In the beginning it was all about forbidden foods, fatty things and rich desserts, and of course a signature drink. But times have changed and now we realize that what most of us are really missing with our menfolk is a little culture, dammit. So, things have evolved; last year's theme was Asian food - we had homemade sushi and sake. This year ( Read more... )

Breakfast: cereal with banana
Lunch: hot dogs, mac 'n' cheese, apples, milk
Snack: GoGurt (yogurt in a squeezy tube)
Dinner: spaghetti and meatballs, broccoli, milk

I'm not having much success getting them to eat vegetables, so I try to comfort myself that at least they're getting lots of fruit and milk.

Did I tell you about our super-secret second turkey? No? Well, we made a second turkey dinner last night, all our own. The menu:

Ina Garten's Perfect Roast Turkey. We were only doing a small bird (10 lbs), so I figured this would be a good way to go. Except we stuffed compound lemon-thyme-sage butter under the skin on the breast instead of ( Read more... )

Dinner tonight: teriyaki salmon, smashed taters with rosemary and garlic, and Ceasar salad with tomatoes ( Read more... )