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Situated near the airport, this hotel is 1.3 mi (2.2 km) from Patterson Ice Center and 3 mi (4.9 km) from Woodland Mall. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park and Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Along with a fitness center, this hotel has coffee/tea in a common area and a business center. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk.
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All 92 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Other amenities available to guests include coffee makers, free long-distance calls, and free local calls.
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Baymont Inn & Suites Grand Rapids Airport
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A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Event facilities measure 550 square feet (51 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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- Baymont Hotel Grand Rapids Airport
- Baymont Inn Grand Rapids
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I have a handful of rotating meals that I cook (frozen stir fry, pasta, frozen organic pizza) for DH and me and many nights either DH doesn't eat, saying he's not hungry, or I eat a bowl of cereal. We also go out to eat maybe twice a week because DH coerces me. I am also a vegetarian, but eat seafood. Also, DH doesn't know how to cook AT ALL, so he is of no help in the kitchen.
Our 16 mo old is still on homemade pureed food and store bought organic jarred stage 2 because he won't eat most other things I make for DH and me and I just don't know what to make for him. However, when we eat out, he eats quite a bit off my fork, particularly salmon, since that is usually what I order when eating out. When I try to make salmon at home, it never turns out like at the restaurant. It's overcooked and dry no matter how I make it.
Most recipes I try to follow don't turn out well. I couldn't even cook a pancake from a mix this morning as the whole thing stuck to the pan when I tried to use coconut oil and it fell apart in crumbs (as did I after yet another meal didn't turn out)...
And, I don't even know where I would find the time to cook. I use naptime to either nap myself or to take a shower, check e-mail or do housework (which I'm also failing at).
On weekends, we are so busy running around doing errands or I'm working on house projects and I don't want to spend hours in the kitchen. And, we have a lousy fridge that doesn't have much room and I have to strategically stack and balance things in there just to get them to fit. Our freezer is filled with bags of frozen veggies and everytime I open the door, something falls out. So, I am not motivated to cook either because there is no room for anything. I throw away so much food that has rotted because it's hidden in the fridge, which makes buying ingredients for cooking a struggle.
The ped says that our DS is on the verge of failure to thrive (that's on another older post). He had not lost weight previously (was in the 3rd percentile), but I think he's lost weight in the past couple of months. He wears 9 mo old pants. The 12 mo size slides off him. He's probably just under 19 lbs now, but I'll wait to worry until his check up in a month. We are still BFing, but he can't be getting enough calories from BM.
He will eat avocado, but I can't feed that to him for every meal. I've tried oatmeal, yogurt with applesauce...He just doesn't like them, so I don't know what to feed him for breakfast. For lunch, I've been giving him bites of my almond butter and jam toast, but that is not great nutritionally for a baby. I also cannot get his liquid vitamin/iron supplement in him when he won't eat things I can't squirt the dosage in, so I'm worried that he's going to be impacted by that as well, particularly his iron level.
He drinks only 4 oz of coconut or cow's milk per day. And that's with me offering it throughout the day.
We are finally going to a feeding clinic next week just to rule out any physiological causes.
But, I'm still getting very depressed over my lack of being able to provide nutritionally for our DS and have little patience for meal times when DS won't eat.
I feel like a failure as a mom. For various other reasons, I just don't think I'm doing a good job with him, even though I'm a SAHM and have no excuse.
Guess I am just really feeling low after yet another unsuccessful feeding attempt and just needed a safe place to vent.
You need to get motivated, get organised and get creative.
You already feel bad about this so there is your motivation right there. You ALL need to eat well for health. It's all very well feeling bad about the baby not eating well, is it ok if his mom gets colon cancer from a lifelong poor diet? No, of course not, so NOW is when you learn to cook!
Get organised. Go on YouTube, or google for "easy recipes" or "quick recipes" or whatever takes your fancy, then plan a weeks worth of meals and only buy what you need for them. You need to make time to cook. Sorry. It's a necessity and you can't say "can't" any more. You find time to pee, this is as necessary and you get ill if you don't.
Get creative - almond butter on wholemeal toast is absolutely fine for a kid, and jam never killed anyone. Feed what he will eat, within reason. Experiment. I'm a pretty good cook and i still have massive disasters sometimes, ah well, that's life. I too have a really hard time with pancakes - i blame the pan Do you eat eggs? Scramble eggs with some cream (if you eat dairy). Try him with anything YOU eat, and anything you find a recipe for that you fancy. My DD, at that age, inexplicably loved fish curry. She ate it about twice a week at least and i just rotated the fish and veggies in it. Cook your salmon for less time and keep it covered/wrapped in foil and it won't dry out. Experiment and Practice. Tell yourself "i'm going to get good at this" and keep on keeping on until you are. I left home just about able to boil an egg and now, 13 years later, i am happiest in the kitchen.
It can happen, you can make it happen.
FWIW, my sister in law can't boil water. Her kids are just fine - healthy, happy kids. She's found some things that work well for her, they eat out a couple of times a week and she buys a lot of pre-made stuff.
Don't beat yourself up - we've all got our own strengths and weaknesses!
At 16 months he doesn't need purees or baby food -- delaying too long on "real" food can make it hard for kids to learn to eat comfortably, so I'd stop with that stuff now. Even the "solids' you're offering, like yogurt and applesauce, are baby-food texture. Will he not take anything more solid? The toast and the salmon he eats when you go out has much more texture than a puree, so I assume he won't totally refuse "real" foods.
There is nothing wrong at all with toast, jam, and almond butter. that's a great meal for a toddler! Fat, carbs, protein. You don't have to cook elaborate meals to feed him -- try him on chunks of fruit, soft-cooked noodles with butter, cubes of cheese or string cheese, scrambled egg, crackers, canned beans and chickpeas. If he likes salmon, and you're not confident cooking it, you can buy canned salmon. None of this requires fancy cooking.
I'm trying to think what my daughter especially liked at that age ... cheese was very popular, she liked flaked cooked fish (and meat of all kinds, but since you don't eat it that's out), noodles, beans. She strongly preferred pieces of food she could feed herself with her fingers -- I think the only thing we still spoon-fed was yogurt because she couldn't quite manage a spoon and she did love yogurt. She especially loved melon. Lots of kids like "dips," like ranch dressing or hummus -- he might go for that, plus veggies or bread cubes to dip in it.
Quesadillas are easy to make, and my boys love them. I just use refried beans and nutritional yeast because they are allergic to dairy. Spread beans on half a tortilla, or you could use cheese and black beans. Keep it simple. Fold the tortilla in half. Heat a frying pan on a medium-low heat (my stove has numbers, I usually turn the dial to 3 or 4). Put a tiny pat of butter or maybe 1/2 tsp of coconut oil, any fat will do, in the pan and let it get hot. Put your folded tortilla in the pan. Let it get brownish on one side, then flip it. Cut in wedges or strips. You could mash up some avocado and let him dip the pieces in it. The only thing that could go wrong is if you get the pan too hot and let it burn.
If you mess something up once, try again. Keep trying until you get it right. There is nothing wrong with that! Even if you waste food, you are doing it in order to feed your family in the long run, that is okay if you ask me.
He likes toast and avocado? How about making avocado dip (mix up smooshed avocado with a little yogurt, a weeeeeeeeeee bit of lime juice to keep it from going brown) and either spreading it on the toast or letting him dip (I know many toddlers like to dip, DS never loved it).
Cheese square/sticks... great idea as well. And portable.
We have had a similar issue with our fridge (things getting pushed back and forgotten), and one thing that has helped us (though we've gotten away from it... and let's be honest, I was never GREAT at it to start with ) is to designate a shelf per day. Monday, clean off the top shelf. Tuesdays, the middle shelf, Wednesdays, the bottom, Thursdays, the crisper, and Fridays, the door. Dig through the freezer on the weekend.
I'm 37 weeks pregnant (tomorrow!) and keeping my 22-month-old eating well has been hugely challenging the entire pregnancy. But I manage to do it because I know that nutrition is perhaps the most important thing when it comes to our health. Like brushing his teeth or changing his diapers, feeding him good whole foods throughout the day is just not optional. But it's SO HARD some days and I completely know where you're coming from.
Here are some things I feed my toddler that are easy, nutritious, fun, and generally well-received:
-almond or peanut butter on whole wheat bread or crackers
-plain yogurt that I sweeten with honey (tends to be less sugary than store-bought flavored yogurt)
-raw fruit slices of all kinds--apples, pears, berries, grapes, bananas, avocado. Slice them small but there's no need to mash at his age. Toddlers love to eat chunks of food with varying textures and colors. Fruit is great for this!
-lightly steamed carrots--he won't eat them raw but if I steam them just enough to make them a little softer and sweeter, he digs them. Steaming veggies is about as easy as it gets and doesn't degrade the nutrients too much.
-steamed broccoli, chopped and topped with shredded cheese (melted in)
-eggs! Eggs with cheese, eggs without cheese, eggs with chicken sausage scrambled in, eggs on toast, hardboiled eggs (can be prepared in advance--easy!), whatever strikes my fancy. Eggs are a wonderful food and toddlers usually like them. You can cook them in olive oil if you'd rather avoid butter--but butter is good too.
-string cheese. Yeah, it's processed but it's mozzarella and hey, protein and calcium
-whole grain dry cereal (for first breakfast and car trips)
You don't need to really "cook" for a toddler. You just need to find foods that have a high nutritional value, are minimally processed, and are prepared in such a way that they aren't a choking hazard. Don't worry about making restaurant-quality salmon for your little one; almond butter is totally fine at this stage. The important thing is that he's eating. I used to worry that there wasn't enough variety in my kid's diet--he eats yogurt every day, nut butter most days, cheese and eggs most days, etc. But it really doesn't matter as long as he's getting good calories and plenty of vitamins and minerals.
You can do this, mama. Just make feeding him well a major priority and the rest will fall into place. Go through your refrigerator every day--get into the habit of regularly rummaging through it to see what's there. Make shopping lists based on what you actually eat, not on what you think you should be eating or what you may feel like cooking the day after tomorrow. Keep it simple! You don't have to like cooking--plenty of people don't. And you don't even have to be a good cook to be able to provide a healthy meal for your family. There's nothing wrong with simple steamed, seasoned vegetables, rice and beans, and a whole grain bread or grain or starch (couscous, brown rice, quinoa, wheat pasta) on the side. Okay, I'm making myself hungry now...
You can do this!
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Cheese...just cubes/small pieces of cheddar. Chop off the block and feed.
Plain yogurt.
Plain oatmeal.
Butter (when I'm cutting butter for something, I always give her a small piece).
Fruit - all berries (esp. blueberries), grapes, chunks of mango or peach, apples (we give her the whole thing, and she eats however much she wants - but she also has lots of teeth), grapefruit/orange segments without the membranes, chunks of banana...i know there are some others she likes, but I can't think of them right now.
Veggies - raw sugar snap peas, cucumber slices and carrots, some cooked potatoes and sweet potatoes. hmm...I know she eats some others, but I'm drawing a blank again.
Cheerios, puffed wheat, shredded wheat and Special K.
Cheddar bunnnies or goldfish crackers (I use them and the dry cereal for "on the go" snacks a fair bit).
Scrambled eggs, or the whites from hard boiled eggs...she doesn't usually eat large portions of these, but she likes them.
Salmon, white fish (she's had halibut, sole, cod & tilapia, I think), shrimp (just remembered - ds1 used to snack on those tiny little cooked shrimp from the grocery store - I'd just thaw them under hot water).
Raisins and dried cranberries, although I try to limit those.
Lentils and beans, esp. kidney beans and chickpeas. We'll pick them out of things and wipe/lick (yeah, I know - ick) them off, or she likes them if they're just cooked along. Lentils stewed with a bit of basil or oregano or something was a favourite for a while.
Bread. She doesn't like loaf bread that much so far, but loves naan, tortillas, pizza crusts, etc.
Oh - I mostly use peanut butter right now (the other nut butters are really expensive). I'm comfortable with peanuts at this age, and dd2 likes peanut butter,too.
I don't know if there's anything in there you can use, and I certainly don't guarantee nutritional balance.
Lisa, lucky mama of Kelly (3/93) , Emma (5/03) , Evan (7/05) , & Jenna (6/09)
Loving my amazing dh, James & forever missing Aaron Ambrose (11/07)
Also, I agree w/the others. Feed him what he wants, and make it table food when at all possible. If he wants avocados for every meal, great! They're easy and portable, and very, very nutrient and FAT rich (which he definitely needs). Have you tried smoothies? Very easy for you, and you can experiment with adding nut butters or coconut oil to "fatten" it up. Good food doesn't have to be cooked, and many would argue that the best food isn't.
At his age, my boys adored salmon and mahi mahi. Many people are intimidated by cooking fish, and overcook it. It isn't hard -- wrap it in foil with some butter and/or olive oil, salt and pepper and lemon juice, and cook it until it flakes apart (but no longer). If it's an especially large piece, you can cut it into chunks to cook everything evenly.
Don't beat yourself up! Your son doesn't have to be eating what you're eating, or a huge variety of cooked foods to be healthy and gain weight. I suggest cleaning out your fridge and simplifying everything. If in the end you have 15 avocados and nothing else, but everyone is happily eating, well that's a start! ;-)
For cooking, the best way to learn is to make mistakes. And for every new recipe that goes on my repertoire, there are two or three that I made that didn't make the cut. Sometimes it's because they're just bad recipes, and sometimes it's because they were so frustrating or not worth it! But I've tried so many new recipes over the years, that I now I have running list of nearly 100 recipes that I pick and choose from for our dinners.
(Aside: When I was first learning to cook, I was graduating from college and I was determined to throw myself a grad party, including cooking a small spread for my guests. I burned the BBQ beef, the stuffed mushrooms were underdone, and the potato salad! The potatoes were underdone and I had to send my poor boyfriend (now dh) to the store to get more eggs because I couldn't hard boil them properly! What a disaster! My family still loves me and now I can make BBQ beef and potato salad pretty well after making them over and over, but I'm not attempting those stupid mushrooms again. )
You said he doesn't eat the same things you and your husband eat. Do you offer them over and over, and seriously? (Like, do you make a plate just for him?) Or do you wave a forkfull in front of him, and when he doesn't bite, you give him one of "his" foods? You may need to be gently insistent that he "graduate" to adult food. (Please excuse me if you really have worked hard on this, please disregard.) ETA: if he really doesn't want your food though, just feed him what he'll eat, since he's close to being dx'ed with FTT. you gotta do what you gotta do!
If he's only really had smooth, pureed foods, he may need some time to adjust to different textures and consistencies. You could put him in his high chair with a variety of different foods, and just leave him alone and watch what he does. Maybe some small pieces of pita bread, Veggie Booty, rice, beans, etc.
As far as his size, are you and your husband small? My daughter is (and has been since 6 months) been below the 3rd percentile for height and under 10th for weight. But we are a small family. As long as I put out foods for her to eat (which were/are foods that we eat as a family), and she was nursing well, and seemed healthy, I didn't worry. My ds is 8 months and I feed him bits of what we eat, so long as they don't require teeth to eat or contain common allergens (which we hold off on until 12 months). He eats rice, beans, salmon, oatmeal, many types of fruit and cooked veggies, egg yolks, curry, hummus (well he WAS but he had a reaction to it), whole wheat breads with jam, mashed potatoes.
I know some people just aren't interested in cooking, and that's cool, everyone is different. But it is an incredibly useful skill to develop, that will serve you for the rest of your life.
Wife to dh and mommy to dd1 (3/07), ds (1/10), and dd2 (any day now)!
As for things that stick to the pan, a la your pancakes, do you use non-stick pans? Really though, whether you do or not, try coating the pan with butter, a bit of grease, or some cooking spray like PAM. Just a thin coat, that should help.
Some other suggestions...pasta with veggies makes a great meal too. You said you have lots bags of frozen veggies-cook up some pasta, heat up the veggies, then toss them in the pasta. You can eat it like that or season it up with some salt, pepper, butter, garlic etc. Or, if that's too much, just toss some salad dressing on it. That can be served warm or cold. You could also do the same with rice instead of pasta if you want. If you have a microwave, you can cook just about anything in it...you can take your salmon and heat it up in the microwave-if you cover it up, it won't be dry at all. Chicken breasts (if you are comfortable preparing and serving them) can be cooked in the microwave, as can eggs and fish.
As for learning to cook...when I moved out of my parents house and had to cook for dd and I, I suscribed to a magazine called Quick Cooking. It's by Taste of Home, and I think they actually call it Simple and Delicious now. The majority of the meals in it require very few and pretty basic ingredients, and usually take around 30 minutes to fix (some do take longer, but plenty take less time also.) Working from a recipe is so much easier than trying to create one yourself.
Lisa, lucky mama of Kelly (3/93) , Emma (5/03) , Evan (7/05) , & Jenna (6/09)
Loving my amazing dh, James & forever missing Aaron Ambrose (11/07)
Still, my daughter lived on cheese sandwiches for AGES as a young toddler. Not even the 'good' bread or cheese- the squishy nutritionally vacant white bread and plasticized cheese 'product'. I tried to sneak in a few other things here and there, but it didn't always work as she was (and still is, though it has improved a lot) food avoidant.
Staples that work but don't take a lot of cooking
*Hummus and Pita Crisps
*Fresh fruit slices and a yogurt/cream cheese dip
*Lightly steamed baby carrots
*Pancakes (try again, with oil or butter instead of coconut oil. I find coconut oil can be tricky to work with where I live- when I lived elsewhere it was easier. Weirdness.)
*Any-butter and jam sandwich- you can even make your own fresh freezer jam (no cooking required!)
*Sheets of nori cut in triangles
*Pasta with butter and parmesean (and garlic around here- my kids LOVE garlic)
*French bread pizzas- cut a loaf of french bread in half lengthwise and top with whatever you like for toddlers it also works with smaller slices
* Scrambled eggs, quiche, hard boiled eggs- any manner of eggs if you can find these from a local free-range grower they are a lot better.
*Garden burgers
*Banana bread, zucchini bread, pumpkin bread, etc
*Guacamole and tortilla chips
Also, for my super skinny kid, carnation instant breakfasts, milkshakes, smoothies etc helped a lot. She's still super-skinny, but it's better now that she's almost 9 and I can reason with her.
grapes cut in half
wedges of cucumber
apple, pear, peach, nectarine slices
avocado cubes
cheese cubes
bread with cream cheese or PB
steamed or stir fried veg - broccoli, zucchini, green beans, carrots, sweet peppers, peas, whatever
One thing she loves is fish. We made mac&cheese and put frozen peas and canned tuna in it. Sometimes we make the mac&cheese from scratch...but often from a box. We put the peas in with the noodles for the last 2 minutes and then drain the tuna water and add the tuna after mixing in the cheese sauce.
For cooking fish:
We sometimes buy frozen fillets and sometimes fresh. For frozen, just read the back of the package. For salmon or Talapia, drizzle a bit of veg. oil in a pan, put the fillets (still frozen) in, add a bit of pepper if you like, or some dried dill, cook for 6-10 minutes.
For fresh fish, I broil it. I drizzle some oil in a pan. I lay the fresh fillets in. I put my oven rack to the second from the top spot in the oven. Turn the oven on broil (turn the knob as far as it will go) and broil for 4-6 minutes depending on how thick the fish is. I check after 4 minutes. For salmon, it should be turned lighter pink and not still dark pink or reddish.
For whiter fish, you know it is done when it is a white colour and not still a translucent white. As someone else said, it flakes with a fork. Just stick a fork in it and pull it apart. If it flakes easily it is done, if it doesn't flake easily then put it back in for another 1-2 minutes.
To boil noodles. Boil the water first. When the water is boiling add the noodles to the pot. When the water starts to boil, turn the temp down a bit (to medium) so it doesn't boil over. Test a noodle after about 6-8 minutes. I just stick a spoon in and dig out a noodle and then eat it. If it is still a bit chewy I cook a bit longer.
You can do it. Cooking is intimidating. But once you learn to cook a few things, you will start to feel more confident.
Check at local grocery stores or community centres. I know some in my area have cooking classes.
There are also services here where you can go in, learn to cook a few recipes and you get to take the dinners home with you. You go on a Sunday and cook a weeks worth of food to take home and freeze or refrigerate.
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It was a big transition for me too. It's always been a pet peeve when people say "the baby just ate what we ate!" when someone posts about what do you feed the baby. I'm glad you're not getting that in this thread, because I always found it soooo unhelpful. Obviously if I ate a diet that was acceptable for a baby/toddler, I wouldn't have been asking! Because before we had a baby, DH and I worked long hours, came home and either ordered takeout or made a sandwich or ate cereal. Hopefully with milk, if we actually happened to have any. Sure we cooked sometimes (we both enjoy cooking, and we do enjoy real meals), but who had the time or the energy to cook a real meal more than once a week or so? I guess I don't know if I'm jealous of or confused about childless couples or singles who cook healthy complete meals every night! I don't think that I knew any.
So I wouldn't be too discouraged. I think that this is a normal hump that many parents have to get over. I think it's awesome that you're trying to fix it, instead of just serving McDonald's for every meal!
I encourage you to learn to cook some easy basic meals, but while you're learning, you can expand your child's palate for solid foods using the quick and and easy stuff that comes pre-made. For example, my son loves the Dr. Praeger's veggie patties (http://www.drpraegers.com/) and I don't feel too bad about feeding him those in combination with other veggies and meats I cook.
Good luck! You are a good momma and you CAN learn to cook.
Quiche -take packaged pie crust, unroll and place in pan. Cut up some veggies (tomoatoes or zuchinnis are good) or throw in some frozen peas, whatever you like. In a bowl beat 3 eggs with some milk or yogurt. Pour eggs over veggies (in pie crust). Sprinkle with some cheese. Bake (at temp listed on pie crust) for 30 minutes. Serve with salad.
You have a lot of other suggestions.
Relax and breathe. You don't have to be a master chef to feed your toddler. And FWIW I think PD, toast and jam is great for a lo.
Hang in there mama
Soup with a cheese quesadilla with veggies is a favorite in our house. Open can, dump contents into pan (add water if required) set to low. Put out flour tortillas and put shredded cheese and whatever veggies you have available and sprinkle them on (not too much or it will fall apart). Fold over. I use a piece of veggie on the outside edge to keep it closed and bake till the cheese melts. Serve.
You can do this.
There are lots of fun noodle and pasta shapes, in a variety of grains as well as rice pastas, that are good with a cheese sauce or cheesy tomato sauce-again-just boil water and throw some cubed cheese into tom. sauce, or grate over the pasts. make sure to use a good butter on the noodles!
Dips are good too, and fun for toddlers-hummus, etc. A cheese omlet, or scrambled eggs and cheese, with leftover salmon (that dried out salmon you cooked would work great here!) or lox is good.
Take it one meal at a time. Dinner food can be breakfast. Breakfast food 3x/day-fine! Don't stress about what's "right", because only you know what's right for your family.
We always did full fat raw cows milk and goats milk, as well-not sure if that's an option for you?
Like so many have said, there are tons of nutrient dense(that is so important!) foods that don't require a lot of prep. I don't know which vegetarian credo your family sticks to, but I see seafood and dairy in your post. Cheese, cream and butter... Use the best quality you can get, raw is best! Full-fat Greek-style yogurt... You can stir any number of things, sweet or savory, into that to make a variety of dips. Have you tried canned fish? My kids absolutely LOVE canned salmon, sardines, smoked herring, mackerel and the like. Think of all the protein and omega-3s, and you don't even have to heat that stuff up if you don't want to.
I don't know if you do eggs... But eggs are one of THE most nutrient dense foods out there. And for the most part they are very easy to fix. Even if YOU don't eat them, I'd certainly consider them for your son. It might sound like a treat, but sweet potato or pumpkin pie have the possibility of being super healthy. Vitamin A rich veggie plus protein rich eggs with high quality cream with some maple syrup and spices? Find a good recipe... You just whisk it up, pour it in an organic ready-crust and throw it in the oven.
I've not seen anyone say anything about potatoes yet. Both sweet potatoes and white potatoes make excellent kid-friendly foils for all kind of nutrient dense toppings. Cheese, butter, coconut oil, olive oil, sour cream, guacamole. Just bake the potatoes(throw 'em in the oven at 350 until you can poke them easily with a fork), split them open, and use your imagination!
ETA: Don't be afraid to use salt. I know from my vegan days that salt is one of those things painted evil by the health crowd. So not true. Very little will taste good if it isn't seasoned properly. Using a quality natural salt to season foods you put in front of our son might make them more appealing. Of course, you might be using salt... I just wanted to out that in there, as a lot of people overlook that.
I know for my little guy, breakfast is a scrambled egg almost every morning. Lunch is whatever i can grab from the fridge while he's climbing my leg - cheese cubes/slices, grapes, he'll eat hummus off a spoon, since he hasnt figured out dipping... Banana, avocado, a few pieces of last night's chicken or beans, Pickles, broccoli, etc. He loves corn on the cob, when i can find it.
And dinner is usually more of the same for him. If i have red or white beans, he'll eat quite a bit (but he doesnt like garbanzos). He's a cheese hound, and he'll eat all sorts of fresh fruit/veg, so thats what i feed him. Je loves salmon, but only gets it maybe once a month... I only cooked salmon for the first time a few months ago, and i'll tell you it does take a little practice, but it's better to undercook than overcook if your fish is fresh. By the time it's flaking, it's overcooked, it really does only take a few minutes.
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but cooking is not rocket science, and eventually, if you keep working at it, one day, it will click and you will totally get it! it's like anything else, practice makes perfect.
so start with salmon. find the easiest recipe you can. maybe a recipe where it's cooked wrapped in foil, so that it won't dry out. and with it, do a simple side, like baked potatoes or sweet potatoes. you and DH can have them as-is - DS can have it smushed. then, pick a veggie. simply steam it (keep tasting until it's as soft as you all like) and add a little butter and salt when it's done. voila, easy meal with little prep! then, once you master the salmon, pick another simple one and master that, too. the more you cook, the more little things you learn, and it starts to get fun (seriously!).
while you're learning, there are so many easy, quick things you can make for DS. there were many great suggestions given here. some of my go-tos:
- quesadillas (heat a pan, throw tortilla on pan, throw cheese on half of tortilla, add a little chopped spinach, or some leftover beans, more cheese, fold, cook until done, serve with some avocado and yogurt or sour cream for dipping!)
- grilled cheese
- pizza whatevers... throw sauce and cheese on an english muffin, a pita, a bagel, a slice of bread, a tortilla, anything... and bake @ 350 until done
- crackers w/nut butter, maybe a smidge of honey to sweeten
- whole-wheat pancakes, these are really easy to make from scratch!! serve any time of day, i give my boys some yogurt w/a drip of maple syrup to dip
- french toast (beat an egg, add a splash of milk, soak bread, cook on medium in a little butter, cut into strips or squares)
- roasted chickpeas - add olive oil, salt, pepper, bake @ 400 until a little brown but not hard
you can do it!!!
the thing about learning to cook is that at the beginning, everyone stinks at it! and when you are constantly making food that doesn't turn out so great, your confidence sinks, and that doesn't really help the situation.
but cooking is not rocket science, and eventually, if you keep working at it, one day, it will click and you will totally get it! it's like anything else, practice makes perfect.
Our 16 mo old is still on homemade pureed food and store bought organic jarred stage 2 because he won't eat most other things I make for DH and me and I just don't know what to make for him. However, when we eat out, he eats quite a bit off my fork, particularly salmon, since that is usually what I order when eating out. When I try to make salmon at home, it never turns out like at the restaurant. It's overcooked and dry no matter how I make it.
Most recipes I try to follow don't turn out well. I couldn't even cook a pancake from a mix this morning as the whole thing stuck to the pan when I tried to use coconut oil and it fell apart in crumbs (as did I after yet another meal didn't turn out)...
On weekends, we are so busy running around doing errands or I'm working on house projects and I don't want to spend hours in the kitchen. And, we have a lousy fridge that doesn't have much room and I have to strategically stack and balance things in there just to get them to fit. Our freezer is filled with bags of frozen veggies and everytime I open the door, something falls out. So, I am not motivated to cook either because there is no room for anything. I throw away so much food that has rotted because it's hidden in the fridge, which makes buying ingredients for cooking a struggle.
He will eat avocado, but I can't feed that to him for every meal. I've tried oatmeal, yogurt with applesauce...He just doesn't like them, so I don't know what to feed him for breakfast. For lunch, I've been giving him bites of my almond butter and jam toast, but that is not great nutritionally for a baby. I also cannot get his liquid vitamin/iron supplement in him when he won't eat things I can't squirt the dosage in, so I'm worried that he's going to be impacted by that as well, particularly his iron level.
Dd2 (18 months, BTW) hasn't met a bean she doesn't like. Find a brand that works for you--they do seem to have highly variable amounts of salt--and try that. I rinse them off and sometimes heat slightly, sometimes not. Black beans are probably more nutritious than pinto, but I do serve both. Dd1 wouldn't ever eat beans, so it's possible your child won't, but it's worth a shot.
Pasta tossed with olive oil and cheese. Or just olive oil (or butter) if he won't eat the cheese.
Cheese is good, as others have said.
Dd2 hardly touches fruit (watermelon is about the only one she'll eat) but loves broccoli. I'll serve her broccoli at every meal, including breakfast, if need be. So if your child likes avocado, let him eat it. It's healthy.
Fish always takes a lot less time than you'd think to cook. Something like 10-15 minutes per inch of thickness, at a fairly high oven temp. If I hated to cook as much as you do, I'd make something like that in larger quantities, so that I'd get more mileage out of the cooking effort. And leftover salmon is divine.
Don't worry about food categories. Anything can be a breakfast food or a lunch food or a dinner food.
Sounds like until you get a better fridge, it would be good to just have less on hand. Not as overwhelming. I do a major purge every week--all the leftovers and "off" produce gets tossed. Been meaning to tackle the freezer as well. FWIW, my SIL is even more, um, proactive than that. If something hasn't been finished off within 48 hours, she tosses it.
Do you have room for a small chest freezer in your home?
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She eats a lot of pastas and fruits. My 16 month old tho, is something else altogether. He loves solids. Your baby may be ready to try all those new textures. Fruits: Bananas, grapes, apples, star fruit, pineapples, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries (Minus pits) and others are great. Just cut them into bite size chunks! Crackers and cheese, oh cheese! my baby boy looooves cheese.
I get the impression that you don't eat a lot of meats (just fish?) but if you do, sloppy joes (just strip him and toss him in the bath afterwards) turkey burger works just as well as ground chuck and is healthier. And oh! He adored chicken and steak fajitas. Any of these things are easy as pie to cook. Feel free to PM me, and I can suggest a ton of things. Another huge hit, and easier than anything else, really. American Chop Suey, saute a lb of burger, toss a jar of pasta sauce over it. Boil some elbows, combine it all together, then put shredded cheese or grated cheese over it. 4 food groups in one quick and easy meal.
There are also quite a few ladies in our area that make ethinic food at home to sell. They may pour a little heavier on the oil than I would like, but it is good, fresh, homemade, unprocessed, preservative free food.
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I've been working on this for sometime now and have only just made some serious progress. I used the tutorial SS made and the templates that Wizardoflight made as a guide, but I have tinkered with the sizing a little.
The casing is made from 1mm thick sheet PVC, and the "clear" part is made from cast acrylic. This was the hardest part to make as my current workshop is a little on the rubbish side until I can find somewhere to house all my tools etc. I used a hack saw, mitre saw, dremel disc cutter and bench grinder to get it to where it is now. This is difficult stuff to get through so I am going to attempt to invest in a table top band saw. A company called Proxxon do some at an amazing price.
After cutting the block, I built the RF housing around it, and used liquid poly as it leaves minimal residue and fuses the plastic together. On the rear of the acrylic block I glued some "catches" so that it locks into the housing, but can be easily removed as I would like to add a lighting system.
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Presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's first televised interview on Monday night served as part of a "systematic media campaign" to promote "the candidate of the Egyptian State," according to Al Ahram Strategic Center's Ziad Akl.
"Al-Sisi represents the State's institutions, whose only agenda for the time being is to eliminate the institutional aspect of the Muslim Brotherhood; his statements about the Brotherhood were to convey a message to them," said Akl, a political analyst at the centre.
Akl added that Al-Sisi supporters have been made to believe, through a systematic media campaign since July, that Al-Sisi, who is part of the Armed Forces institution, is the only solution for the "threat of the Muslim Brotherhood."
According to Akl, the jurisdictions of the institutions of the Egyptian state have inflated through the years. Aql elaborated that if there was a plan and political will to reform the state's institutions, there would be hope for Egypt's development.
A UK specialist on Arab Affairs, Dr H.A. Hellyer commented on the interview saying, "[he] expected more details from Al-Sisi's first proper interview." Hellyer criticised the interviewers of Al-Sisi, "despite the fact that the interviewers are well known media characters with experience of interviewing, they had a pretty easy attitude. It was basically up to Al-Sisi to share information or not."
He added that Al-Sisi consumed significant time focusing on dialogues with ousted President Mohamed Morsi, "who is not available for comment, which leaves no space for discussion."
Generally, Hellyer described the interview as "vague" and "less interesting to the people", as he elaborated, "the interview would be unlikely to sway voters' opinions, because everybody knows he is going to win. It could have been more interesting if he had focused more on his plans for the future, as no one is interested in the past as long as it is not related to the future."
The interview was the first of a two-episode interview aired jointly between privately-owned satellite channels CBC and ONtv.
The interviewers asked the former Field Marshal about his life growing up, family and background, as well as his platform and vision for the future.
Al-Sisi denied that he had consulted any groups inside or outside Egypt in running for the presidency, and had only notified the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of his decision.
When asked whether he was the armed forces candidate, Al-Sisi interrupted his interviewer, saying: "I will not tolerate your usage of the word a'askar [military] again." He added that he was not the presidential candidate of the military, since "the armed forces have never ruled Egypt".
"A'askar" is the Arabic word for "military", however, it has a negative connotations for its informality and use by Egyptians when referring to the British occupation force. Post-2011 protesters have used this word to denounce what they have described as military rule under the leadership of SCAF.
When the presidential candidate was questioned regarding the newly proposed Terrorism Law, he said he is willing to do "whatever it takes to restore security".
Al-Sisi said that all the ministries in the cabinet called for the formation of the Protest Law. "Irresponsible protests will lead to the collapse of the state," he said, and refused to answer a question on whether he was willing to grant amnesty to Protest Law detainees, if elected.
Al-Sisi claimed that he had warned the former president against granting amnesty to former militant elements. He also claimed that he was threatened by a prominent figure of the Muslim Brotherhood that "fighters would come to Egypt from different parts of the world" in the case that Morsi was ousted.
Al-Sisi announced that voting for him means that "there will be no place for the Muslim Brotherhood during his presidency".
Al-Sisi stated that "the situation in Sinai" has lasted as long as it did "for the sake of the Sinai residents" and "if it were not for them [the Sinai residents]," the military would have quelled the wave of insurgency earlier. He added that any citizen "should be comforted as long as the Egyptian army still exists".
Al-Sisi said that he will use the expertise of Egyptian and international experts in the formulation of his presidential platform, including former NASA Scientist Dr Farouk Al-Baz. The presidential candidate added that he is willing to execute Al-Baz's project, the Path of Development and Reconstruction, among others.
The second and final part of the interview will resume on Tuesday night.
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Eric Moen to retire as president, ceo of Pacific Coast Feather Company
Joe Crawford steps up
April 10, 2012,
Crawford, a 20-year veteran of PCFC, also serves as the marketing chair of the American Down and Feather Council, the industry association.
Moen joined the company 23 years ago after holding financial management positions in the apparel industry and as an auditor in public accounting.
"I am very proud of the work that we have collectively done and our market position" said Moen. "We have created an incredible platform and a very solid business with nothing but potential for the future. The management team is strong, focused and very committed to the ongoing development of the business."
Co-chairman Nicolas Hanauer noted Moen "has guided the company through some of the most difficult times for both the industry and the U.S. economy, while advancing PCFC's status as the global leader in utility bedding." He added that Crawford "is as prepared to lead this company as any chief executive in our history. His decisive leadership, his personal style, and his deep experiences across the entire value chain of our business uniquely qualify him to quickly step in to this role."
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All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Serigraphs : Pre 1990 item #1305490 (stock #3222-4)
LeRoy Neiman serigraph "Salle Privee-Monte Carlo", print only 8" x 10 1/2", number 309 of edition of 700, published 1988,excellent condition, signed in pencil.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Serigraphs : Pre 1980 item #1305489 (stock #2072-5)
Serigraph on Paper, 22" x 26", published 1972, number 40 of edition of 300, signed in pencil. Excellent condition.
Beautiful Erte bronze medallion "Bonds of Love", c.1988. 2 1/4". Front side stylized male figure-- signed, reverse side stylized female figure. Marked Endurant NY, 1988 SevenArts, 902/1500. Very good condition.
Erte double sided bronze medallion c. 1988. 2 1/4". Front side "The Kiss" reverse side angel with bow. Marked Endurant NY, 1988 SevenArts, 713/1500. Very good condition.
Beautiful Erte bronze madallion dated 1988. Perfect for Valentine's Day! 2 1/8" across top, 2 3/4" long. Stylized nude one side, butterflies reverse side. Marked Endurant, NY. 1988 SevenArts, 770/1500. Very good condition.
Beautiful Erte double-sided bronze medallion dated 1989. Stylized ERTE on one side, parrot on other side. 2 1/4" dia. Marked Maco-Bronze: 1989 SevenArts Ltd 949/1500. Very good condition.
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Beautiful, original watercolor of "Old South Slip" by Doris & Richard Beer. "Old South" was 1 of 4 wharves constructed the the 18th century during Nantucket's great whaling period. Actual painting 5 1/2" x 7 1/2", signed in excellent condition.
Perched on a holly branch, this cardinal is an etching and soft ground in colors by listed American artist Maurice R. Bebb (1891-1986). Produced in 1968, the colors are bright and the bird is a beauty. The etching is #112 in an edition of 150. Plate measurement: 7 1/4" W x 4 7/8" L. Condition: Good to Very Good. Signed and Titled in pencil: Cardinal, 112/150, M.R.Bebb '68
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1950 item #1193553 (stock #BAB-1723)
In an edition of 250, this image of a young girl was published by Associated American Artists in 1947. It was produced by children's book illustrator and author, Nura Woodson Ulreich (1899-1950). Her sweet-faced children at play captures the innocence and wonder of childhood in a heart-warming style that was truly her own. Seraphine Sews is a charmer. Image size: approx. 12" H x 87/8" w. It is in very good condition showing mild toning and slight mat burn...
Born in Port-au-Prince,Haiti in 1943, Jacques Prosper Lafontant trained at Academie des Beaux Arts. He actually began painting at age eight, and was exhibited at the 1958 Mexico City exposition. Recognized by art critics world wide, his work often features the "essence of women", and is seldom offered for sale. This lively, mid-century oil on canvas presents a vignette like portrait of women gathered at the market...
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American artist Aaron Bohrod painted in the Regionalist and Social Realism styles. The use of brighter colors are characteristic of his early works such an shown in this lively, sparkling lake scene in his native Chicago. This fanciful, feel-good painting was likely produced while living in the City during the 1930's. It displays a brilliant use of acrylic with ink highlights that capture his honest love of nature...
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Alfred Rogoway, American artist, 1900-1990. Beautiful watercolor on paper, painting 9"x12", with frame 15"x18", nicely framed & matted under glass, signed lower right.
Walter Koeniger, listed artist (American 1881-1943), oil on board, image size 13" x 17", "Summer Birches". Signed lower left corner. Excellent condition, framed in gold bead molding.
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The family of Canadian geese that had adopted our beach front have finally decided to head south.
Our Christmas tree has made its appearance in our lobby with its full regalia and our exterior decor is already bringing smiles with the promise of the holidays ahead. How magical it is this time of the year!
We have also completed the levelling of the skating rink. The increased surface will make our hockey and broomball games much more exciting.
Our Holiday period is filling up nicely and promises to keep all well entertained.
At the recent Gala of Excellence held by the Mont-Tremblant Chamber of Commerce, the Grand Lodge received an honorary trophy for its 11 years of service. We would like to take this opportunity to share this and thank all of our loyal guests whom continue to visit us year after year and make all that we do a true joy and pleasure. Thank you!
A most heartfelt Happy Holidays to you and yours during this Festive Season.
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Marion County Pet Adoptions 1/8/2014
Pets at Animal Services in Marion Mounty are looking for a forever home.
Onyx is a 5 year old male Great Dane mix. He does well on a leash and is good with other dogs and children.
Boss is a 3 year old male American Bulldog mix. He loves squeaky toys, does great on a leash and is well behaved.
Deacon is a 7 year old male Boston Terrier mix. He loves chasing a ball around the yard, walks well with a harness and enjoys car rides.
The adoption fee is 40 dollars for all dogs and cats. The fee includes spay/neuter surgeries, county licenses, current vaccinations and microchips.
You can call Marion County Animal Services at 352-671-8700 for more information or visit them Tuesday through Friday from 10:00AM- 5:30PM, or Saturday from 10:00AM- 5:00PM..
To see all the animals available you can head over to their website http://marioncountyfl.org/animal.htm
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2012 3:16 Baseball Winter Training Sessions - Week 4
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Sunday, January 6, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM (EST)
Event Details
Please join us for our 4th training session of the season! We will be at JCS Sports week on Sunday January 6th from 2:00pm to 3:15pm!
We will focus on hitting and defense skills.
We will close with a 10-15 minute Christian devotion.
Come and participate as many times as you wish! It's FREE for boys and girls aged 5-13.
Space is VERY limited. Please RSVP!
Please wear tennis shoes. No cleats are allowed in the facility. Please bring your bat, helmet, and glove.
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8105 Cobb Center Dr. Suite B
Sunday, January 6, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM (EST)
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Fun and competetive sailboat is looking for new crew to join us for the racing season. We are a J/30 that sails out of downtown Cleveland Ohio that has some open crew spots for the coming sailing season. We are competive, but committed more to having fun. Experience helpful but not necessary, will train the right person. If you are athletic, dependable and can sail at least one day a week, contact us through our website - Breezin Sailing Team .
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The ongoing conflict between moderate Muslims and more fundamentalists threatens the rights of women in the Maldives. UN Commissioner Navi Pillay recently visited the islands where she was condemned by radical Islamists because she criticised flogging of women who had sex relations out of wedlock although men were never punished for the same behavior. "Flog Pillay" and " Ban UN" greeted her comments. Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed agreed fundamentalists were a new group who did not respect female rights.
Female circumcision increasingly is imposed on young females. ?Shadiya Ibrahim noted: "being a woman is harder now. The religious Wahhabist scholars preach more forcefully than anyone else can. No one can make a an argument for a more liberal, a more positive attitude towards women."
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In the latest in a series of articles on current shopping issues, BBC News business reporter Gavin Stamp looks at mobile retailers and their summer blues.
It is not unusual to hear shop owners complaining about the weather, and sometimes the climate can seem like a easy excuse for their own shortcomings.
But when it comes to mobile retailers, whose customers' battles against the elements this summer have been particularly acute, it is hard not to have some sympathy.
"Too wet and the crowds don't turn out, too hot and people don't want to carry food around," says Jane Taylor, co-founder of the Yorkshire Dales Cheese Company, who has been exhibiting her products at more than 25 country shows and food festivals this summer.
One of the wettest summers in recent history has taken its toll on many retailers. But for those without High Street stores to fall back on, it has been a special headache.
"Cancellations have been a big problem this year - particularly for traders who had invested in large amounts of stock," Ms Taylor adds.
"In addition, refunds for stand costs paid in advance have not always been forthcoming."
Location, location, location
"Trailer retailers" are now spoilt for choice about where to sell their wares, with thousands of festivals and sporting events across the UK offering an ideal showcase for them.
But when the conditions turn ugly, as they did at Royal Ascot, Wimbledon and Glastonbury, firms can be forgiven for hoping the muddy ground will open and swallow them up.
"For the first three days of a show you are trying to cover your costs," says Robin West, co-owner of the Traditional Pasty and Pie Company.
"When you get to the last day, you go into profit mode. There are times when you won't manage it. It is as simple as that."
Mr West can be found selling his freshly-made Cornish pasties and organic coffee at high-profile events in the sporting and business calendar including Cowes week, the Farnborough Air Show, the Grand National and Glorious Goodwood.
This may sound like a great way of touring the country and soaking up the atmosphere of a English summer but, in reality, it is extremely tough and commercially risky work.
Racecourses charge retailers a flat fee of between £1,000 and £2,000 for a small pitch during a prestigious meeting while some music festivals ask five times that amount.
Things can quickly unravel - as happened one day at this year's Glorious Goodwood race meeting, when Mr West made a loss on the day's trade.
"If you are in the wrong position on a racecourse, you can haemorrhage money," he says, echoing the old mantra that location is everything.
Health and safety
While some retailers make handsome money out of sporting events and festivals, the odds seem increasingly stacked against many businesses.
Before rent payments are due, there are travel and accommodation costs to pay - and these quickly add up.
The cost of energy, vital to a business like Traditional Pasty & Pie which uses air conditioning to make its puff pastry, has soared in recent years.
"Gas and electricity costs have gone through the roof," says Mr West. "It is a necessary evil that we are dealing with all the time."
Most punitive, however, is the cost of complying with stringent healthy and safety regulations - which must be met every time a retailer sets up shop somewhere.
Retailers like Mr West are well-used to dealing with council officers, gas safety inspectors and other officials, and he says there is an "understandable" pre-occupation with upholding standards and doing everything possible to prevent the risk of food poisoning.
At the same time, he is frustrated about the escalating cost of red tape.
He believes this plays into the hands of firms not concerned with offering value for money: those he says are happy to charge more than £5 for a plain hamburger in a cheap bun.
"We are not after the 'one-hit wonder' but after continuity," he says, insisting that meeting customers' rising culinary expectations is essential to building brand loyalty.
"But the list of expenditure on infrastructure and having to conform with rules and regulations for food and hygiene and safety just goes on."
Private route
One way of reducing red tape and keeping costs down is to focus on private customers: the route taken by Morfudd Richards with her mobile ice cream service Lolas On Ice.
A former top London chef, she sold her restaurant in 2005 and is now making deluxe, organic ice creams for weddings, private parties and business functions.
"People want me to be outside the church or as a substitute for desert," she says, adding that she has been "incredibly lucky" with the weather this summer.
Although the business has its limitations - she will not take her van on trips of more than 40 miles outside London - she believes she has found a niche in the market, and one not requiring her to work an 80-hour week and manage 20 staff.
"If I was really business-minded, I could probably franchise it," she says of the concept.
"I think there is a lot of potential in setting up a business based on having your own van, making ice-creams and taking them to parties."
Don't mention the shop
Mobile retailing may once have been cheaper than running a shop, but times have changed.
Robin West believes the costs are pretty much the same these days, and this explains the increasingly high turnover of operators at festivals and sporting events.
"If you look at eBay, you see a lot of mobile trailers for sale," he says.
"Many people come into the industry, flash through and get out. They get into trouble and start trying to sell their stock cheaply."
The nation's motorways and B-roads may not be paved with gold for most mobile retailers.
But they are doing a job they enjoy and getting satisfaction from keeping customers happy.
"We make sure we are not just selling something but serving the customer with something they will enjoy," Mr West concludes.
"A good caterer will make something with love."
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Kathryn graduated from Multnomah University with a Master's Degree in Pastoral Studies and an emphasis in Women's Ministries. She secured a position in the Registrar's office at Multnomah, and worked there for four years. After studying and working at Multnomah, the Lord led Kathryn back home to Fresno. Kathryn said, "leaving Fresno to take a job at Multnomah was one of the hardest decisions to make, but returning home was almost as difficult. I created a new network of family and friends, loved my job and got involved at a church. The Lord has certainly blessed my move back." Read the rest of this entry »


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The Jordan Davis Case: A Prosecutor's Point of View
From Essence.com ~ I am a prosecutor. I am also African American. Both define who I am and how I see things; I embrace this wholeheartedly. And now it's time for some real talk. Many people are disturbed by the recent verdicts in the George Zimmerman and Michael Dunn cases, … Continue reading


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Date of Stay: October, 2007
Very nice experience, camp is very clean and well run. All the facilities were well maintained. As a operator of a small business, WiFi is important to me and service was no problem. We have been here before and will return again.
Date of Stay: May, 2006
Enjoyed it the most. clean, quiet, great place to kick back and relax. Area we stayed in had large sites well spaced.
Date of Stay: December, 2005
We camped beach front over New Years. Wife loved it since she can sit and stare at the beach for hours and is perfectly happy. Our beach front site had only electric and water, no cable or sewer. Site was only 20 ft wide so we were very snuggly with neighbors. Upper end of park is much better looking than the lower or beach front sites which need work. We had no shade, no grass, and would step over a 5 ft retaining wall if not careful. Staff was friendly and helpful, park was clean. As I said, wife loved it, I would prefer less sand, more trees, more space. Big excitement was a sink hole that appeared after a heavy rain. Everyone gathered around to advise repair crew, take pictures and be entertained. Sort of pitiful.
Date of Stay: June, 2005
Park was clean and the staff very helpful. View from our site was great, and once we got our 5th wheel onto the pad, we had lots of room. Only down side is there are lots of trees and if you have a long rig (ours is 38 ft, not counting truck), it is not an easy back in, since this park was built some time ago for smaller units. I understand new sites are being built that will be more big rig friendly.
Date of Stay: May, 2005
I gave this a nine only because this was our first time camping and while it was terrific I am sure there are one or two that may be nicer. They had it all, shade, fishing, beach, playground and neat as a pin. Wife a true first time camper loved it and is now hooked. It is a long way off the beaten path but is well worth the drive.


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Sparks Fly for Energizer
With an acquisition and some solid profits, Energizer (ENR) is sparking Wall Street's interest despite its direct battle with consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (PG).
Energizer, primarily a battery maker, also owns the Schick razor brand. It's trying to buy feminine care products maker Playtex (PYX). The merged company would compete against giant Procter & Gamble, including its huge Duracell division, in nearly every one of its product areas.
On Aug. 13, Energizer shares surged after SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst William Chappell upgraded the stock. Energizer's stock had reached an all-time high of $114.17 last month when it announced earnings of $1.06 per share, up 23 cents from a year before, on 8.9% higher sales. Then the stock fizzled in the late-July market sell-off. On Aug. 13, the stock surged almost 11%, to $104.35.
"Energizer's core business has been hitting on all cylinders," Chappell wrote, saying he expects annual growth of 8% to 10% in the next few years. He gives the stock a 12-month price target of $125.
Chappell outlines many reasons for his bullish outlook. For one, Energizer is gaining market share against competitors Duracell and Spectrum Brands (SPC), which makes Rayovac batteries. The company is increasing profits despite the high cost of zinc, a key battery ingredient that costs 70% more than a year ago. Schick is doing well despite new product launches from Procter & Gamble's Gillette. Based on some research-and-development expenses from late last year, Schick may be coming out with some new, exciting shaving products, Chappel says. Plus, a busy hurricane season could boost storm-related battery sales, he figures.
Plus, the analyst is optimistic about the Playtex deal. Chappell writes: "The real reason to own the stock over the next two years is the opportunity from the pending Playtex acquisition."
The $1.9 billion deal was announced before current problems on credit markets started to threaten the worldwide mergers-and-acquisitions boom. However, the $18.30 per share in cash offer isn't dependent on new bond market financing, Chappell notes.
He expects major savings and synergies from the deal, adding an extra 40 cents per share to Energizer's earnings in the first year. Many are hoping Energizer, which is distributed in 150 countries, will push Playtex's products into dozens of new markets.
Other analysts also like the Energizer-Playtex deal. "Betting against Energizer and its savvy management team can be quite painful," Deutsche Bank (DB) analyst Bill Schmitz Jr. wrote recently. The Playtex deal adds "another layer of sales and earnings growth potential."
However, even with all the positives, there are reasons to be skeptical. Energizer, by expanding into personal care products, is continuing its heads-on challenge with Procter & Gamble, a tough competitor.
Bear Stearns (BSC) analyst Peter J. Barry calls Energizer a Procter & Gamble "wannabe," and that's not a compliment. "We continue to believe that Energizer will be hard pressed to match Procter & Gamble's deep pockets and significant scale," Barry wrote last month.
He says Energizer's operational performance has been "anemic" for the last two years, with much of its profit growth driven by share buybacks. (If fewer shares are outstanding, earnings per share rise even if overall profits hold steady.)
Energizer's price-to-earnings ratio is much higher than usual for the battery maker, analysts note. A few analysts warn that its high valuation could make the stock vulnerable to fall further if competition heats up, expenses rise, or acquisitions go awry.