This particular blog will pertain to one of my favorite subjects: FOOD! Last summer I read a most fabulous book entitled Dinner: A Love Story. There's an incredible blog to go along with it. It struck a real chord with me, probably mostly because the author's kids are essentially the same age as mine; and it so perfectly documented my own family's recent past in terms of kids and food. The similarities pretty much ended there, as she was a successful writer/editor type and I have been pretty much completely out of the work force for eight plus years. Regardless, I felt like she was speaking right to me.
Long story short, when she had kids, she committed to cooking and eating dinner, at home, as a family, every night. To call this goal lofty is an understatement of epic proportions. The idea admittedly elevated my blood pressure (despite having no gainful income, my family eats out more than I would care to tell you). However, after reading the book, I took on the goal of eating at home more. No way, no how will I commit to every stinking day... but I resolved to do better.
I read the book in June. Now, at the start of the new year, I've decided to blog about my efforts. My food challenges are as follows:
- My kids are eight and ten years old. They're not terrible eaters, but there is plenty of room for improvement.
- My husband had hip surgery last summer. Long story short, he's up about 30 pounds, and currently doing the weight watchers point tracking thing (at least in theory... he's not the best tracker).
- While I don't claim to be anywhere nearly as busy as a working mom, our lives are hectic. Somebody's got somewhere to be essentially every weeknight, often needed to leave the house by 5:30 (and kids get off the bus at 4:15). Yes, we are hyper-scheduled. There are plenty of ways to look at it, but I'm not going there now.
- I tend to do ok with main dishes, then lose all my gusto when it comes to getting a side dish on the table. This annoys my husband to no end.
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