Toddler Lunch: Day 7 (Green Eggs and Fruit)

You should have been at my house for dinner last night! I found a moussaka recipe on Pinterest and well.. let’s just say after preparing it for an hour or so I hated it! My husband was the only one who actually liked it and generally he does like the flavors that were mixed in the dish (cloves, cinnamon lamb). Needless to say I will NOT be making that recipe again! It was a great reminder that not every recipe works out the way you were hoping, and that is part of cooking. I don’t know any chefs that haven’t cooked a few awful meals! While I followed the directions and cooked everything the right way, the combination of flavors were a bit off.

One Pinterest win I had were these “Green Eggs”. If you are staying away from processed foods mayonnaise should be one of the first things to get rid of. Use it up, and forget it ever existed! I think mayo is one of those condiments we don’t even question but the reality is mayo is mostly just soybean oil. Not to mention nobody really knows how they get it to be the texture that it is so that’s never a good thing either. Here are the ingredients in Helman’s classic mayonnaise:

INGREDIENTS: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (USED TO PROTECT QUALITY), NATURAL FLAVORS. GLUTEN-FREE.

When I visited the Helman’s website I saw they were claiming to be using “cage-free” eggs. First of all, I’m sure the “cage-free” they are talking about and the cage-free we are thinking of are two different things. If the first ingredient in their mayo is highly refined and likely GMO soybean oil then they don’t have a quality product to begin with. Instead of making claims about their eggs they should be explaining why they are using soybean oil instead of a healthier oil. That’s just scratching the surface because if there is a preservative in any product that is abbreviated because the name is too long, then you should stay far, far away from it. We need to be eating natural foods, not science experiments. Also, do not be fooled by the words “natural flavors”. These words indicate there is something in this product that isn’t even being labeled. Whether it is natural or not, I want to know what is in my food!

To get back to the “Green Eggs” I simply mashed the yolk of a hard boiled egg with a bit of avocado and sour cream, then sprinkled it with kosher salt and garlic powder. Avocados are naturally creamy and kind of bland so you can season these however you like. While they are a bit different then the common deviled egg, they sure are good! My toddler was reluctant to try these but when he did he seemed to like them. He ended up only eating one but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t serve it again. He also had strawberry and cream cheese “hats”, blueberries, pineapple, green beans, and Ezekiel bread.  For more about choosing the right bread for your family check out my post Are Trans-Fats Hiding in Your Bread?

 

 

 

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