Yearly Archives: 2007

Eating

Sneaky chefs

There’s a great post at Vegan Lunch Box on how to sneak vegetables into your child’s diet. Among the suggestions from Jennifer and her readers:

  • Use a blender to add cooked kale to pizza sauce. I’d imagine it would work just as well with spaghetti sauce, too!
  • Add spinach to fruit smoothies. I don’t know if I could actually do this. But they say blueberries hide the spinach very well.
  • Add mashed sweet potatoes to pancakes. I had some sweet potato pancakes at a restaurant once, and they were great. I’ll probably try this.
  • Baked goods made with shredded carrots and zucchini. I love carrot cake and zucchini bread, so I’m not sure why this hadn’t occurred to me. Poppy loves bread, so I’m pretty sure she’d eat a zucchini muffin.

    • In slightly related news: The Laptop Lunch photo pool on Flickr is making me hungry. I just bought one of these little guys for Rockford. I’ve been falling down on the job with packing his lunches, and thus I keep seeing the on-campus cafe popping up in the check register. I’m pretty excited about the Laptop Lunch. Because it’s adorable and I’m a sucker for tiny containers.

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    Broadening my horizons

    I’ve made a concentrated effort this week to look at non-selfportrait photos. Being in the 365 days group on Flickr, that can be difficult to do. But it seems to be worth it.



    16 favorites, 03/16/07nichole_e.


    1. Running for the Plane. Rockford loves Legos, which has given me a soft spot for the little plastic fellas. I love how travel-weary this guy looks as he rushes to make his flight.

    2. Behold the power of monkey cake. The expressions on those boys’ faces is priceless. The one on the left looks almost frightened of the cake monkey.

    3. Day One Hundred Fifty-Three: Connection. I like the way the intimacy in this photo is apparent even while the camera maintains its distance. And the angle is cool, too.

    4. 9. This one has great colors, and there’s something about that barrel that I like.

    5. Untitled. Poppy loves balloons, and I really liked the vibrancy of this.

    6. 36: Time to get serious. This is an older self-portrait from one of my favorite Flickr folks. Reluctant Suburbanite’s photos are always dramatic and well-framed. And she’s lovely and nice to boot.

    7. Once again. I love the treatment on this. It looks like a painting. I’d love to know how he did it!

    8. …middle of the road, you see the darndest things… This is just too cool.

    9. 141: Dance like nobody is watching. Another Reluctant Suburbanite. I like the lines and the sentiment.

    10. nightlight.jpg. This is a great, romantic fairytale set-up. I’d imagine it took some time to put together.

    11. Spatz’s. My Aunt Judy makes some great garlic toast with Spatz’s. Mmmmm… garlic toast and cheese dip …

    12. Old Flint (HDR). Great, dramatic sky.

    13. Saginaw Train Bridge. Again, I love the sky here, and I love the composition.

    14. sharpie_m!ffy. The story behind this makes me laugh.

    15. desert.wind. I want to make a tutu like this for Pi.

    16. Day 96: There’s a reason for the world… Officially a Mom is another one of my favorites. Her photos — particularly the family shots — have so much heart.

    blessings

    Love Thursday: Family fun




    Love Thursday, 03/15

    Originally uploaded by nichole_e.

    March 1

    1. The LL Cool J episode of “30 Rock.” I’m living every week like it’s shark week.

    2. The sound of rain on the roof.

    3. Garlic bread.

    4. Rockford telling me we were holding hands when he woke up.

    5. Marsha cuddling up to me as closely as possible.

    March 2

    1. Macho nachoes.

    2. Justin’s job interview.

    3. Poppy saying “Thank you.”

    4. The river rushing by.

    5. Poppy saying “Fun! Play!” when she saw we were at the park.

    6. Poppy eating almost all of her sweet potato by herself.

    7. Singing along to “Sara Smiles” while making dinner.

    8. Poppy snuggling in the recliner with Rockford.

    March 3

    1. Poppy’s goodnight kisses through the bars of her crib.

    2. Turniphead on “Howl’s Moving Castle.”

    3. Getting a remote for the camera.

    March 4

    1. Rockfordia garlic fries, steak and fruit salad, all prepared by Rockford.

    2. Poppy’s first sentence: “Have fun!”

    3. Dad finally painting his kitchen.

    4. Boston Rob being back on TV.

    5. Rockford loving me so very much.

    March 5

    1. Seeing Justin and Carrie.

    2. Playing the Wii; Carrie’s Tae-Bo boxing technique.

    3. A good photo session.

    4. Lasagna.

    5. Poppy falling asleep in Rockford’s lap at dinner.

    March 8

    1. Going to a My Morning Jacket show with Rockford.

    2. The opening act playing “She’s Like the Wind.” The girl next to me asking, “What movie is this from?” Thus making me feel old. But it still made me laugh.

    3. The guy in the Joy Division t-shirt and bright blue sports coat.

    March 9

    1. Turkey pot pie.

    2. Mom and Andy loving the Asian noodle recipe.

    3. Talking to Andy’s science teacher.

    4. Justin got the job!! Which means he’ll be living an hour away from us this summer!!

    March 10

    1. Barbecue.

    2. Giant ice cream sundaes.

    3. Watching “Monk.”