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Did everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving? Ours was lively, chaotic and full of good cheer. My family has much to be thankful for this year. Last year at Thanksgiving, we were a family of three; this year we are four. And Thanksgiving 2010 was much more entertaining, mostly because I discovered a new repository for leftovers: my monkeys.

I’m pretty lucky in that the girls are still at the stage where they will pretty much eat anything, so long as it tastes good. Which means they usually just refuse baby food. Probably because sugar and salt make things taste better and most baby food companies cater to the parental belief that infants and toddlers must exist on a diet devoid of flavor. Fortunately my girls have a mother who knows that a little bit of salt is essential to our bodies and who doesn’t think that sugar in moderation is poison. So while they refuse baby food fish pie, they’ll happily eat a fish cake from the ready meal counter at our grocery.
Because they eat what I eat, this year was an exceptionally fun holiday. With the exception of the chipotle sweet potatoes (although Zoe did try some before crying and spitting at me), there was nothing off limits to them. Stuffing was a hands down winner. Turkey meat was a so-so (but that applies to adults too. Admit it.). And pumpkin pie brought cheers and applause. Having little ones means I can cook with all the fat and butter I want, because it would be irresponsible of me to not help their little brains myelinate, so we had real Crisco pie crusts and honest-to-God butter in our potatoes this year. (I’d never actually bought Crisco before. It’s a little weird.)
Anyway, just like all of us, by Sunday the girls had had enough with the stuffing and pie. It was back to hamburgers, avocado and strawberries for dinner last night. Unlike me, they don’t have to go to the gym to work off that cheesecake; they don’t stop moving from morning til night. Kids will take in the calories they need if just left to their own devices. Not like their mother. I should really have taken a page from their book: all things are good…in moderation. Off to spin class, I am.

Dr. Lara Zibners, Nov 29, 2010

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