Noms

Okay, before I share this recipe with you, let me just say that if I were to write a cookbook, it would be titled Half-assed: For those who don't love to cook but are tired of Hot Pockets. I am the queen of "buy most of the ingredients and then stir together," but I gotta tell ya...this is GOOD!

I cooked two cups of basmati rice in four cups of boiling water, then combined it with one 18-ounce carton of V8's butternut squash soup. Dear lord it tastes just like risotto, which takes about four times as long to make. And it makes enough to last all week (for one). Go forth and boil water!

I also discovered these little (overpriced) single-serving things from Green Giant. They come in broccoli & cheese, corn and peppers, etc., and it's a tiny plastic container covered in cellophane...of vegetables! Throw in microwave and commence eating veggies. Woot!

I've been eating pretty poorly lately and was NOT happy with the clunky, manual slide scale at the doctor's office the other day. I need to put down the Cakesters and pick up some carrots. Also, I'm checking out Deceptively Delicious in order to make some of the recipes for me to take into work, as well as for some of the kids that I babysit every now & then.

In other news, my grandparents are hosting a reunion/family picnic this Saturday, and I get to meet some relatives from France for the first time. Fun!

Comments

[Shannon]

I just wanted you to know that this consumer would never buy a recipe book with the word "ass" in the title.

[Cousin Amanda]

I had the Deceptively Delicious book and we tried about seven of the recipes and all were rather disgusting or far too complicated. I don't think I know a single kid who would try eating green chicken nuggets, even though that was about the best tasting recipe in there. The book Kid Favorites Made Healthy by Better Homes and Gardens was useful for me, even for the pickiest eaters. Kids love to dip, so I found matching anything with peanut butter (all natural if possible of course), yogurt, or low fat/non fat ranch dressing was a winner. After the kids realized they love ranch dressing, I got them to try more salads and veggies and they loved that, too. They liked helping me mix jam into the yogurt which made it extra special and dessert-y. Good luck and have fun!

[Matt]

I can give you some of my own created recipes (not the pizza ones)that are easy to make and tast delicious. You would have to cook them, but it caqn be the easy to cook recipes.

Let me know.

[Cathy]

Amanda is right about the dipping stuff. It is usually hard to get kids to eat celery and carrots and stuff, but at the Y they all eat it as long as they have some kind of dip to use. On the days when we are out of dip, we have lots of extra veggies cuz they won't eat it.