Breakfast:
Yogurt (Stonyfield Farm, NH)
Oatmeal with maple sugar (rolled oats from Wood Prairie Farm, ME; maple sugar from Warren Farm & Sugar House, MA)
Snack:
Pears (Autumn Hills Orchard, MA)
Dried cranberries (New England Cranberry, MA)
Lunch:
BLT on whole wheat bread (bacon from Codman Farm, MA; lettuce from Drumlin Farm, MA; tomato from my yard)
Kids had peanut butter on whole wheat bread
Raspberries (Bart’s Farm, MA)
Carrot sticks (Drumlin Farm, MA)
Snack:
Gouda cheese (Smith’s Farmstead, MA)
Dinner:
Leftover salmon and barley
Grilled squash (Drumlin Farm, MA)
Apples (Autumn Hills Orchard, MA)
Notes: The oatmeal did NOT go over well with the kids. But the BLT went over very well with the adult. For the record, the Preschooler didn’t get a BLT because he ate his portion of bacon as I was cooking it in the morning. I made this very clear, but then he kept staring at my BLT as I was trying to eat it. Like this:
Him: …
Me: Stop looking at it.
Him: Why?
Me: You already ate your bacon.
Him: I know.
Me: Then eat your lunch.
Him: I am.
(He wasn’t.)
Him: …
Me: What?
Him: Can I have some more bacon?
Cunning, isn’t he? I’m pretty sure this is how most wars begin.
Here's my eat local question of the day - how is this measuring up in terms of cost? I assume you're likely making more effort than usual in terms of traveling around shopping ... ? If you already addressed this, or will in a wrap-up, please ignore me!
I ate BLTs for 3 weeks straight during my first trimester. One diner, the one I deemed Best BLT Maker in Salem, started making them when I walked in the door. Pathetic.
Posted by: Susanna | September 21, 2007 at 01:24 PM
"The oatmeal did NOT go over well with the kids."
Because they're not used to it. I used to adore oatmeal as a kid. And Cream of Wheat and Malto-Meal and Maypo and Farina...
I'm being a blowhard old childless nag here, but if you conditioned your kids to experiment with hot cereal, they'd think it was normal. And cheaper than Chex.
Also, call it "porridge" and tell them Winnie the Pooh eats it. :D
Anyway. Looks like you're doing really, really well.
Posted by: cookiecrumb | September 21, 2007 at 03:24 PM
CC: When you're right, you're right. I used to love oatmeal, and Cream of Wheat, and grits with a big old pat of butter melted in there. We'll get out of our breakfast rut eventually.
Susanna: That's not pathetic, that's efficient. Very good question about cost. I want to really look into this. On the one hand, some things are definitely more expensive (organic flour, maple sugar). But then, buying most of our vegetables through the farmshare seems really economical (about $30 per week for so many vegetables, we can barely eat them all). So I think we might actually be saving money because we don't buy as many extra things at the grocery store (which add up money-wise and calorie-wise, but not nutrition-wise). On the other hand, it's hard to keep tabs on the little farmstand expenditures I make during the week with cash. Anyway, I'm curious, too, and hope to get back to that.
Posted by: Tammy | September 22, 2007 at 10:33 PM