Fancy junk food?

[beetiger]

I am feeding my son a snack of a cashew butter sandwich on whole wheat bread. With marshmallows on it. Homemade marshmallows.

I am really not sure where on the scale of good to bad parenting this falls. :)

Comments

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

I think it falls in the "OMGAWESOME!" camp, but that might just be me. n.n

(Seriously. Grains, protein, carbs; for a snack, not bad at all. :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I was with you until you got to the homemade marshmallows part. How on earth do you make marshmallows? Is this some weird food scientist knowledge requiring a bunsen burner and a clean suit?

As for scale of good to bad parenting - well, if most of it was nutritious, and he doesn't usually get a lot of sweet snacks, then the occasional treat won't hurt him and I'd say it's high up on the scale. If in fact scales are important in such things.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Well, this week was the first time I tried, and having succeeded with the test batch, they're going to get made for holiday gifts for the relatives.

I actually got inspired by seeing the recipe in ReadyMade magazine, a wonderful resource for DIY inspiration that usually has articles on how to build artsy tables and letterpresses and daybeds, but had a bunch of info on cool handmade holiday gifts in their winter issue.

It's not too hard, in the realm of candymaking. A blend of sugar and corn syrup, cooked to soft ball stage, then whipped together with some hydrated gelatin till it's sticky and fluffy, oil, cool, cut, powder. If you can make jam and have a candy thermometer, you can do it. (If you're good at judging soft ball stage without a thermometer, you could probably do it without, but the scientist in me likes the numbers.)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I think I'll leave the experimenting for you - I doubt I'll have time for gingerbread this year. :)

[paka.livejournal.com]

No, that's good! Even the marshmallows are a statement, "unhealthy luxuries are fine, but you know, you can make 'em yourself for less."

Really. Not that I know anything about parenting, but I do know being a child and a college student. My parents were all about eating healthy and I barely got any sugary horrible as a kid, so as soon as I went to college all bets were off. Candy bars, cakes, scones, muffins, Hostess pies and snacks, I'm amazed that I got through that period of time without cavities.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's not cheaper than a bag of Campfire marshmallows, even if you don't count the labor. But it does taste better.

[gcuvier.livejournal.com]

On the grand scale of parental things, it's probably just as good/bad as my daughter and I jumping on the bed. Depends on your perspective.

I think the sandwich sounds wonderful myself.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Rhys and I jump on the bed a lot. His PT said it's a good idea, and as long as no one bumps their head it's all good. :)

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty bad. You forgot the bacon.

[sandramort.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I don't like cashew butter with anything else, but cashew butter on ww and homemade marshmallows on the side sounds good to me, so I can't think of any criticism of the mixture... did you cut them full size or are they little on the sandwich? I'm visualizing great big ones! LOL