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Photo: Clay Irving The things people bake these days: cake with pork and beans and tomato soup!  Scary ingredients, yes (why would you use canned soup when fresh tomatoes are falling off the vine?), but scary concept, no.

While I was at the gym, I read some tips in Parenting magazine on how to get your kids to eat food they don't like. On my drive home, I thought of a technique that sounds good in theory but I don't have a way to test it out yet (Maddy has quite a while before she gets argumentative about her dinner food!).

There is but one reaction that a thin person has upon seeing yet another “Obesity in America” article (accompanied, of course, by unflattering mid-section shots of examples on the street). “GOD, CAN’T THOSE PEOPLE JUST EAT LESS?” Naturally, this is neither mature nor helpful.

Green beans on a sandwich? Take Cave Cibum’s word for it… this Chacarero sandwich is good.

Confession time… my kids dislike fruit and vegetables. Each child has a few favorites, but as a whole they squirm and grimace when something green in color is set in front of them. It is my goal to change this in my kids. I want them to like most fruits and veggies, and actually smile when they see a piece of broccoli on their plate.

Maxine from Chew on That hits up the Madison Farmer’s Market in Wisconsin. Carrots abound!

"Maximum Nutrition" The past few years have seen a bit of a resurgence of interest in healthy living and healthy eating, and that is a good thing. We all know that most people do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, and that many people eat too much of the wrong things – like sugar, salt and fat.

Grilled corn from the Kitchen Confit. I totally make Jim stop on the road whenever I see roadside grilled corn—which, honestly, I see quite often in summer.  I never thought it was weird, but now that I’m writing it, roadside corn seems kind of weird….

“Mom, can I go in the water?” “No. Did you put sunscreen on yet? I told you to put sunscreen on.”

Getting kids to eat more healthy foods is usually a top concern among moms today. There are so many unhealthy options available at the grocery store, at restaurants and eateries, and in the school cafeterias that it seems moms must work extra hard to make sure healthy foods don’t disappear from the menu.