Food for thought

June 1, 2010 | Print

Green Eggs and Ham

Kelly served the kids green eggs and ham last week. India Tree natural food coloring and organic bacon, that’s what we’re turning to for easy dinner pizazz. It’s been a slippery slope since the beginning of spring, and until summer inspiration hits we’re expanding the evening meal plan into the breakfast and lunch categories. It turns out the kids love having waffles and eggs with broccoli for dinner.

We begin with vegetables and a protein and fill in around them to build a creative meal. Leftovers in the fridge with rice wrapped in a spelt tortilla or sheet of Nori seaweed, carrots with hummus and guacamole dips, fried egg on brown rice spaghetti–most anything goes. We started with one night a week and now may be up to two spontaneous dinners. The kids like the change, and it’s also made dinner more fun. Four year old Oliver envisions a new way of eating–turkey burgers for breakfast, pancakes for lunch and oatmeal at 6 pm. Though in the end, we realized that breakfast goes better as dinner than the other way around.

And, when we do have energy to do more than heat and roll, Weelicious is great for new food ideas.

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