There is nothing seriously wrong. It’s simply that after 5 ½ weeks of doing well with drastic changes some of my children staged a mutiny. It began with wanting bagels (which I’m looking to learn to make), then wanting store bought tortillas (which I make), it continued on until it became what we are calling “The Bacon Revolt”. I’ve explained that I am NOT trying to dictate food choices outside of the home. Some things are not good for them but it is their choice what they will eat when I’m not around….BUT in the home I want to keep things healthy. I want every food here to be safe for any family member to eat. This all sort of happened as they began to mournfully haul box after box of “good food” out to the van so that I could deliver it to a friend who needed it more than us (and who says that she doesn’t mind eating junk). I, myself, was shocked when moving the pantry to see how many of our favorites were banned….I’d implemented Feingold but cooking from scratch and hadn’t looked too much at some labels. So….lots and lots of baking things went, cereals, refried beans, etc. I did make some compromises. I bought some garden burger sausage patties….and some turkey bacon. I don’t like the long list of ingredients on either….but maybe it will help. Maybe not. I also told them that if they need sausage etc they should go to IHOP….or that I could have one day a month where I cook whatever they want….
Today was busy making all sorts of things to get in the freezer so that they can “grab” the whole foods. I made a double batch of refried beans…and froze them in individual serving portions. I cooked 5 lbs of hamburger and put it into 2 lb packages for quick meals. I made a banana cake (changed the recipe to have freshly ground flour, butter and honey instead of all purpose flour, shortening and sugar. It turned out good. Then I topped it with strawberries and a dab of cool whip. We had tacos with homemade tortillas (and some bought ones), homemade refried beans, the dessert, salad, cantaloupe and rice. Hey Kelly, I sound like your blog. {vbg} My goal was to have a meal that I could feel “ok” about, that was on the FG program, that the big boys would enjoy too. They ate huge amounts of rice and beans and such….and even big amounts of cake…..I thought the cake was fine, the strawberries and cool whip made it sickening sweet to me.
My goals for tomorrow: update the blog with pictures and such. Do school. Speech and a PAC meeting. Oh – the AETC chaplain is here and so we have a “real dinner” for Mike and me to go to tomorrow. Continuing to make GREAT tasting food that is familiar enough that my boys will join the revolution instead of staging further Bacon Revolts.
