ION, anyone have a good smoothie recipe for a kid who like berries and might be mildly lactose-intolerant? (I say "might be" cause Mom said he is, but he's had cheese, alfredo sauce and ice cream here, in limited amounts, with no problems.)
I've never really used a recipe for smoothies. I just use frozen fruit -- they make bags with a mixture of strawberries, bananas, and mangoes that I really like -- and some sort of non-dairy milk, usually almond. About a cup of fruit and a cup of milk, put in blender, and then add more milk if it's too thick.
A lot of people who are lactose intolerant are OK with cheese but not with plain milk.
Also, frozen yogurt is lower in lactose than ice cream, is my possibly-mistaken understanding.
If he can tolerate cheese, he might be able to tolerate yogurt, although Hil's suggestion of almond milk should work.
If you're using frozen fruit for smoothies, avoid raspberries and blackberries unless you've got a VitaMix or some other really good blender. Otherwise, you end up with a mouthful of seeds.
Did you look at the rare book store? When I was there in April, I was drooling over the window display of the first edition of Helen Keller's My Life autographed by her. I wanted that soooo much, but didn't have a spare $12,000 on me at the time.
Walked by it, but I prefer the Powell's Rare Book Room.
Jessica, was your sister working last Wednesday night? If so, we may have seen her singing. Dark haired female gondolier--very nice. That was after we had our picture taken standing knee deep in one of the fountains outside the casino.
Celina Cass is missing. Is she the only missing child in the US right now? Why is she getting so much press?
Timelies all!
Went out last night for our anniversary dinner.(Our anniversary is actually today, but we have dance practice, so no time for a nice dinner out) Went to a place called Seasons 52, which does dishes made with seasonal ingredients. Also cute little desserts in shot glasses. Yum.
Celina Cass is missing. Is she the only missing child in the US right now? Why is she getting so much press?
11-yo white girl from a Very Small Town, apparently abducted from her bedroom. She's the perfect innocent victim of a salacious crime. The cable channels love perfect innocent victims so they can make you all terrified for your children, and thus keep watching the news to learn what her family did wrong so you won't do that.
Also, I saw the first report about it on Making Light, because one of the mods there is an EMT in the next town over--that blog gets a lot of readership, and that might have encouraged an editor at one of the networks to push the story.
They found a body in the river, according to the tv in our break room.
11-yo white girl from a Very Small Town
They should be fucking ashamed of themselves, although I know they're well past that. If you Google "missing girl" she's the first thing that comes up. I cannot imagine how many horrified bereft parents of other missing children are wondering why they can't get coverage right now. Jesus.
