Hi all,
Long time no see! Hope you are all doing well. I have been busy trying to work more healthy eating into my family's routine. I have to tell you, I was pretty impressed when I figured out that our family went from January 19th until June 12th without visiting McDonald's. As a busy mom of two children, I'm quite proud of that accomplishment! Instead we had sandwiches, fruit and veggies, sometimes chicken nuggets and other "fast" food. It was more of an effort and I can't say a lot of it was gourmet but at least I knew where it was coming from and what kind of ingredients I was feeding my kids.
One of the other changes in our family is that my husband recently changed his eating habits. He has stopped eating wheat, sugar, dairy and legumes. I am not up for that yet, but I have concentrated more on "eating clean" (five ingredients or less in a packaged item). One of the benefits I did not foresee was that we suddenly had more fresh frutis and veggies in the house---because that is a pretty big staple in his diet. That trickled down to myself and the two kids and I have FINALLY realized if I have the healthy food (strawberries, red peppers, carrots, cucumbers, melon, etc...) prepared and ready to go, the kids will eat it!! I know it isn't always as simple as this, but it can't hurt to have those foods in your house. Always keep them within easy reach, ready to eat. Again, I know this sounds simple, and I have read this advice oodles of times before, but for some reason this time it stuck!!
I am so excited that farmers' market season is (finally) upon us! Our local market starts next week, and there have been other ones in Westford and Acton that have already started. The food just looks so good! Sometimes I will see a fruit or veggies that I know I don't love, but it just looks so good I feel like I should try it! This past week we made roasted brussel sprouts. They were great! Definitely going to add that to our dinner repertoire. The kids weren't as keen on it, but maybe someday...
If you want to try them the recipe is here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-brussels-sprouts-recipe2/index.html.
Have a great week!!
