February 6 - The Broccoli IV

Don’t you love commercials? I am watching a game right now and a FAIRY is asking a family to make their favorite wishes and she will grant them. The wife says to the fairy, “I wish I could eat all the chocolate I wanted.” Yea, baby. Then poof – she finds herself standing in front of the doctor who is reading her blood reports and informs her that “her chocolate levels are dangerously low and she needs a chocolate transfusion.” You immediately see an IV bag filled with chocolate as they are preparing to transfuse the wife. HOOOOK ME UP! I don’t believe in fairies, but I certainly smiled and allowed myself to “be the mom in that vision” for a few seconds. Am I the only one who wishes that sometimes life was that easy? The only one who needs a chocolate IV occasionally? I have the answer – anytime I am having that fantasy, I am always capable of baking a pan of sugar free brownies or making a sugar free hot chocolate with cocoa and Truvia. I have to stop the whining and start the cooking. Chocolate IV’s are simply, but so is a pan of brownies. Stop now and find a new recipe in this book that you haven’t cooked yet, gather the supplies, and smile knowing it’s LEGAL to enjoy the foods in this book. I am a stickler for food tasting good as well as appealing to my eyes! My mom was always and amazing cook (she still is) but my love of cooking comes from the GREAT memories she offered me as a child. Mom always made our meals an adventure and I am grateful that she filled our home with the smell of yummy things. I find I am passing this legacy to my daughter and grand daughters. But now, my heart’s desire is to see my girls not only embrace the art of cooking but the foods I know bring health to our bodies. All of us love the chocolate IV, but how about the broccoli IV? Maybe we love to cook but do we love to cook the correct foods? We CAN change and we CAN leave a legacy for our children and grand children so that if asked by the TV Fairy for a wish to be granted, they will ask for broccoli. Amen!