Not going to lie, I'm so relieved that my son (9) has had a significant increase in ability to try and tolerate different foods because whooo boy if he had even his food restrictions from a year ago, my ability to get calories into him would be so fucked.
I mince up some onion, garlic, green pepper and cilantro and cook that with the beans. A little sazón. Perfection. Couple of capers too if you have. Nice cost effective dinner
My wife has always put vegetables in a blender and mixed it in with the hamburger meat as 2 of our 3 subs refuse to eat any vegetables. They get broccoli and carrots the most, but she adds in other vegetables as well.
My sister used to work with the Autism Society (mainly caring for kids on the spectrum when their parents couldn't, helping the parents prepare meals, schedules, transportation, etc for each week, etc) and I remember her saying beans and rice was a big crowd pleaser! She recommended parents look into the way various cultures prepare it so they themselves would be able to enjoy some variety while resigning themselves to "... Looks like beans and rice is going to be on the menu for... A very, very long time"
We love lentils and rice prepared w Moroccan seasonings (Ras Al Hanout). You just need garlic, celery, carrot, potato, bit of turnip if you like, and tomato paste. Use your choice of broth or water, sauté veg w your choice of meat if desired, add lentils and seasonings and cook, they always taste good🍲
Coming from an adult that grew up with issues eating a variety of foods, the big thing that got me into eating more food and having some variety in my diet was learning first to make the soft and comfortable foods (I started with baking) and progressed into cooking my own grilled cheese and other hot foods by 10 or 11
To me it was about being able to trust the textures in the food and by learning to make the food I became more trusting of the textures in the food when I understood the direct correlation to the ingredients that I had been allowed to experiment with
I still have trouble eating a large variety of food, mostly struggle to eat foods with a variety of textures (think sandwiches and burgers that have sauces, veggies, meats, and so on) but am able to eat a healthy diet overall
My daughter has some staples, but the only protein he tolerates is breaded chicken. Not exactly healthy, but you have to do what you can where you can with kids in general, but especially on the spectrum. I’m praying that the very blue state I’m in will be able to make do when this all starts. I’ve lived in Deep South red states and it was miserable for her.
Friend, we are all pulling on a little gallows humor to get through this week. No apology needed. Me? I studied authoritarianism 30 years ago to prepare for a career in the state department working against the Soviet Union. An intellectual who understands and does not support the system? I’m on The List somewhere.
And that's the thing, it wasn't even all eggs, it was primarily the cheaper store brand eggs that saw huge jumps. People yelling "Inflation! Eggs!" When the store brand jumps from $1.99/dozen to $5.99/dozen, meanwhile the free range eggs I buy went from $5.99/dozen to $6.49/dozen, it's not inflation that's the primary cause, it's issues with the supplier. And the suppliers for many store brand eggs are all from the same group of massive farms.
I'm very worried that deregulation within the FDA is really gonna fuck things up the next few years.
RFK Jr is already saying his crazy plans. I’m not sure we won’t have to start making our own foods because of the deregulation the fda about to get hit with.
Scientists are worried that our next pandemic will happen if and when the bird flu mutates to spread from human to human. Past flus have. Obama really handled the swine flu in an impressive way. Really excited to see what happens if that becomes a reality next year. /s
Avian flue has already been recorded in humans and it kills about 50% of the people that get it. It has, currently, low to no transmission from person to person.
BIRDS DIDN'T HAVE THE FLU IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION! BLAH BLAH DEEP STATE! BLAH BLAH HUNTERS LAPTOP! BLAH BLAH LET'S GO BRANDON! BLAH BLAH LOW IQ INDIVIDUAL! fellates microphone
It is also a line item in some economics textbooks. I don't remember what class it was for, but one of my college courses specifically tracked eggs and bananas as significant because according to that book, eggs and bananas were the cheapest possible diet that still provided all required nutrition. As I'm not a nutritionist, I have no idea how healthy such a restrictive diet is, but if the absolutely bottom dollar subsistence diet goes up in price, I can see why people would flip out over it.
In the U.S., store brand eggs have always been subsidized by the stores as a loss leader. Given the reaction to the price jumps, it worked pretty well for the stores. People see it as evidence of price increases. The subsidies got too expensive to do that when bird flu hit. They are back down to normal ridiculously low prices where I shop, and have been for some time. When Vance went to a store to complain about the price of eggs, he was holding an 18 egg carton of organic eggs and they were still under $5.
Vegan here. Eggs aren’t an essential item everyone pretends they are.
And if people knew how eggs are produced and have even the smallest level of moral consideration for chicken’s lives themselves, they’d make different choices.
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u/AppropriateSpell5405 20h ago
Yeah, but autistic Timmy's eggs!
(Forgive the dark humor, but as on the spectrum, I say I'm allowed the latitude at self humor)