Food

I confess I started watching Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Much like the small town Jamie steps in to help, I was skeptical about what he would do. For those of you not watching, basically, Jamie goes into a small town in VA and works in a local school to improve and educate both the quality and types of foods that they are eating. At first, it seems like he's really saying that these people are ignorant or something, and yes, of course they show him going into a class of Kindergarten kids and some of the kids thinking tomatoes are potatoes. I highly doubt every kid in that class actually thought that but it makes good t.v. to show the kids who really were clueless as to what the vegetables were.

Anyways, I fee like I am rambling here... My point is this..... I love Food. I've found that the older I'm getting the more interested I am becoming on improving my skills as a cook. I could watch Food Network all day and love it. I am beginning to really enjoy cooking and find it good therapy for my soul. So, as I have begun watching this show, it has made me think about what I feed my family. How much processed foods do we eat in a week? in a day? and I think we should all start becoming more aware of what we are doing to ourselves and our families. Now, I am not suggesting that I will start shopping at whole foods every week or that I am banning chicken nuggets ( although seriously people at least I hope your buying the kind that is made out of real chicken breasts not rib meat!!) but what I am suggesting is that you start becoming aware of what you are eating and feeding your children. In the show, the school system was feeding kids pizza for breakfast and only had flavored milks! I mean seriously, We can do better than that for our kids and we should be. So, all this being said, watch this show.... it comes on ABC on Fridays or you can watch it online and start thinking about how you can educate your own family about good eating habits! and then if your children are in school, find out what kinds of food they are serving at lunch and take action if there needs to be changes made.

My new goal is that our family will be eating at least one meal a day that involves real cooking not reheating something that was processed or already cooked and frozen or packaged (like chicken nuggets, frozen pizza, etc...) and I think you should take that challenge too! I plan to buy Jamie Oliver's new book and hopefully I'll be able to share what I'm learning with you! The end and good luck. Another great post about this show can be found on Rachel's cooking blog on my side bar. :)