I notice the same things and am so proud at how I eat now. It is way more healthy than I used too. I can hardly wait for summer when we get to eat the fresh veggies out of the garden. I really feel good then!

Joy dot: a walk in the woods at
: lunch, complete with butterflies,
: a frolicking squirrel, ducks
: calling from the ponds, and
: woodpeckers. Plus the trees are
: budding.

: Today I was helping to cover lunch
: breaks at one of our child care
: centers. (I am the data manager
: for an Early Head Start program.)
: The children were sleeping, so one
: person watched them, and I was
: just there as an extra body in
: case of emergency. There were some
: cooking magazines in the office,
: put out by Kraft. I started
: reading them, and I was just
: struck by something. It seemed
: like all the recipes had stuff in
: them that I wouldn't even consider
: eating, or generally would not
: have cooked with, things like
: velveeta, hot dogs, crescent
: rolls, miracle whip etc. None of
: the recipes were very appealing to
: me - not even the pictures. They
: had one article on snacks. There
: were none that I would eat - a lot
: of them had things like pudding,
: or jello. And they had an article
: with instructions for making Kraft
: noodle dinner (plus they sell
: snack packs of it that you just
: heat up)I was looking at it
: thinking, none of this is food!
: But I remembered making stuff like
: this in the past. And I'm sure
: lots of people would have been
: thrilled to have these recipes to
: make for their families.

: Just another reminder of how much has
: changed for me since I started the
: program.
: Allison