusted and ate his whole lunch.
We go through a lot of carrots in this house. We have them with lunch. We snack on them with hummus. We put them in stir fry meals… So many possibilities.
I have been plotting to make these scones for a long time now. Back in the spring when we planted the garden I jotted down recipe ideas to use all the zucchini. Mother Nature must have been laughing at me because I did not get one single zucchini, let alone to copious amounts I was planning on!
If I could I would probably eat pasta salad nearly every day of the summer. But alas, all those wasted carbs and lack of nutrition. Last year I was diagnosed with diverticulitis so for me a high fiber diet is extremely important.
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Feeding My 3 Sons 