What's For Dinner?

About The Book: Feed your family the foods they love—with a healthy twist.
Everyone knows slow cookers are a busy mom’s best friend, but it can be a struggle to find healthy Crock Pot recipes your kids will actually eat. Not anymore.

These delicious family-sized meals are perfect for parents and kids alike. —Goodreads

Slow Cooker Memories: When my children were small I used the slow cooker often, especially on Sunday's. There wasn't much variety in what I used the cooker for, usually  a roast with vegetables. I have to say that there is nothing better than ending a long day with a walk through the door, the wafting rich smell of a hot meal stimulating your senses, your mouth bursting in anticipation. 

What's New:So why another slow cooker cookbook? Many of us are trying to change to healthier lifestyles that include better, cleaner diets. Most of the slow cooker recipes I have are calorie packed meals with more sugar and fat than fit into my new focus on health. Dymock's book is the answer...using a slow cooker doesn't mean you have to sacrifice health.

Why I Love This: Dymock's book is a visual feast of color and dimension. I love that these aren't quinoa, chia seed, laden meals, but real food that kids would eat, (husbands, too). These dishes are for real people that are in a hurry and want to eat healthy. Even the desserts are low sugar. 

Check this out, you'll love it! 

Rockin' With Grams Pick of the Month: Young Chefs by Christina Dymock

        When I'm planning to spend time with a grandchild there's often a "no electronics" rule.  When my own children lived at home we had a summer "10-2" rule. They couldn't use any type of electronic device during that time. 
     Lest you believe I'm a technophobe luddite, I actually have strong feelings about the importance of technology and my responsibility as an older adult to learn it, and share it. I also believe technology is not only awesome, but an important thing for our children to learn to be successful. 

That said, it's often a challenge to keep those busy hands and feet out of mischief. When the screens are down, I find that their energy erupts and they are ready to get busy. 

Cooking is one of the best ways to engage the grandkids, have fun and learn something. 

The holidays are a great time to take advantage of fun cooking projects, but being in the kitchen anytime with your grandkids can be just as fun. Here is a list of fun things we've done in the kitchen:

1-  Cookies
2-  Sidewalk chalk
3-  Gingerbread houses
4-  Bird seed hangers
5-  Play Dough

Gift List Alert!

6-  Handmade gifts
7-  Pudding finger paint 
8-  Scones
9-  Lollipops or cake pops 
10- Cooking school 

Now for Gram's pick of the month: 



About The Book: Hey kids! It's time to take charge in the kitchen. Become a young chef as you make your favorite foods and explore new recipes with everything from Game Day Hot Dogs to Lemon Shark Bars.

About The Author:
Christina Dymok
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Who:  Christina Dymock was once at a dinner party where her husband was teasing her about the frosting-to-cupcake ratio on her dessert. The woman sitting across from them sniffed her delicate nose and said, "If my husband gave me a hard time about my frosting I'd quit baking. That'd show him." To which Christina's husband replied while pointing at his speechless wife, "Try to stop her!"

Christina divides her time between the kitchen and her computer and books and her family of six. (Naturally, the family gets the biggest share.) Because she reads everything, she also feels compelled to write in several genres. —Amazon