Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. We get all the family, food, time off and none of the stress of presents and endless gift exchanges.
After a blissful day of prepping scratch made stuffing (ok fine, I didn't bake the bread myself), pies with no added ick, and a redo of the cranberry jello salad I grew up on into a juice/gelatin/fruit concoction, I'd like to take a few moments share with you some of the blogs I'm thankful for. Some of these I've been reading for years, others I've just started following and have found them immensely supportive and informative.
I'm thankful to have the platform of this blog to empower parents and kids to try and learn to like real food that will nourish their bodies for a lifetime. Thank you for reading and thank you for working with kids to adopt healthier eating habits. Every day you help train kids' tastebuds, you are investing in the next generation.
The Lunch Tray - for providing a roadmap to school food reform, documenting HISD's journey to school food reform and for creating a forum for school food reformers to learn and swap war stories.
Spoonfed - for her focus on teaching kids to be mindful eaters, and thought provoking commentary on food news.
Better School Food - for her collection of resources and suggestions for starting meaningful school food reform. Big fan of Dr Susan's counsel to raise Food IQ.
NourishMD - for their leadership in the marriage of medicine and food.
The Slow Cook - for his school food reform journalism.
What's Cooking With Kids - for her dedication to teaching cooking skills to kids, and for her leadership in school food reform.
The Nourishing Gourmet - for tasty real food recipes and a forum for tasty real food recipes.Kelly The Kitchen Kop - for thought provoking commentary on real food practice and politics.
LifeAsMom - for her perspective on parenting and her open heart to figure out how to parent with grace and joy.
(If you blog about teaching kids to love real food or school food reform and I've overlooked you, many apologies. I try, but can't read all the great content in the blogosphere! Leave a comment and I'll pop over.
Happy eating, enjoy your family!
Wow, Jenna - it's an honor to be included in your list. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! xoxoxoxoxo Michelle
ReplyDeleteJenna, what a nice thing to find in my feed reader! Yours was one of the first blogs I found when I started Spoonfed, and I've been a fan of your approach ever since. And lately it's been great to watch you tackle school-food reform.
ReplyDeleteI only recently came across your "eat to learn" guest post on Kelly's blog (this one:
http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2010/10/eat-to-learn-real-food-compromises-in-the-school-food-revolution.html), and I've been meaning to tell you how impressed I am with what you've done. I've encountered more than a few real foodies who think -- because school food will never meet the standards they apply at home -- that it's not even worth pursuing reform. So it was heartening to hear your rationale for focusing on one bright spot on the menu -- fresh produce -- and how you reconcile your food standards with the importance of small steps and the greater good. Kudos, and thanks.
At some point soon, I'm going to find a way to link to this piece on Spoonfed. In the meantime, just wanted to let you know that I think what you're doing is great. And Happy Thanksgiving (week)!
Jenna:
ReplyDeleteSo honored to be on your list! And right back at you.
I only just discovered your blog via your thoughtful comments on The Lunch Tray so I feel like I'm playing catch up, but clearly you and I are very much on the same page. And I'm going to go right now and put your blog on my list of favorites - one of the many blog housekeeping items I've been meaning to get to for some time!
- Bettina at The Lunch Tray
@bettina - I need to update my blog roll as well, thanks for that housekeeping reminder :)
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