Road Food and Baby Formula
Not bad for road food.
So I forgot to take a picture of my best meal yesterday. Actually, it was kind of a surprise to me which was why I forgot the picture. I made Tilapia, Spinach, and Asparagus Packets for dinner and they were much better than I expected. Louisa was begging us for some of our tilapia since she wanted more. No one shared.
To make up for my mistake, I’m sharing this photo of decent road food from our trip. When you stop at highway rest stops, the menu is usually pretty limited, unhealthy, and boring – you can pick your reason for hating it. On our way to Penn State we stopped off for lunch at a rest stop that had a Bassett’s Turkey stand. I like Bassett’s because the bread is fresh, it includes tomatoes and lettuce, and the turkey doesn’t come across as too processed. This sandwich was already prepared and waiting in the refrigerator case, which isn’t the best sign of things to come, but it turned out to be pretty good. So, as Annie would say, 5 Stars for the turkey sandwich.
And in Horrifying News…
Mead-Johnson, long time makers of baby formulas, has come out with a toddler formula to be served to your child as an alternative or substitute for plain old milk, but the toddler formula comes in vanilla and chocolate flavors! They’re attempting to justify this product by saying it’s a supplement that’s fortified with Omega 3s and antioxidants. I think they just want a larger share of the children’s market, so they’re going to sucker parents in with the health claims and the toddlers get hooked on the sugar and flavors. Wow. What smart marketers.
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Contrary to what I said in my last post, I actually think that when a sandwich sits around for a bit (refrigerated of course) it gives time for the ingredient flavors to blend and permeate into the bread. This ultimately leads to a more flovorful sandwich.
In regards to toddler formula I hope they are not adding more sugar. Not only is sugar bad as recent research cardiac research has indicated, but it can also be addictive.
No thats a proven successful business model. Sell an addictive product to young people to create a demand from generation to generation, despite the health risk. The tobacco industry would be proud.
I can agree with melding flavors, up to a point. Then you cross that line and it becomes stale. Luckily this one didn’t cross that line.
YES they are adding sugar to the formula. It’s immoral, in my opinion. Parents must be careful about what they feed their little ones. Read labels Mom and Dad and THINK!