Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Homebound - time to get creative

Tucker's school was closed today because it was bitterly cold. So, not only did I not get my usual (much-needed) 2.5 hour break, I also didn't get to go to the grocery store and restock my refrigerator. Instead, we stayed in our jammies all day and watched a lot of TV. I had leftovers planned for breakfast and lunch, but my meal plan just said "chicken salad" for dinner. 

A few months ago, we discovered that Tucker will eat salad. I put a few dried cranberries on some mixed greens, topped it with a super-sweet strawberry vinaigrette and he gobbled it up. That dressing contained plenty of sugar, of course, and was eliminated in the purge. So I was left thinking, how am I going to get this kid to eat a salad for dinner without a sweet dressing?  There was only one answer - look at my supplies and figure out how to make one. (By "figure out," I mean google). 

Like I said, my cupboards are pretty bare at this point. But I do have frozen blueberries. So - voila! - blueberry vinaigrette! Dude ate a huge plate of salad and asked for more. (Sawyer had his "deconstructed.") Success!

(Please ignore the fact that my children are naked in most of the pictures you see of them.)

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