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January 2008
January 2008 Wednesday
02Jan
Reading Is Fundamental - Word
January 2, 2008 2008 is off to a decent start. I have decided that in between whatever I am doing I will find time to read. (Please hold the applause on my very unique idea.) My problem with reading in this style is I never really get lost in the book. BC (before children) I would pick up a book and read it from cover to cover in hours. It normally never took more than a day. Koontz, King, Patterson would whisk me away and I am off to some delusional nightmare or adventure they have created. Euphoria.
Over the last three years my library of fun reads has been very limited. If it was not pregnancy or parenting related I was not interested. Now if you put one of "those" books in front of me I am either throwing it at you or using it as a step stool for my son to get on the toilet.
Okay, so my family went on an adventure to BJ's on New Year's Eve (bulk shopping store) and I stopped at the book section. I lightly touched the titles and authors waiting for the book to appear. I ended choosing a Jodi Piccoult novel called the Tenth Circle. While on vacation last year I picked up Nineteen Minutes and really enjoyed her writing. Which lead me to My Sister's Keeper (I loved) and The Pact. And sadly I believe those were the ONLY novels I read last year.
Upon my book stroll I found a recipe book by Jessica Seinfeld called Deceptively Delicious. My sister-in-law had alerted me to this book last week because it got her three year old son to eat vegetables without him knowing. So Wonder Mom (ahem .. me) is going to try this book too!! Donnie, my three year old, is a TERRIBLE eater. I should give him credit because he will eat fruit all day long if his stomach would allow it. But put a vegetable in front of him and he runs. I have tried other books that "hide" veggies, but it never panned out because he always picked the green or the off color it made the food. I will make a promise to my son(s) though, I will NEVER allow them to eat a pea. My analogy of peas are like eating pimples that explode in your mouth.
Peas=Gross
Pea Soup=Stomach Transplant
Moving forward, has anyone else tried this book? I am going to give it a whirl this weekend when I go food shopping. Yes, the food shopping boycott will end to see if this book works.
And one last book folks!! Yes, I was a book whore this weekend. After a full year of owning my awesome camera that I have no idea how to work I finally bought a dummies book on how to work my Sony DSLR. It has to work, the little pieces of info I have read already have helped improve the picture quality. I hate to even admit that for the full year I owned my camera that I did not even know how to change the white balance. I hope that in another years time that I am submitting my photos for critique and review on top photography boards. A girl has dreams.
As the close of the second day of the new year I have read only the preface to my new novel, picked up some tips on my camera and made a shopping list for this weekend. I am ahead of the game from where I stood last year at this time.
I hope that I can report back that my son is eating the pureed foods I have "hidden" by the boat loads. Euphoria.
Reader Comments (16)
I bought that book when it first came out. There are some cool ideas in it, but some I do not think would fool any kid. There is also a very similar book called The Sneaky Chef. Actually the same book they said was used to created Deceptively Delicious.
I was looking at the Sneaky Chef at my sisters house one day and would tell you they are both allot alike.Some very cool ideas those for us with pickey kids!
I am livid that this wench thought to write this up before I did! I've been hiding veggies from my DH for years in food!! There are some great ideas in there, and some are just launching pads for you to 'fix and finagle' to work with your particular family and some are just not real world compatible.
I am not speaking to you about your camera, you're just teasing me and that's just mean.
:-)
I will never view a plate of peas the same again.
Kids are awesome, aren't they?
Danny Vice
http://weeklyvice.blogspot.com
My son has been eating sweet potatoes and carrots hidden in his mac and cheese, unaware, for months. Cue the sinister mom laughter, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Tricked him, good.
i used to be a book whore. now, i'm a blog whore. i need to start getting back to the books.
as far as the jessica seinfeld book goes, my kids eat veggies...always have! yay! one less cookbook that i need to buy!
have a great day!
I have the exact opposite problem. My son will eat broccoli, peas, carrots, brussel sprouts, and okra, but heaven forbid you try to make him eat fruit of any kind! It just isn't going to happen.
Exciting about the camera book. I too have had a camera for a whole year plus now (technically, it's my wife's) and just fiddle with settings and take shots on a trial and error basis.
Have you considered doing a project 365 (post a pic a day for a whole year)? I am going to start one on Feb 2. I hope to get better and see some progress in my skills (which won't be hard, since I don't really have any now)
Happy Shooting!!
I did the same thing! I've had my camera for over a year, and the manual has never been opened.
I've heard great things about that book....but my daughter seems to be a bottomless pit. My issue is I can't get her to stop eating...she begs for food like our dog *sigh* I'm sure this will make her real popular when she starts school :(
Your blog is very pretty. Love the header and background.
I have written a whole post dedicated to Zero vs Diet... just because of you :-) LOL.
You got me wondering. :-)
It is tough with the kids to find time to read, I know. I am making time to get back into playing piano and at least keeping up with writing my blog. Reading blogs counts as reading,right?
I tried out some cupcakes from the book that added squash and beets of all things ... they were FABULOUS! I bragged about it rather than keeping it a secret ... "Omg Aren't these great .... SQUASH AND BEETS?!?! I know can you believe it?!?!" But the 3 year olds ate them up :)
OMGosh! Stop shaming me. Really! (You know it is all about me after all.) A book? You mean one with a binding and actual tangible pages? Can there be a lot of pictures?
I have a very short attention span, Kim. REALLY short. And I am in the habit of chasing rabbits. I mean the slightest distraction has me off and runni
I'm with Danny Vice. I'll never see a pea the same way again.
I used to love reading books. It just doesn't happen anymore and it needs to. Thanks for the reminder.
I need a book like that. My son is the same, he'll eat bananas and raisins and apples all freaking day but if I try and make him eat one spoonful of vegetable soup, he goes into hysterics. I'm talking about lunchtime today. I had to bribe him. Bribe him...He's three, who's winning the war? :) The thing is I don't know what to hide vegetables in because he's recently become picky about pasta and things like that too...Unless I inject an apple with a syringe full of liquified vegetables, he's not going to be getting vegetables into him...
We tried Deceptively Delicious and it was a total bust. I decided, though, that it would be great for younger kids (like your 3 yo). I'd give it a shot, but just treat it like it's any old recipe and move on. I'm interested to see how it works for you guys. Good luck!