And the race is on...

Oliver lined up all his cars along side his car table today and raced some cars, trucks, then tractors down the center. I thought it was so cute, but unfortunately I forgot about recording until the last race. Here is a taste of what my little guy was up to this afternoon.

shhh, it's a secret

So far I am loving this Christmas present I purchased for myself. The recipes are simple and they really do work. I have only tried two make ahead recipes, the White Bean Puree and the Strawberry Juice which were both super easy in my Cuisinart Food Processor. My incredibly picky eater ate his spaghetti O's which sneakily contained extra fiber and protein without any complaints -- Now that is how I spell success! Click the picture to go to the authors website, or go to Amazon.com to read more about the book. Love it!

Recall alert services

Have you heard about the peanut butter - salmonella scare going on? I don't watch the news so I am afraid I would have been ill informed if not for these recall alerts that I receive from the FDA. Although jars of peanut butter are not being recalled, it seems as if everything made with peanut butter is...the list grows daily. Click here for a link to sign up for the FDA's food recall alerts. And here to see a list of the peanut butter products already recalled.

Another good recall alert service is the Consumer Products Safety division. I receive alerts for all consumer product recalls. Just before Christmas we had a scare with Oliver's bedroom set; Munire voluntarily recalled it because the red paint used underneath the black paint had lead in it. Completely scary to find out that my little one could have been chewing on lead paint for a couple of months back in 2007. It turns out his set was one of the last to be manufactured in the US before Munire outsourced the manufacturing to Indonesia -- what a relief! This is a great service because here it is a month later and I haven't heard about this recall anywhere else. Click here to sign up for the service.