food fun part 1

Caramel popcorn

10 cups popped popcorn
200ml sweetened condensed milk
110g ( 1/2 cup) brown sugar
110g ( 1/2 cup) caster sugar
80g unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 170C. Place popcorn in a large heatproof bowl, set aside. Line 2 large baking trays with non-stick baking paper.

Place the sweetened condensed milk, sugar and butter in a medium-size saucepan over a low heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Bring to the boil and simmer for 1 minute, then remove from the heat.

Pour the caramel mixture over the popcorn and, using a wooden spoon, stir until all the popcorn is coated in the caramel mixture. Spread popcorn onto prepared trays. Place popcorn in oven and bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown, stirring often.

Remove and set aside to cool completely.

Makes 10 cups

I would love to do this for his 4th and up birthday. From my living with diabetes newsletter it says not to give children younger than 4 popcorn because of choking hazards, to each his own.

Apple slices with peanut butter and marshmallows

BUT REALLY..................

I want mateo to grow up having healthy food choices readily available for him not as a dictator parent trying to take all the fun out of how delicious food is, but as a parent who doesnt want their child to suffer like I did, constantly having my weight and health under a microscope and never being physically "perfect". I just want my kid to be more interested in play and fun than junk food and tv. In my dillusional world I imagine him running in and takin slices of apples and a agua de sandia drink and running back outside to kick the ball around with his dad.... oh in a perfect world :)