Sonic has dropped their salads

My little ones will be pretty disappointed that our trips to Sonic are going to be even farther and fewer in between. Want to tell Sonic to bring them back like I just did?

http://www.sonicdrivein.com/business/contactUs.jsp

I realize that fast food restaurants are entitled to serve basically junk. But even the best of them that carry 98% complete trash, have one or two healthier options. Come on, which way are we moving, America? I actually thought most of these kinds of chains had been making some improvements.

So sad.

The Next Generation

I always wince when my son announces that he wants a "big lunch". That usually means I have an hour of work ahead of me, trying to fill him up. But today, after camp, he came home saying, "mom, today I want carrots, broccoli and cauliflower with ranch." I said, "raw?" to which he replied, "what's that?" I said, "not cooked." He said, "yes, with ranch." This from the boy who typically declines on the raw broccoli, but snarfs it if cooked. I love that my hard work is paying off in the dividends of their healthful choices. Proud mama. I realized later that I didn't have cauliflower on hand, I'd forgotten it was tinged a little brown at the store, so I'd passed on it and besides, we still had a bunch of it that was steamed and in the fridge. So I made cute little happy faces out piles of the broccoli for eyes, carrots for spiky hair, a few grape tomatoes for noses and low fat ranch for big white smiles. I wanted to take a picture to post, but the kids came and snatched the plates too fast. If you're curious what else they had to round out the meal.... I wrapped baby dills in a slice of ham and gave each of them a few, called it pickle burritos which they loved, and then they split a 1/4 of a watermelon. There's nothing like having your child ask you to serve healthy foods. It's awesome.