Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution returns tonight (Tuesday, April 12) on ABC from 8pm-9pm ET for it’s second season. He’s running a campaign to push schools to start serving fresh foods to children at schools. This time, he’s going to Los Angeles schools. It’s amazing! We should all watch it and learn. We need to help our children grow up eating healthy. We can make a real difference in the future of our children!
Author: foodjules
It’s going too fast!
Kids grow up so fast. It may sound cliche, but enjoy them every day, because soon they’ll be adults going off to college and getting married. My 7 yr old (soon to be 8 yr old) daughter grew almost 4″ since her last birthday and before you know it, will be the same height as me.
It feels like just the other day when I was taking her to preschool, crying in the car because I didn’t want her to grow up so quickly and now she’s finishing second grade and my little Lucas is going to preschool in September. I was hoping that our little baby Julian would be here to keep me occupied so I wouldn’t focus on the sadness of seeing my baby Lucas off to school already, but now I have to face it straight on!
I’ll just have to keep holding them and kissing them as much as possible, soaking them all in each and every day. After all, they ARE STILL my babies even if they are school age children now.
It’s a Black Bean Fiesta
We love black beans at our house. They are loaded with protein and fiber and are so versatile for any dish. Our favorites are Black Bean Soup, Black Bean Burgers and Black Bean Cheesy Enchiladas, just to name a few!
Once you start eating these delicious black bean burgers, you’ll wonder if you’ll ever need to eat a meat burger again! Serve with your choice of bun, lettuce, tomato and condiments. YUM-MO!
Oh, and how can I forget the famous, delicious, hearty Vegetarian Chili. A Cerrato household favorite!
See recipe tab at top of page for these three Black Bean dishes, along with other delicious recipes. Let me know your thoughts once you’ve had a chance to eat them!
The wrong Toyota Sienna!
A woman, with her little girl and little boy standing beside her, along with a little baby boy curled up in her arms, walked towards her Toyota Sienna right next to mine and I couldn’t help but think to myself, “I guess I bought the wrong Sienna because I wasn’t granted that beautiful family of three children.” They were all smiling and enjoying each other. It made me so sad as I watched them and remembered the emptiness inside of me every single moment of every single day.
As they left, another woman came into the shop with her four small children, including a newborn baby, a little younger then Julian’s age, sitting in his baby car seat, smiling at his mommy. It is all around me. I can’t escape it. I wish God would at least grant me some peace from all of these situations. At least he could give me that.
Cast your Vote!
My dear friend, whom I’ve known for years and worked with in the past, was so kind in designing a logo for Food Jules. She is an amazing graphic artist and has done a remarkable job, yet again. I am very grateful to you, Jane, for all of your help and patience with this adventure of mine.
All of the logo renditions were great. Here are the final two picks. I need your help in deciding which one works best for the business. So, cast your vote by April 9th and be part of our official logo design.
Ahhhh, the sweet smell of “the soap”
I know, it may sound strange, but I have a particularly fine sense of smell…. not only when I’m pregnant, but all the time.
Right now, I am smelling the scent of the Tide soap on my shirt. I will be enjoying this scent all day long because it reminds me of Julian. This soap was given to me by the nurses, while I was at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital with Julian. I used it to wash his little baby onesies and socks and my own laundry, there at the hospital. This scent brings me back to those days with him. I miss those days and I wish I was still there with him. They were not the best days because of his illness and all that was going on around us, but they were great days because he was here with me and I could still lay next to him and kiss him and hold his little hands. I just can’t stop smelling my shirt. Why did he have to go? What does all this mean? Why is this all happening? I am floating around without any real meaning in my life, without anything to look forward to, without my little baby who was inside my belly for nine months. The one that I waited for my entire life!
I wish that you all got to meet him. He was such a sweet, adorable little baby. I was so lucky to have him. I just wish I was luckier enough to keep him.Missing him more each day!
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