Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey and giveaway – the response was great. Our winner is Hannah from Connecticut, a mom to five grown children and a grandmother to 10 grandchildren. Congrats Hannah!
The survey will remain on the site so if you haven’t completed it yet there’s still time. Here are the key takeaways from the survey questions so far:
-Time is a big issue. Parents have difficulty finding the time to prepare meals and take of their own health.
-Everyone needs more quick and easy meal ideas and recipes.
-Parents are challenged to come up with foods their kids will eat.
-Parents worry that their kids aren’t meeting their nutritional needs, will grow up to have unhealthy habits and won’t ever accept a wide variety of foods.
-Parents also are having a hard time sticking to their meal decisions when kids don’t like what is served.
As a parent, I also struggle with feeding little ones and taking care of myself. I have good days and weeks but also have times where I wonder if I can do it all. Sharing my experiences on this blog has helped tremendously. So thank you for your feedback. I will take it into consideration as I develop new content.
On another note, Charlotte, mom to Isabelle in France, emailed me this 2-bean salad recipe. I made it tonight and it turned out great. Can’t wait to try it on a salad tomorrow.
We usually keep a container of this 2-bean salad in the fridge and use it for topping salads. Just rinse and drain 1 can of red kidney beans and 1 can of chickpeas, put them in a bowl with olive oil and red vinegar, salt and pepper, a little chopped onion, and about a tsp of dried oregano. I use lots of vinegar (more than oil). Isabelle will actually eat these instead of salad while we are eating salad.
As an extra treat, I sometimes toast seeds in the oven or on top of the range and we put them on top. I use what they call “squash seeds” here, but I don’t know if that’s what you call them at home. They are dark brown/black (unlike pumpkin seeds, but close in terms of size and texture). You can just put them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes or fry them over med-high heat in a frying pan on the stove for 5-8 minutes.
