The first time I ever heard about Sweet Potato being a dessert was in Liza Lou and The Yeller Belly Swamp. . Unlike many kids’ books from 30ish yrs ago the protagonist is a smart, swamp dwelling girl and let me tell you, I LOVED this story (I adore all Mercer Mayer stories). I even [...]
It seems that everywhere the same refrain is heard over and over again “Eat your vegetables”. As a parent, it is one of my greatest anxiety’s that my children are possibly eating enough of them. We grow them, the kids pick them and help prepare them but will they always eat them? Um, no. So [...]