Peas and Thank You

Wacky Wednesday: Back at the Homestead

I’m spent from a long but amazing day at Book Expo America, complete with celebrity sightings, one of the most incredible meals of my life, and a cocktail party at a rooftop bar.

Before you get too impressed you should know that my feet are swollen to the point of elephantiasis, I inadvertently and embarrassingly dropped and shattered my water glass at the party like I was mad at it and I just spent the last fifteen minutes skyping misty-eyed with the rest of the family.  It was a nice return to normalcy to tell people to stop picking their nose thousands of miles away. (Seriously, Pea Daddy, get a tissue.)

I’m sure, like me, you are all wondering what exactly is going on at home.  And what on Earth are they eating?  I asked Pea D to document their meals for the day, and he begrudgingly agreed.  He warned me, “I just don’t want to be  turned into jokes or punch lines.”  I have no idea where Picky McBoogerton would get such an idea.

I was provided no explanation or descriptions—just photos which I shall try to interpret, punch line free.  It ain’t going to be easy.

Breakfast

Spelt toast, blackberry jam & fruit salad

Pea D usually gets the girls breakfast while I work out, so this is nothing new.  I can tell this is Lulu’s because she always uses the red heart plate and the one time I gave her a different plate instead, she spoke in tongues and her head spun around three times.

 

Ballet Snacks

Fruit leathers, Newman’s Own Honey Wheat Pretzels, dried mango, Cookie Dough Larabar

I suggested apple slices.  But at least we know that everyone in the house will be regular when I get home.

 

???

Great Harvest Cheese Breadstick

I have no idea when or why this was consumed by Lulu.  All I know is her life is all about cheese.

 

 

Lunch

Gigi got to experience lunch at school this week, something I was worried about seeing that 1) this would be her first impression of the school’s hot lunches;  2)I knew I would have to pack something a million times better than soggy pizza or chicken nuggets (the two offerings) to dissuade any future pleas for hot lunch; and 3)  this would be impossible since I wouldn’t be there to pack it.

But, as you know, I left specific instructions.

 

 

Gigi’s Lunch

Apple juice, Annie’s Organics Cheddar Bunnies, spelt bread with natural peanut butter and honey, organic green grapes, a Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ball frozen to preserve just for these purposes

A dough ball is a million times better than hot lunch.  Mission accomplished.

 

 

Lulu’s Lunch

Organic cheese sandwich on spelt bread (as you know, I left specific instructions), Annie’s Organics Cheddar Bunnies, organic berries, baby carrots, organic cherry tomatoes

There’s no way she ate those carrots.  I wouldn’t eat those carrots.

 

 

Dinner

I had high hopes they’d pick something from the long list of suggestions, including whole wheat spaghetti, Field Roasts and sweet potato fries, homemade whole grain pita pizzas and maybe even serve a green vegetable or two on the side.

 

Nope.

Wait, I see some green!

Tostada pizza on whole grain crust

That’s totally Pea Daddy’s.  At least someone is getting a little foliage.

Kid’s cheese pizza with pineapple on whole grain crust

No need for explanation there.  It’s CHEESE pizza.

Was it everything I’d planned?

No.

Was it full of a complex variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grains?

Not entirely.

Was it still an admirable job by a wonderful, if not culinary-challenged, husband and father of keeping his family on a meatless/plant-heavy diet without a very grateful and appreciative Mama Pea around?

Absolutely.

And that’s no joke.