Bison

Asher continues to be healthy. I can't believe what I'm about to say: for the first time EVER, all children are HEALTHY! Woo hoo!!!

Asher has had a nine-day stretch of feeling good...well, except for Thursday and Friday when he battled strep throat. But I don't really count that as sick because...it's treatable! Now he's back to feeling great again.

With three healthy children, I'm on cloud nine.

I can't believe that I may possibly, willingly, mess things up now. It's time to try a new food. Asher wants a bit of variety in his diet. Eating the same four foods three times a day, every day, gets a bit boring. But what's a good, safe food? BISON!

Beginning today, Asher and Leila are eating Bison. They both love it. Leila just can't get enough of it; she easily eats more than double what Asher eats. Needless to say, they're very happily enjoying their new food.

I tried to find rabbit, because rabbit is the least allergenic meat. Unfortunately, Whole Foods doesn't have a rabbit supplier who meets their rigorous standards. They tell me it'll take some time to find one. Lamb is next on the bottom of the allergenic list. Thing is, I just can't bring myself to buy that. Thankfully, the chap at Whole Foods talked me out of buying lamb and into buying bison when he told me that people either love or hate lamb and that the taste isn't one children generally like. Which led us to bison.

Which leads me to a different topic:

People who don't eat meat shouldn't cook it. I really have no clue how to cook any of this stuff and I don't taste it to see if it's cooked enough, so I think I overcook things quite a bit. Asher and Leila get rubberized pork burgers all the time. Luckily, they don't seem to mind. And although I'll do ANYTHING for my children, cooking this bison is kinda gross to me. I think it's because the meat is so RED. Or maybe it's the texture. Whatever the reason, I struggle not to lose my lunch while cooking theirs. Thankfully, they really seem to enjoy it and are blissfully ignorant that I have such a difficult time with it.

Let's hope that Bison is good to Asher. And next time we go to the zoo, we can show him what he's been eating.