I have a serious weakness. I can't walk by one in a bookstore without stopping to take a peek inside. What is it? Cookbooks. If the title of a cookbook has the words Healthy Recipes in it, and especially if the words "QUICK" or "EASY" are prominently featured, those are my weakness. But the thing is, although I like to READ cookbooks, I rarely COOK anything in the ones I buy! If a cookbook promises me that it will provide me with recipes that take 30 minutes or less to prepare and are made with non-gourmet ingredients that I think my family will eat, you can bet I will buy it. But it's like in my head, if I bought the cookbook, I've somehow transformed the meals I serve my family into healthier ones. I'm delusional, I know. And now that it's summer, I'm thinking about breakfast and lunch for all three kids every day. I want them to eat something else for breakfast besides cold cereal, and something else for lunch besides ham and cheese sandwiches. So, I started flipping through … [Read more...]