It's said that the way to a mans heart is through his stomach....

And I have found this to be true.....
As a single girl, even as a dating girl my meals consisted of tofu, quinoa, hard boiled eggs and fruits and veggies...my guilty pleasures were and still are Starbucks drinks and plain potato chips.....but to even them out I'd blend up spinach and lime juice and would drink it with hemp hearts....to me these foods and creations tasted pretty good.  Until I didn't eat them for awhile....then all of a sudden I understood the 'birdseed' and 'mush' opinions about healthy eating....

I've now fully gone to the other side as I tried out the saying...."a way to a mans heart is through his stomach".  It's fun to plan a meal the boys will enjoy....I like the response of a kind word or empty plate or even second helpings.  And I've finally successfully learned just how much food to prepare for our family, I still have yet to master this when it comes to company however (we always have way too much) but at least our guests take home lunches for the next day.

I'm also finding Jessica Seinfeld's cook books and blog to be very helpful in sneaking in healthy foods into family favourite meals and baking.  Check out her website out here.

Right about now....
Last nights menu was personal pizza's.  I found a pizza dough recipe online that I made in the bread maker, we preheated the oven to 450 and we each created our own individual pizzas.  The boys with turkey pepperoni (they don't have to know it's turkey) and o so much cheese and no veggies; mine with mushrooms, peppers, basil, fresh tomatoes and goat cheese.   As we sat down to the table I instructed that everyone must have a bowl full of salad because it is "very good and good for you"...no one said anything...I've learned to just wait it out and see if the obedience takes place.  As we were eating our pizzas, the youngest inquired "Whose idea was this?", I didn't understand....  He continued "I like making our own pizzas, whose idea was this?"  Their Dad gave me the credit and I just smiled....very happy to win the dinner brownie points, but more than anything happy to be sitting at the table with the 3 men I love.  For the record the boys enjoyed Fudgeios for dessert (3 each)....but yes, they did eat their salad in these awesome bowls (I have 8 in all different colours - even yellow) I found at Anthropologie (one of my favourite places to dream up ideas).