Monday, May 26, 2008

Day 11: Orange Beef & Broccoli

Today the kids, Katya & I headed to Tilden Park and went to the Little Farm. It was chilly over there, but the kids loved feeding the animals the lettuce and celery we brought with us. It was also a good opportunity to start helping them make associations between animals and the food we like to eat. My kids love sausages and ham (we even had a ham sandwich with us) and lo and behold the farm has a pig. Being kids, they were not at all phased by the fact that the cute little pig we were feeding would son die and become a sausage. In fact, Liam looked right at the pig, gave him some celery and said "oh, hi pig, i like sausage."

On to dinner: I made an Orange Beef & Broccoli recipe (with brown rice on the side) that I got from a Rachel Ray magazine. It was quick to make, but did require a few ingredients that I would not always have on hand (corn starch, hoisin sauce, plum sauce).

The Verdicts:
Sofia: she said thumbs up, but did not eat too much (perhaps the smoothie she had at the mall 90 minutes earlier had something to do with it)
Jack: Loved the rice (i put the sauce from the beef on the rice)
Liam: Meat, meat, met. He loved the meat and its all he ate.

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