First, I am calling the blog Manna From Heaven because God has blessed us richly. The food we eat is truly His provision to us. Trying to teach the kids that all food is a blessing is going pretty well, I think. Teaching them since all food is a blessing, they should eat it all? That's a different story! (Of course, I guess I have to eat it all as an example, too, and that's still not quite a success either. But that's enough about that.) This is where I plan to share about food - planning, buying, making, baking, storing, shortcuts, eating, and anything else I can think of along the way.
I don't claim to be an expert, or a foodie, or anything, really. In my mind I am a great cook with unmatched dinner-making skills who comes by it easily. I always have lovely wind-tousled locks falling neatly around my ever-smiling, perfectly made-up face. My quietly observing brood of well-behaved sweeties are gathered 'round my newly hand-made, neatly pressed "Kiss the Cook" apron wearing their matching aprons, asking well-timed, one at a time, meaningful questions about the process. We all work together in clockwork unison to set the Martha Stewart formal table to the nines, napkin rings and butter knives not spared, so that daddy steps through the door to find an aromatic feast as we light the final centerpiece candles upon his arrival.
But then reality is - I have to work hard to make meal time a success. And by that I mean to make food at all, and not call daddy on his way home and say pick up some pizza, please... for the third time this week, and it's only Wednesday. Especially during this season in my life. Six little precious ones and one teen makes for some unusual and interesting household dynamics.
I am still on the journey to healthy eating. Sometimes quick and easy (oh, and sometimes cheaper!) wins over super healthy when it can only be one or the other. And sometimes I find ways to manage both!
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