Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About…

One of the most entertaining
 things of being a mom 
{at least in my thoughts anyway}
is hearing the stories of family 
life from my now-grown 
children’s perspective.
Our oldest son, 
every time we are all together,
laments about the 
“the years mom went through the no-sugar faze”.  
He swears it lasted for nearly forever.

It makes me laugh.
Since I was the one who directed the 
No-Sugar faze
I do recall exactly how long it was.
And contrary to his remembrance,
it lasted a whopping four {count them} months.

However, when he 
‘goes to the other side of the world’
and we lovingly pack Care packages…
  he now comments
that all I ever send is 
“Sugar”.
I tell him,
“I’m still making up for the No-Sugar faze.”
Mind you, this discussion comes up every single 
time we are together as a family.
So a few months ago,
when Dw was in Uganda, 
I was making dinner
and got a bit healthfully zealous.
Graham, Savannah and Liberty affectionately 
named that dinner attempt
 “Spacarrot” 
cause it was supposed to be
spaghetti but tasted more like the
 2 lbs of carrot I’d thrown in the pot…
{I admit it was kind of overpowered by the carrots.}
Probably a reason or two why 
no one ever suggested I have my own
cooking show.

So the other day I was scrounging around the fridge to 
find something for lunch.  
And I found a little of this,
a little of that,
a lot of some stuff that wouldn’t really be 
thought of as “soup” food…
and decided to throw it all in
the tomato soup pot.
I figured,
With the thick soup, no one will be 
able to decipher what’s what…
besides, 
“Why not give ’em all 
something to talk about?”

13 thoughts on “Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About…

  1. Ha! I do dinners like that. Trouble is that when they are really good, I can't remember what I put in it. My son is into cooking a bit now. So, he always asks me what is in it. Until I worked out he really wanted to know, I felt like I was being grilled for anything in there that would mean he wouldn't eat it! feeling guilty? 😉 a bit…
    Sandy in the UK

  2. We are in a no sugar phase as you speak! My son needed to do an elimination diet, and so we are all doing it in solidarity. This post totally made me laugh!

    1. Bless your heart Renee, actually I like the word "faze" better…which means things like "interruption"…hence, "No-Sugar Interruption" – and trust me, my kids think it was the largest interruption in their lives – haha! No-Sugar Faze works best for me! So you're welcome to write about your No-Sugar Phase, but my kids and I will refer to it as our No-Sugar Faze forever!

  3. My mother also went through an extreme health food phase for a while. I like to harass her about the Easter where all we got in our baskets were carob bunnies, raisins, and some kind of health bar. Not good!!!!! I also remind her how fun it was for me to be the only kid at school with the sandwich made out of thick slices of homemade whole wheat bread and a thick hand cut slab of mozzarella cheese or natural pb along with some carrots and an apple on the side. I stared with envy at kids who brought Skippy pb&j's on white bread, chips, and hostess snack cakes. Sometimes my friend would be too full to eat her second devil dog in the package of two and she would give me one. I lived for those days when I got a devil dog. I love to tease my Mom about it but it is also funny how I ended up majoring in nutrition and feeding my kids healthy too. No carob bunnies in the Easter basket though, only chocolate!!!! I know Mom did it because she loved me even if it felt like torture as a kid. : ) Sounds like your son and I could trade some good health food horror stories!

    1. I love this!! Yes, you and he would commiserate together. It is comical to me that he and his family eat very healthfully and he absolutely *loves* vegetables and fruit…and so after his "Why do you always send me sugar?" question…{Emma was still at home} and Emmy and I went to the store and bought everything healthful we could find from Carob this-n–that to oddities made of fruit…and Vitamin-C infused everything else. We giggled through the stores and packed it with love. He hasn't complained about any box since. haha! And I absolutely love that you have a major in nutrition now! Perfect!

    2. We eat a ton of fruits and veggies too and all my kids like eating veggies because they are used to it. I also love my chocolate and sugar too. I bet you and Emma had great fun packing a healthy box for Tyler! I would have put in some flax seed and kale chips for him if he was my brother. I have four brothers and I love to tease them all! : )

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