Appetite

G just turned 7.

He's a lean little dude.

And he ate a whole Chipotle burrito.

All of it.

And then asked for dessert.

Mercy.

My Cooking. It is that bad. Really.

I spent some time this summer around real moms.  Moms who cook.  And I've been inspired, in my own little way, to spend more time preparing meals.

Last week I was trying a slow cooker lasagna recipe.  It involved browning ground beef.  This is not something that I usually do.  Or something that I ever do.

Evidence:

I'm at the stove and G approaches me: "Waz dat?"

Me: "I'm cooking meat."

G: "Das not meat."

Me: "Yes.  It's a different kind of meat.  It's not chicken meat.  It's beef meat."

5 minutes later G comes back for another peek.  With complete confidence, he announces: "Das not meat" and walks away.

Case closed.

Smoothies

Until I read it on Christine's blog, I didn't know that a beverage could be dinner. 

Revolutionary!

Since then I've tried all kinds of smoothie combinations... with spinach as the main ingredient... and my boys love them all!

Lately I always start with the same base: pineapple totally blended with tons of fresh spinach. 

After that's blended to a smooth, sweet green liquid, then I add in all kinds of other goodies.

With G's newly discovered lactose intolerance, we've found Almond Milk to be a good mix-in.I've even branched out into multi-layer goodness:

That one had the pineapple/spinach base, and a top with banana, strawberries & blueberries added.  Super delicious!  G & Joseph each polished off big glasses!

Next I need to figure out the whole world of wheat germ & flax seed.  Anyone have advice on that for me?