Mardi Gras

So yesterday I made crepes for dinner. We had pancakes for breakfast so for a little spice in life, I changed it up at dinner time and had crepes. Now of course being very conscious of feeding my kids healthy foods, I could not give them just crepes for dinner. Especially since we had pancakes for breakfast which is usually a weekend morning only breakfast. So I gave them left over chicken in a yummy sauce I made with pepper, onions, celery and various spices. I also gave them left over shrimp noodles pasta. The dinner was yummy all around and they finished most of their plates.

Since it was mardi gras I did eat the crepes (not the pancakes in the AM, I gave those to a friend who came over after we had finished eating breakfast. The pancakes were blueberry pancakes and were very yummy) and a salad. I did omit the vanilla from the recipe so that they would not be as sweet tasting since they were for dinner. I must admit that I did have berries wrapped in a crepe with maple syrup for dessert. Yummy.

Since today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent I am giving somethings up and will be putting a huge halt to all baking for 40 days with a big sigh. Boy it is going to be a long 40 days...

So we will see how creative I get with the kids meals during Lent because all I will be eating is very basic with fruit for dessert! Is it bad if I make the kids "sacrifice" certains thing they like to eat too?

Eat yummy food!