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sardines. I used to sit with my Dad and eat them all the time. Now I don't even want to see the can.

I have a 10 and an 8 year old. They both are great at restaurants, in public in general. I have been taking them to places ( reastaurants, museums, zoos etc) since they were days old. My oldest will order from the kids menu but in certain places she prefers the adult menu. Like Applebees she will eat the chicken alfredo. My youngest likes black beans which at Chilis is on the kids menu. Both of my kids have loved spaghetti since they were little but on occasion will get just noodles with butter and parmesan cheese.

Another thing my girls love is salad. If I get a salad they help eat it. Many times we order them their own.

I believe manners is something that has to be refined constantly. you cannot go into anywhere and expect your kids to know exactly how to act. If we are going somewhere they haven't been I explain what it will be like and how they should act. I also do this when we take their friends out with us. Not that their friends are unruly but when you get a group of 8-10 years old together it is far too easy to get giggly.

I also do not let them take a video game in the restaurant. If I know the place doesn't cater to kids I will bring pads of paper and pens or color pencils to give them something to do. They love to draw and after they create the masterpiece they can easily become part of the conversation by explaining what they drew. Everyone is happy, including the other patrons of the restaurant

I know I may stand out from the crowd but I like Racheal Ray. I would watch her 30 minute show and her $40 a day show and she had another (tasty travels or something). I like her personality. I can say though I did try one of her recipes and I hated it but it may just be my personal preference not her recipe.

I also agree with LoCo I enjoy Alton he is very creative in his show. And you can learn about why things do or don't work.

I make an raspberry iced tea and it is great. I got the recipe online somewhere and it uses tea bags, water and frozen concentrated raspberry-ade. My husband even liked it (which is something because he only likes colas and mountain dew).

I also tip according to service. I was at a restaurant with a friend and had terrible service. I was going to leave without a tip. She had a better idea. She left 2 pennies. That way they knew that we didn't just forget to leave a tip. The wait staff knew we left a bad tip for bad service. I think it is a great idea.

Also, I will speak to the manager if I had great service. I have never been a waitress but I have worked sales and you always hear the bad even if it is the customers that are the problem. So I make sure to let the manager and/or headquarters know when I had great service.

Once I asked a waitress to get the manager. The poor girl was terrified. She didn't think she did anything wrong but I wanted the manager. After I spoke to the manager about how great she was the waitress came back and thanked me and told me about her feelings about getting the manager. She also said that the manager went into the kitchen and announced over the kitchen speaker system that this waitress received a glowing comment. It made the waitresses day and mine.

I just finished eating a fried egg sandwich on wheat toast with cheese and mayo. :) I had a craving for a BLT last night. Also, on Saturday I had a grilled cheese sandwich with mustard. The cheese was all melting .

As you can see there are many great sandwiches on my list.

I add brown sugar, cinnamon and maple syrup to oatmeal.

Eggs Benedict. It is my husbands favorite. :) :)

Everybody's sound so good. We are having Mac & Cheese. We have sleet and snow coming down today so the warm creamy dinner is just right.

I would give up pizza. I love pb on toast or pbj sandwiches, pb cookies, apples, celery, crackers, it makes good sauces, and if you are creative a tortilla with pb and j with fresh fruit is like a pizza or would I have to give that up too? :) :(

I buy Honeybell oranges from Cushman. I have ordered them every January for 4 years now. I have had good results. Although, I did purchase their 9 month plan ( a different fruit every month for 9 months) I didn't have as good results so now I just stick to the Honeybells. YUM!!!!!:)

Brussel Sprouts

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My daughter will eat ketchup and BBQ sauce but not mayo, sour cream, mustard, etc. But you dashed my hopes I thought she would out grow this before too long but since yours in now 15 I'm getting worried.

She also likes Mac & Cheese but don't sprinkle cheese on top or she won't eat it. She likes parmasan cheese and that is it. She will even take cheese off pizza. Actually, she takes everything off the pizza and eats them seperately. Is mine child the only odd one? :) :)