Food Fun #2

So today was a big day for our family. My youngest daughter and her husband had a gender reveal party letting us know what their twins would be. The hardest part was I had to make the cakes, so I knew before anyone else. That is a lot of pressure! Even getting dressed was hard because I was worried if I wore anything pink or blue someone would read into the clothing choice ;) so I wore black. Safest color choice I had. It was a lot of fun with family and friends.

As American's, anytime we gather it gives us the opportunity to eat. Usually we make bad food choices at gatherings and eat lots of chips, pop, munchies, etc. It makes it hard to make good food choices when there are more unhealthy foods surrounding you. This is one area I have been working hard on. We have a lot of family dinners. Some of the foods we have used instead of the standards for these gatherings are mashed cauliflower instead of potatoes, more salads, healthy multi-grain chips instead of regular, and instead of candy I try to serve more snap peas, peppers, fruits, etc.  Of course there is on occasion the soda pop or cake. But what I am discovering is there are a lot of healthy, tasty, and filling choices out there.

Today at the party we served strawberry/grape kabobs, and raspberry/blueberry kabobs, and hoagie sandwiches on wheat rolls. That is a huge improvement from the past. I try to have a lot more fruits and veggie choices.It is a start at eating healthier and serving healthier food to my family. I really loved the raspberries, for me that is saying a ton. Just in case you missed it along the way, I have never been a fruit eater!

But the best thing about today was finding out that I will be adding another grandson and my first granddaughter to the family! So yep, I ate some cake. The answer is moderation and control. A piece of cake is not going to ruin your eating habits. A piece of cake daily or even weekly might. So don't deprive yourself, just choice wisely and be happy about your choice. Regretting you ate something general makes you feel worse and doesn't help our self-esteem. So load up on the fruits and veggies and take your cake too, just make it a smaller piece!

 Baby Gender Reveal  
video of the revealing