Slacking

I really don't have much of anything to write about today, but this is pretty much the only time that I have this week to blog, so I guess those of you who actually read my ramblings will just have to put up with it for this week at least.  As far as the baby foods go, we have not started anything new with him yet this week.  I did, however, buy A LOT of new foods to start (after we finish our stash of first foods that I have in the pantry).  I think the one that I am most excited for him to try is the Pumpkin and Banana 2nd foods from the Plum Baby Organics line.  I don't know why that sounds good to me, but it does.  I also bought a couple of foods from the Happy Baby Organics line (Pear, Peas and Broccoli, I think), so that will be interesting as well.  We are going to try mangoes, spinach and eventually beets, blueberries, zucchini, summer squash and lentils (as well as about a million other things that I can't even think of right now).  I am actually really excited about having him try all of this stuff.  The baby could kind of care less right now - he hasn't been all that interested in eating his fruit and cereal in the mornings lately.  I can get about two bites down the hatch before he starts fussing and turning away, so down the garbage disposal it usually goes.  Dinner time seems to go a bit better, but that may be because he is eating veggies rather than fruit.  Who knows? 

On another note, I called this post "Slacking" because I have been doing just that in the kitchen in general.  I was sick last week with a particularly nasty cold, which knocked me clear on my ass for the better part of the week, so I did pretty much anything I could to avoid cooking.  I did, however, make homemade chicken noodle soup early in the week, which was delicious and satisfying, but did almost nothing to make my cold symptoms disappear.  Home remedy my foot.  Anyway, the rest of the week was all sandwiches, runs to the....gasp!.....local fast food joint, etc.  This week, I am feeling better and am planning to cook dinners all week long.  Last night, we had something dubbed "American Ghoul-ash" by Michael Symon of The Chew talk show.  It was ok - not spectacular, but relatively inexpensive and very easy to make.  Let me take a quick detour here and state my personal opinion about the show itself.  I feel like I should like this kind of talk show....I mean it has famous chefs, who make lots of tasty looking food, as well as decorating, home improvement and entertaining tips. All right up my alley.  I keep turning it on (mostly by accident as the noon hour is about the only time I have to sit down and watch TV, as I scarf my lunch before the baby gets up from his mid-day nap) and I keep HATING it.  I haven't yet figured out why I dislike the show so much.....maybe it is because I find Mario Batali beyond pretentious or maybe it is because I generally find the women (who I don't even know their names) insipidly obnoxious.....I don't know.  I do kind of like the aforementioned Michael Symon and I obviously liked the recipe idea enough to try it myself.  I don't think it will be repeated because the kids ate it only begrudgingly, but I could probably do a riff on it myself at some point.  Back to the topic at hand.....I will probably have some more interesting things to post about in the next couple of days (or next week, rather).  We have some German food on the menu for this week, complete with homegrown oyster mushrooms (that is definitely another post altogether), as well as lentil soup, which, oddly enough, always goes over well in our house.  Until then, Happy Dia De Los Muertos to you all!  Hasta luego!