The kids had a cooking birthday party this weekend. They made (white) english muffin pizzas, Cups of Dirt (chocolate pudding, crushed Oreos and gummy worms), and decorated cupcakes. My son has newly found allergies to soy, dairy, nuts and egg whites. I brought all his food: allergen free bread, homemade (allergen free) cupcakes and icing, and pudding made with rice milk (which did not congeal. ick.).  HIS meal was healthy. Hers was not. HE did not eat his meal, She did.

What should I do? I know the stuff she’s eating is bad for her, but I’m not sure how to tell her she can’t have 4 of the only 8 foods she eats! Occationally, fine. I get it. Don’t interfere; you don’t want them to rebel. But their diet, with all these birthday parties, is turning into more than occasion!

Any advice? How do you teach your kids about healthy living?

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Posted: November 11th, 2007 under Kid Stuff.
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With the colder weather upon us, I have remembered just how much I like soups and how healthy they are for you!

I’ve decided to change the rules a bit and add soups to the weekly goal of having 3 salads-as-a-meal. The new goal is to have 3:

I don’t see any reason why you can’t have smaller portions and combine the two, having a meal with a soup and salad.

 What is your favorite soup recipe?

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Posted: November 7th, 2007 under Rule of Three Rules.
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 How does one develop an aversion to  food? Specifically, Halloween candy?  I really need to know.

I started out my day in the right mindset to leave the candy alone, but after lunch, my sweet-tooth hit me hard and I caved in to some chocolate eyeballs (shhhh! Don’t tell the kids; they came from their bags).

I tried to be good this Halloween. I even risked, and probably ruined, my neighborhood candy-giver reputation, and gave out Halloween shaped pretsels instead of candy (I won’t eat pretsels, and I would have eaten all the chocolate, so at least I had something left to give out!)

My memory lapsed a bit, and I didn’t anticipate the candy that the kiddos would bring home!  Now what!? My son is, (in this case) conveniently allergic to peanuts. Do you know what candies have peanuts?  All the good ones!  Reeces, Peanut M&M’s, Snickers. I’m sure there is a lot more, but that’s all he brought home.  And somehow, my daughter brought home different, and equally as good, chocolates than he did. (I could care less about the pure-sugar candies….I WANT CHOCOLATE!!!)

The kids leave their candy bags around the house and the chocolate is silently shouting out to me, “Come eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat meeeeeeeeee!!!”

Grr! Go Away!  I guess I should mention that my kids are 2 and 4. There is no way that they could eat all that candy, or would notice if, say, half of it went missing!

Maybe I should think of it like I’m stealing *food* out of the mouths of my children. I don’t like filling them up with sugar, and I want to throw it all away or just let them have one a day. I try to set a good example for them, but part of me reverts to my fun childhood memories of Halloween and says, “What the hell? Let them eat it all until their stomachs hurt!”

What do you do with Halloween candy in your house?

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Posted: November 1st, 2007 under Motivation.
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