Confessions of a Preggy with GD

Hmm... what should I eat?

I wake up, and I want a bowl of cereal with fruit. But nooooo(!), I can’t have any of those things for breakfast. So I have to muster all my willpower to eat eggs and a hotdog despite the fact that my mouth is really craving a deliciously cool, refreshing, invigorating, sweet glass of OJ to wash down all that protein.

Come snack time (with my hotdog breath – even though I brushed my teeth!), I feel a false sense of liberation – like I can eat ANYTHING (but not really)! It’s just that I can eat fruit or have a glass of milk if I so desire. So I grab a little tub of baby yogurt, but realize I also want a banana, but I can only have either dairy or fruit. So I stand in the kitchen contemplating what I REALLY want for a treat, and have to remember that I need to also follow it with a handful of nuts or a hard boiled egg (Mmm… not!). Can you picture this? I stand there almost walking around in circles… ARGHH.

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le•top Chef Series: Homemade Mac & Cheese

for busy moms and dads…IN ABOUT
15 MINUTES!

Who doesn’t love this luscious comfort-food-of-all-comfort-foods?!? (sweetie is going to just swoon over this one…watch out!). This recipe is submitted by le•top’s own Kristin, who is a self-proclaimed non-cook (although I suspect she made this for the office party!) and doesn’t like spending more than 15 minutes in the kitchen at a time. Good thing this recipe only takes about 15 minutes start-to-finish:

1 box of macaroni shells
1/4 stick of butter
1/3 C Milk
4-5 slices of Kraft American Cheese (torn up into little pieces)
1/2 T Dried Mustard (approx. to taste)
Salt and pepper to taste

Boil the macaroni shells as called for on the box. Melt butter with milk in pan on low. Drain macaroni and put back into pan with milk and melted butter. Slowly add cheese bits into pan, stir until melted. Add dried Mustard, salt and pepper to taste.

(With apologies to Jamee and Sharon for taunting this not very GD-friendly carbo recipe…!!)

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The Voters Have Spoken, and the Contest Winners Are…

Messiest Eater Photo Contest Winners

The results are in! Thank you, everyone who entered our first contest, and thank you, all the parents, grandparents and other family and friends who voted. We at le•top thought everyone was adorably messy adorable, but the votes were counted and the top three reader-voted winners are:

1. Zach (Texas)
2. Jake (Texas)
3. It’s a tie!!: Karen (Illinois) and Austin (England, UK)

Congratulations! Zach, Jake, Karen and Austin will receive the le•top hand wash puppet and bib sets (one blue and one yellow), to keep them clean and ready-to-go for their next snack! We’ll contact winners via email with all the details, so look for us in your inbox!

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Cast Your VOTE!

click on the image to vote for messiest eater photo contest winner!

Today is the last day to vote for your Messiest Eater Photo Contest winner! Who will become squeaky clean by winning le•top’s adorable, super soft hand wash puppet and bib sets?!? Every vote counts, so rock the vote! The top three lucky winners will be announced Wednesday, December 18th. Oh, the suspense!

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Last Day to Enter!

"Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double-beatloaf. I hate meatloaf." photo credit: TBS Superstation

Unlike Randy from “A Christmas Story”, I love meatloaf (and unlike Randy, I can eat it without a meatloaf-smashed-potato face mask…but then, um, I’m a grown up). It’s the last day to enter our Messiest Eater Photo Contest! Submit your photos here. Voting begins December 10th and ends on the 17th, so remember to tell your friends and family to come by and cast their vote. Winners will be announced Thursday, December 18th. Good luck!

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