Questions and Answers

Well, ever since I started this little blog I've gotten quite a few questions that I've answered personally to my friends and family but thought I'd share with everyone.  If anyone has questions about anything I blog or the recipes, just let me know and I'm always happy to share...

Yellow or White Tortillas?  Both, as long as the only main ingredient is corn, then it's ok.  The tortillas I buy at Costco also have lime and some preservatives.  If you don't want the preservatives, make them from scratch.  It's easy to do.  Buy masa, add water and a little salt and mix up with your hands to get a dough-y consistency then flatten and heat.

Organic or not?  Yes, organic.  I try to buy organic where it matters most.  Check out the dirty dozen here. Some fruits and veges are more prone to soak in the pesticides than others and when staying on a budget, that matters.  For example, I don't usually buy organic bananas because you don't eat the pealing anyways. But...if I find the organic ones on sale and it fits the budget for the week, I go for it.  I also try to buy local (that's very important here in Hawaii since a lot of produce is shipped from the mainland).  I go to Farmer's Markets.
       Meats?  I always buy organic chicken, ground beef, eggs, and milk.  The pesticides are extremely harmful to our bodies especially our little kiddos.

What do we eat for lunch?  A lot of the same stuff we used to eat, just changed up a bit.  Instead of a ham and cheese sandwich, we eat ham and cheese with crackers or something I call "ham and cheese roll ups".  I lay the ham down first, put a piece of cheese, some lettuce or spinach, a carrot stick (any veggie we may have) then roll it up and put a couple of colored tooth picks in it to keep it in place.  The kids dip them in ranch or Italian dressing.  They love them!

Our bedtime routine?  Keep it the same everyday as much as possible or we let him know of the change ahead of time.  With summer ending, you can imagine the routine has been interrupted.  We would let him know in the morning of what we are going to do for the day and make sure there was time to rest sometime during the day.  If we got home late, we would help him as much as possible get into his jammies and then lay with him until he was asleep or almost asleep.  We always lay with him at night, pray with him and talk to him about the day.  We do that with all our kids.  It gets exhausting at times but sometimes it's my favorite time of the day listening to what their best part was!