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Jan072008
We all eat
January 7, 2008
Wow, that was awesome, you amazing flock of commenters, coming to my rescue!
We all eat, that's for sure.
I love to see the diversity of suggestions. From raw to vegetarian to meaty.
We are not vegetarian, mostly because my kids are allergic to dairy, soy, fish, and nuts. They are also allergic to citrus fruits. It makes for a pretty restricted diet. Not being able to give them tofu bums me out. Same with nuts. And ORANGES. But anyways. I hope they'll outgrow this. And their allergies are mild, no anaphylactic shock or anything.
The allergies absolutely threw me for a loop when I first started feeding Kid A, but now I am more used to a lifestyle of dancing around food. I've realized, also, that in a lot of foods, you can just eliminate the dairy without harming the food too much. We try to have a plant-based diet, however, so usually we don't eat as many eggs as I made it sound like we eat. And we have meat a couple of times a week.
I'm going to bring up my good friend Renee again, just because I miss her so much I could cry, (She came over to my house for coffee every single day in the six months before we left the land. I almost spent more time with Renee than any other person.) but I have to give her props for handling my kids' food allergies with care while she was cooking at the Land.
But anyways, thank you thank you for your time and recipes and suggestions. I love the way you all talk about food. It seems so offhand, like, slappity slap, and then I just dash a bit of this into a chunk of that and Voila! Or, I make pizza and then I take the leftovers and make a wedding cake! Well, nobody said that, but it would be a cool trick, wouldn't it? And then everyone is pouring juice into everything like zippity zap, it used to be juice and now it's dinner! Or whip up some sushi! You are all Kitchen Superstars.
I think more than anything it made me realize that food is just food, and there is no magic potion that will make me into a perfect cook. Just get healthy food into the bodies, that's all.
And bang your head against the wall repeatedly, trying to come up with things to cook before grocery day.
I will let you know how it goes, though.
We all eat, that's for sure.
I love to see the diversity of suggestions. From raw to vegetarian to meaty.
We are not vegetarian, mostly because my kids are allergic to dairy, soy, fish, and nuts. They are also allergic to citrus fruits. It makes for a pretty restricted diet. Not being able to give them tofu bums me out. Same with nuts. And ORANGES. But anyways. I hope they'll outgrow this. And their allergies are mild, no anaphylactic shock or anything.
The allergies absolutely threw me for a loop when I first started feeding Kid A, but now I am more used to a lifestyle of dancing around food. I've realized, also, that in a lot of foods, you can just eliminate the dairy without harming the food too much. We try to have a plant-based diet, however, so usually we don't eat as many eggs as I made it sound like we eat. And we have meat a couple of times a week.
I'm going to bring up my good friend Renee again, just because I miss her so much I could cry, (She came over to my house for coffee every single day in the six months before we left the land. I almost spent more time with Renee than any other person.) but I have to give her props for handling my kids' food allergies with care while she was cooking at the Land.
But anyways, thank you thank you for your time and recipes and suggestions. I love the way you all talk about food. It seems so offhand, like, slappity slap, and then I just dash a bit of this into a chunk of that and Voila! Or, I make pizza and then I take the leftovers and make a wedding cake! Well, nobody said that, but it would be a cool trick, wouldn't it? And then everyone is pouring juice into everything like zippity zap, it used to be juice and now it's dinner! Or whip up some sushi! You are all Kitchen Superstars.
I think more than anything it made me realize that food is just food, and there is no magic potion that will make me into a perfect cook. Just get healthy food into the bodies, that's all.
And bang your head against the wall repeatedly, trying to come up with things to cook before grocery day.
I will let you know how it goes, though.
Reader Comments (5)
Hello there again, I was comment #20 on the last journal you wrote and I just wanted to give you that email address for Kraft's Kitchens:
kraftkitchens@email.kraftcanada.com
Hopefully you won't have any problem accessing it in the States. Oh, you said that your kids are allergic to dairy and soy, so how do you give them enough calcium? Do they get special vitamins? I guess there is also calcium in more things than milk. I am addicted to milk, so I would be lost if I had to go without it. I once thought my son was becoming lactose and so I switched him to soy for a week, which he loved (I like the chocolate the best:o), but then he became constipated, so I switched him back to milk and he was fine. I try to give him more water to drink now (we don't drink much juice), because I think he just had too much milk in his system. Well, I gotta go, need to get my rest, hope you are getting yours as well!
Oh, you might just want to search for the kraft kitchen company on-line, I thought the address would take you directly to them! Sorry about that!
dairy, soy, nuts & fish, huh? we could never live together, our kids are allergic to opposite things. mine can't have gluten, dairy, nuts and only moderate amounts of citrus. planning your life around food is an odd way to live.
so here are the things on my list of meals that you folk could have:
first, soak ten million beans. then have make-your-own burrito night.
then have beans & rice.
then have fried rice w beans
then have bean soup
then take a break from beans. soak chickpeas instead.
chickpea curry, falafels, hummus, chickpeas & rice...
then lentils, the fast food of the legume kingdom.
lentil burgers, baked lentils, lentils & rice, dahl...
couscous is good. with tomato sauce, with white sauce, with butter, with peanut sauce... couscous is always good.
spaghetti, tomato soup, noodles in alfredo sauce...
wild rice with brown or basmati rice. mmmmmmm. but maybe not so cheap if you don't live on the canadian flatlands.
carrot soup, squash soup, stews, miso, lentil soup, split pea soup...
fried potatoes & eggs, mashed potatoes, french fries, baked potatoes with all the fixin's, shepherd's pie...
and i suppose you could make with chicken all the things i make with tofu. spicy orange chicken, breaded chicken fingers, stir fry, etc.
and i throw massive amounts of veggies into pretty much everything, willy nilly. willy nilly is the secret to my cooking, actually. shhh, don't tell anyone.
okay i kindof went on a tangent with the previous comment, but food is a passion of mine, and well i just love it.
i forgot to pass along a resource that i think you will surely enjoy. . . I used to manage an organic food store in a very bustling market and our website is fantastic, it is a home delivery company linked all over bc, alberta, and washington, there is meal planning, recipies and more resources to check out.. something i should have thought of in the heat of the food moment :
http://spud.ca
you don't have to sign up to use browse or check out resources, it is very fun and easy to navigate, Happy meal planning!
you're funny :)