Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 The macaroons from the NT book. I got some recently in a NT cookie exchange and they were wonderful. She added dried fruits and nuts. I replicated the recipe myself (with the dried fruits and nuts) and my whole family loved them. Hey, Kathy-jo got a couple of my macaroons. Were they good, KJ? Ann Marie On Jan 7, 2008, at 10:11 PM, stephabrewer wrote: > What should I bring next month that people might actually like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I am not surprised. I am a dietitian, however, I am not a traditional one. I agree with you whole heartedly!!!!!!!! I am sure she was just passing on what the " establishment " has deemed heart healthy. What a great opportunity to start teaching children at a young age what is healthy. Sad that it doesn't happen. You could make some black bean brownies or cookies with organic dark chocolate chips and organic oatmeal and real butter. Try to disguise something healthy the food. Your bread sounds wonderful. I would have eaten them. Richyne RD _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of stephabrewer Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:12 PM Subject: heart healthy eating? Hello, everyone. I just returned from my monthly Mothers of Preschoolers meeting. The topic tonight was heart healthy nutrition, led by a dietition from a local hospital. I guess I was a bit surprised to hear her say that there isn't anything wrong with sugar and that all saturated fats are bad. She even had a slide that labeled trans fats as saturated fat. I tried to hold my tongue, but I must admit that I made a few comments in favor of real butter and real food in general. We were supposed to be having a heart healthy meal at the meeting tonight. It was soup with salad and bread. I agreed to bring the bread since I love baking and don't get to bake with wheat very much any more. I spent the better part of my weekend nurturing enough sourdough starter to make four dozen whole-grain sourdough rolls, which I served with organic butter and olive oil. For all the talk of being heart healthy, people sure didn't want to touch my delicious rolls. They mostly ate the corn chips, white crackers, and mini croissants that other people had brought. I ended up giving away several of the rolls to one of the only moms who did like them. I am thinking of volunteering to bring something to every meeting. What should I bring next month that people might actually like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Steph, When my kids were little, they were in ECFE. I remember we had a dietitian come and talk to us. She told us things like we should use 100% juice, eat whole grains, and limit fat. She recommended a popular commercially available flavored yogurt that even my non-traditional food friend said she would only give her kids for dessert! It is frustrating that we really don't promote Best Practice in this country. For many people, I suppose, this was a step in the right direction and we are satisfied with that. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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