A Maternal Vice
I’m about to divulge top secret information. I have managed to keep this a secret from my children thus far and hope to continue to do so for quite some time. At some point I assume they will catch on, but in the meantime I will enjoy my parental rights to eat ICE CREAM for dinner!!! Oh yes! Don’t act like you’ve never done something like that before. You know you have. I try to be a good example for these little rug rats, and sometimes I actually am, but every so often I’m not in the mood for anything except ICE CREAM!!! This has stayed a secret from them because I only partake of this vice after they’ve gone to bed and are no longer able to ask why they can’t have ice cream for dinner. Can you tell I’m a little guilty? But don’t worry, I’ll get over it.
I’ve never really been one to eat very well. Vegetables are only recently making an appearance in my diet as I discover the beauty of sauteed zucchini and summer squash with red onions, wild mushrooms and a whole lot of garlic (thanks Mom!). Ever since working at Jaleo I’ve had an affinity for sauteed spinach with apples, raisins and pine nuts. And I am proud to say that my son (2 years old in a week) loves vegetables, could eat them all day! That must have skipped a maternal generation because my mother is the only person he could have gotten that from. My daughter, on the other hand, is a different story all together. Luckily (or maybe not) she succumbs to peer pressure and will eat well if other kids are eating well. Hhhmmm…could we replicate that? We could start a revolution based on peer pressure to do good things instead of bad…hhmm!??? But despite my new found love affair (ok slight exaggeration) with vegetables I still need my ICE CREAM fix on a pretty regular basis. Maybe that’s why I haven’t been able to quite shed my 2nd baby weight…one day! So to all you mom’s out there, and dad’s too, go ahead and have ICE CREAM for dinner whenever you want. I won’t tell:)!
Category: Kids & Food
Well…at least I don[‘t have to fess up to ice cream because I don’t like it..LOL We’ll just keep chocolate out of this…
I do eat well and give my kids a good example… heavy swearing is my vice… ;D
I think we all do it. Do as I say and not as I do comes to mind (= Love it!
Adore this type of sweet secrets! I try to eat correctly in front of my daughter but if she isn’t looking, a sweetly full calories dessert can appear in scene
I know – I need to workout later 
Cheers,
Gera
Thanks for the permission! Ice cream does not last long in our house–it is VERY addictive!
We all have deep dark food secrets – or vices. Until reading this posting, I hadn’t really considered the option of ice cream in lieu of a meal. Cake, yes; cookies, probably; milkshake, definitely. Unfortunately, I read this posting before eating lunch and now, only ice cream will do. You may not have corrupted your kids yet, but you sure have corrupted me!
YES YES…. Me too! Not ice cream but cake!!!
I love that you do this and think they’ll appreciate it one day when it doesn’t mean they can request it every night
Sounds like a perfect dinner to me too! I’ve been know to hide a cookie or two too.
I love ice cream, sometimes when I go to the grocery I avoid the ice cream isle, because I have to have them, they don’t last in my freezer at all. Cute post.
Amid all the vegetable salads made last week, I do remember one day of the week, in which I had green tea ice cream for dinner. I told myself green tea is good for me.
I like that dirty little secret!
Awwww… it’s a secret for now
If it makes you feel any better, my dinner consisted of a handful of honey roasted peanuts and cheeseburger flavoured doritos…. :p At least ice cream has dairy!
ha ha! Ice cream for dinner sounds good to me! My kid would be in heaven! Sometimes we go to Leatherby’s and order a big sundae and that’s our dinner or lunch. he he
Ice cream for dinner.. I say perfect … hmmmmm topped with some strawberries or dulce de leche
I like your blog
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Love it
We all need ice cream for dinner every now and then!
Ice cream is my favourite supper. Any kind of Ben & Jerry’s will do. I don’t have kids yet so I don’t have the role model guilt to deal with, but I do have to face the scale!