Your children and eating habits

Six Food Mistakes Parents Make


Here’s a look at six common mistakes parents make when feeding their children.


1. Sending Children Out of the Kitchen

It is understandable that parents don’t want children close to hot stoves, boiling water and sharp knives. But studies suggest that involving children in meal preparation is an important first step in getting them to try new foods.

2. Pressuring Them to Take a Bite

Demanding that a child eat at least one bite of everything is likely to backfire. Studies show that children react negatively when parents pressure them to eat foods, even if the pressure offers a reward.

3. Keeping “Good Stuff” Out of Reach

Parents worry that children will binge on treats, so they often put them out of sight or on a high shelf. But a large body of research shows that if a parent restricts a food, children just want it more.

4. Dieting in Front of Your Children

Kids are tuned into their parents’ eating preferences and are far more likely to try foods if they see their mother or father eating them. Parents who are trying to lose weight should be aware of how their dieting habits can influence a child’s perceptions about food and healthful eating.

5. Serving Boring Vegetables

Calorie-counting parents often serve plain steamed vegetables, so it’s no wonder children are reluctant to eat them. Nutritionists say parents shouldn’t be afraid to dress up the vegetables.

6. Giving Up Too Soon

Eating preferences often change. Parents should keep preparing a variety of healthful foods and putting them on the table, even if a child refuses to take a bite. In young children, it may take 10 or more attempts over several months to introduce a food.

Sources:
New York Times September 14, 2008

finger cookies for halloween

"Finger" Cookies

Yield: 5 dozen


1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla
2 2/3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup whole blanched almonds
raspberry jelly

In bowl, beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla. Stir dry ingredients together, then add to wet and stir thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Working with one quarter of the dough at a time and keeping remainder refrigerated, roll a scant tablespoon full (I used a 1 oz. cookie scoop) of dough into a thin log shape about 4" long for each cookie. Squeeze close to center and close to one end to create knuckle shapes. Press almond firmly into the end of the cookie for nail. Using paring knife, make slashes in several places to form knuckle. You want them a bit thin and gangly looking, since they'll puff a little when you bake them.

Place on lightly greased baking sheets (or use silicone sheets or parchment); bake in 325F oven for 20-25 minutes or until pale golden. Let cool for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, melt jelly over low heat in a small saucepan.

Carefully lift almond off of each finger, spoon a tiny amount of jelly onto nail bed and press almond back in place so the jelly oozes out from underneath. You can also make slashes in the finger and fill them with "blood.

You can also form toes - just make the cookies shorter and a bit wider and only add one joint instead of two. No almonds for these, just indent where the nailbed should be and add a bit of melted jelly to highlight once they are baked.

breakfast cookie recipe

Breakfast Cookies

1/2 pound bacon
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup of flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups of multi-grain flakes or corn flakes
1 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook bacon until very crisp, drain well and crumble into pieces. Beat together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine flour and baking soda; stir into butter mixture. Stir in bacon, mult-grain flakes and raisins.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Space 2 inches apart. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Remove to rack to cool--about 2 minutes, then remove from rack.

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hello mutha hello father

leaving you the lyrics to a old song you thought was funny when you were very young.
"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" also "Faddah" is Allan Sherman's best known song parody.

The song was first released in 1963 on his LP "My Son, the Nut", and was entirely rewritten for a performance in 1964 on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. In 1965,
Hello muddah, hello faddah,
Here I am at Camp Granada.
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining!

I went hiking with Joe Spivey,
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Lennard Skinard,
He got tomain poisoning last night after dinner!

All the counselors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators!
And the head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from something called 'Ulysses'.

No, I don't want this should scare ya,
But my bunkmate has malaria!
You remember Jeffrey Hardy,
They're about to organize a searching party!

Take me home, oh muddah, faddah.
Take me home, I hate Granada.
Don't leave me out in the forest,
Where I might get eaten by a bear!

Take me home, I promise I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys,
Oh please don't make me stay;
I've been here one whole day!

Dearest faddah, darling muddah,
How's my precious little bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me;
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me!

Wait a minute; it stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that's bettah.
Muddah, faddah, kindly disregard this letter!

conflicting images of who you are and who you want to be

The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn and screamed in
frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection,
dropping her cell phone and makeup.



As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked
up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered
her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station
where she was searched, finger printed, photographed, and placed in a
holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell
and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the
arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.



He said, 'I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind
your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front
of you, and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would
Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' License plate holder,
the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper Sticker, And the chrome-plated
Christian fish emblem on the trunk, Naturally...I assumed you had stolen
the car.'

if you need to mail a cake that will make it

Free Dreamy CAke recipe -great cake for travel and sending to soldiers. This Dream Cake Recipe is great for shipping and family reunions or just special occassions.
It has a great life and made with no milk products.

Dream Cake
If you like a desert bar type cake that travels well and can be shipped. No milk products-but butter which i change for applesauce




INGREDIENTS
Crust:
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine (I use applesauce)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla

Filling:
4 eggs
21/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
21/3 cups pecans, chopped
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Use a pastry blender to combine the crust ingredients. Press the mixture into a greased 9x13-inch baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, beat 4 eggs well, add other ingredients, stir well. Then pour the filling over the baked crust, and bake at 350°F for 45 to 60 minutes. Let cool, then cut into squares. Best served with a scoop Ice Cream or Whipping cream.

Angels Unaware

Angels Unaware It was a rainy night in New Orleans at a bus station in the town, I watched a young girl weeping as her baggage was taken down. It seems she'd lost her ticket changing buses in the night. She begged them not to leave her there with no sign of help in sight. The bus driver had a face of stone and his heart was surely the same. "Losing your ticket's like losing cash money," He said, and left her in the rain. Then an old Indian man stood up And blocked the driver's way And would not let him pass before he said what he had to say. "How can you leave that girl out there? Have you no God to fear? You know she had a ticket you can't just leave her here where she doesn't have a friend. You will meet your schedule, but what will come of her in the end?" The driver showed no sign that he'd heard or even cared about the young girl's problem or how her travels fared. So the old gentleman said, "For her fare I'll pay. I'll give her a little money to help her on her way." He went and bought the ticket and helped her to her place and helped her put her baggage in the overhead luggage space. "How can I repay," she said, "The kindness you've shown tonight? We're strangers who won't meet again a mere 'thank you' doesn't seem right. He said, "What goes around comes around. This I've learned with time -- What you give, you always get back. What you sow, you reap in kind. Always be helpful to others and give what you can spare, for by being kind to strangers, we may help angels unaware."

I wish i could call Mom

legendary University of Alabama football coach, Bear Bryant- Late in his career, after his mother had died, South Central Bell Telephone Company asked Bear Bryant to do a TV commercial. The commercial was to be very simple — a little music and Coach Bryant saying with the football voice: “Have you called your mama today?”

At the day of the filming- though... he must have thought to himself and added something. He looked into the camera and said: “Have you called your mama today? I sure wish I could call mine.” That was how the commercial ran-many people understood probably because it was heart felt.
So..on Mothers day (and why wait for a Ntl holiday) any day is a good day to call
you Mom

Some wish they could call theirs.

Thought for the day

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. ~ Harold Geneen"

How to be happy

You can chaise happiness but find in being thankful for your blessings
is important:
it isnt in being blessed we are happy but in being thankful for our blessings.
When you think of all your blessings and find happiness then you usually find
you are happy thinking of all the good positive things in your life instead of dwelling on what is not perfect. Remember to some paradise to always just a step away or a location away- when really it was in your reach at all times.

Be careful of Drugs- all drugs

i see articles like this far to often. Please use drugs as a last resource and only when you feel there are no other options:
Arthritis Drugs Cause Fatal Fungal Infections


The U.S. FDA has ordered stronger warnings on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.

Enbrel, Remicade, Humira and Cimzia work by suppressing the immune system to keep it from attacking your body. For people with rheumatoid arthritis, the treatment provides relief from swollen and painful joints. But the drugs also lower your body's defenses against various kinds of infections.

The FDA became concerned after discovering that doctors seemed to be overlooking a particular kind of fungal infection called histoplasmosis. The infection is prevalent in much of the middle part of the country, and it can have grave consequences if it isn't caught early and spreads beyond the respiratory system to other organs of your body.

Of 240 cases reported to the FDA in which patients taking one of the four drugs developed this infection, a total of 45 (or about 20 percent) died.
Sources:
USA Today September 4, 2008

A beautiful Bible Verse

I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with
loving-kindness. Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)

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Lies in YOur Love Life

Let Go and Let God

WHEN YOUR HUT'S ON FIRE

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited Island.
He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him.
Everyday he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.

One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky.
He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost.
He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger .
He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?"
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island!

It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

The Moral of This Story:

It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives.... Even in the midst of our pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of God.

When you have a bad day

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL

MSNBCS Best Television MOMS

Marion Cunningham, "Happy Days": When it comes to old-school TV moms, there are your Carol Brady partisans, and there are your Mrs. C (Marion Ross) partisans. Why does Mrs. Cunningham make the cut? For one thing, her kids are more fun. Come on -- who would you rather go out with: Richie or Greg? Richie would never let a frog jump onto your pizza at the movies. Furthermore, Carol would never have let Fonzie live over the garage, while Marion practically adopted him. She loved her own kids with a fretting, furious enthusiasm, and she once put on a leather jacket just to foil the evil Officer Kirk. Class of the field.


Lorelai Gilmore, "Gilmore Girls": Not everyone likes Lorelai's (Lauren Graham) brand of parenting. She can be flighty, yes. She's made some bad choices in her own love life, so as a romantic role model to daughter Rory, her qualifications are open to question. She also dances on the line between mother and friend in a way that wouldn't work for everyone. But as a mother, Lorelai has an unmatched fierceness. She is determined not to allow her relationship with her daughter to break as her relationship with her own mother did, and they've survived multiple rifts without becoming permanently estranged.


Helen Girardi, "Joan of Arcadia": Gone too soon from the CBS schedule, "Joan of Arcadia" featured one of the most uniformly likeable, loving TV families of recent years, and Helen (Mary Steenburgen) was its keystone. Life threw her several curveballs: an accident left her older son in a wheelchair, and her daughter started getting a little odd in high school, which Helen didn't know was the result of conversations with God. Not only did she remain a great mom through it all, but she continued to exist as an independent person, pursuing spiritual and artistic interests with the kind of genuine curiosity that makes anyone an interesting person and a good parent.


Jill Taylor, "Home Improvement": If you question this choice, ask yourself this: Could you have lived with Tim Allen? No. No, you could not. Jill (Patricia Richardson), on the other hand, had endless patience and good humor, and she showed it with her three sons as much as with her husband. It would have been easy for the only woman in that house to come off as a shrill, angry harpy. She never did. Jill was authoritative without losing her ability to laugh with her husband or play along with her kids. She made everyone -- yes, even Tim Allen -- look good as a result.


Ma Ingalls, "Little House On The Prairie": Nobody can compete with a mother so strong that she once considered amputating her own leg to save her life. Caroline Ingalls (Karen Grassle) was not to be trifled with. She raised not only her biological children but several late-coming additions, and she did it in long, burdensome dresses. No sneakers and jeans for Ma when she had to bake a pie or walk to the store. Like many good TV moms, Caroline encouraged her kids to be independent, and she tried to get them to figure out how to do the right thing without telling them what it was.




By Linda Holmes

Super Easy Fast Breakfast

If you have some Italian sausage or hormone free sausage that looks like a italian sausage- slice in small pieces and cook until well done.
add a few eggs right on top of it- scramble into the sausage
add a bit of left over cheese on top
eat on a plate with toast or make a sandwich. You use only one pan and this is fast
to make and easy clean up.

Erma Bombeck Quotes

Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, "A house guest," you're wrong because I have just described my kids.
Erma Bombeck

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.


It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.


It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.


When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

One of my favorite personalities

Maybe one day you will enjoy reading her books. It is probably something none of you will ever do. It was a different time but some things never change.

Skin Rashes, allergic reactions,being sick

Be careful of having a allergic reaction to antibiotics-Beebop you have a reaction
to these for sure and also SallySue and Cuddle bunny very allergic to Tide.
SallySue you do better with anything without color or scents added-beware of cats and
shitzus. You are the toughest Cuddle bunny. What i suggest-
take some cheap oatmeal out of a box -the paper ones that look more like a canister
grind it up really fine in a food processor or blender. put it in a pair of hose
or cheese cloth-let it hang over spicket so water comes through it-then add it to the bath water. Bath in Dial soap- it seems to help a lot with itchy things.
Benedryl helps with many things. Try to avoid stress. Hard to do when you itch.
keep cool and clean white sheets. Remember I Love You all...
C-Man so far you dont have any allergies- crossing my fingers but you do have Love
from all of us.

Being Thankful

Paradise is exactly like where you are today....only much, much better.

Stupid moments

Artificial intelligence is no match................................









................................for natural stupidity.

Easiest Recipe for a group of Friends

This is another great one because you can make ahead and store in the fridge for a day or two. Makes quickly and inexpensive.
1 pd box gemeli or any spiral noodles- even whole wheat
1 jar alfredo sauce in your favorite flavor
1 4 oz jar of sun dried tomatoes soaked in olive oil
1 pkg favorite mushrooms
2-3 chicken breast (de-boned)best if grilled for extra flavor

put on pot of water for shells-
cook chicken breast (saute) if not grilling in a little oil-when almost done add
mushrooms to saute-if you did not purchase garlic in alfredo sauce you may add that now if you want- just a few teaspoons-wait about 30 seconds- add sun dried tomatoes.
Cook aprox 4 minutes, make sure chicken is done and add alfredo sauce. Dont let it boil but a few seconds and cook a additional 3-4 minutes. Drain pasta and pour into
large frying pan with chicken mixure. Mix well. Walll ah! serve with a Salad and bread. if you have sun dried tomatoes left over add to salad or add a few to your bread.

True Love???

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes…......................









.......................................................just be an illusion.

Love LIfe

I have found if you love life...life will love you back.



Arthur Rubenstein

Revenge

Dear Sweet Children,
Sometimes we think we need to get even. That is not the way to go. It only adds
to our problems and keeps us from thinking more positive things.
There is no revenge so complete....as forgiveness.

Mercedes Joke and Golf Joke

The Ultimate luxury car........................
a break from the golf course,
Tiger Woods drives his new Mercedes into
An Irish gas station.

An attendant greets him in typical Irish
Manner, unaware who the golf pro is...
'Top o' the mornin to ya'.

As Tiger gets out of the car, two tees
Fall out of his pocket.

'So what are those things, laddie?'
Asks the attendant.

They're called tees,' replies Tiger.

'And what would ya be usin 'em for, now?'
Inquires the Irishman.

'Well, they're for resting my balls on when
I drive,' replies Tiger.

'Aw, Gracious Day!' exclaims
The Irish attendant.......

'Those fellas at Mercedes think of everything.'

Are you missing a portion of your Right BRAIN

Neurophysiologist Katherine Rankin at the University of California, San Francisco, has also recently discovered that sarcasm, which is both positively funny and negatively nasty, plays an important part in human social interaction.

So what?....don't you have anything better to do that read this??


According to Dr. Rankin, if you didn't get the sarcastic tone of the previous sentences you must have some damage to your parahippocampal gyrus which is located in the right brain. People with dementia, or head injuries in that area, often loose the ability to pick up on sarcasm, and so they don't respond in a socially appropriate ways. Others with the same type injuries and diseases can also swing wildy to the other end of the spectrum by using sarcasm in improper settings and are more likely to be socially inept and immature indealings with others.

Our Favorite Breakfast Recipe for Holidays

Sausage Casserole

10 eggs
1 cup rich milk such as carnation evaporated milk or whipping cream milk.
1 pkg sausage- they type you can crumble that comes in a block
1 pk sharp cheddar cheese crumbles or shredded
7 slices of bread (thick slices may work better)

First start sausage cooking in frying pan. Let cook until well done and crumbly.
YOu will need to use a spatula and break apart and make into little pieces. While that is cooking-
In a long casserole layer with bread-side by side- you may need to pull apart to fill in spaces with extra bread.
When sausage is well done top the bread.
Layer the cheddar across the sausage
In another cool bowl scramble 10 eggs and add milk and scramble a little more.
Pour over the casserole.

I add either some Texas pete for a little extra flavor or some hot sauce and sprinkle with pepper and a tad salt for extra flavor. Put in fridge to settle over night. Before you put in oven let sit for aprox a hour. YOu dont have to do this but it is good. Bake on 350 covered for aprox 35 minutes then uncover to let the edges brown a little. Cut into squares and you can have for company or save for breakfast all week long. Keep in the fridge in squares or freeze.

Best sides:
fresh fruit salad- add yougurt and poppy seeds
Blueberry muffins
juice and coffee
GRITS-
fried potatoes
LOVE

I wish I could call Mom

I am creating this blog for my BeLoved Children. Three of them have moved to other
locations and I still feel they need their Mom. Not in the same way as they have
years ago when they were babes but in different ways. How to make a dollar stretch-
seems some of the good ole rules have been lost. What to do when it hurts. Just having some one who cares - that will really listen. Easy recipes,lost cures,
and how to clean a house. Just every day stuff and from a Mom that knows some times
you just want a quick answer and end the call. Hard for a Mom to do but when Mom is gone ....