{"id":4437,"date":"2011-06-09T09:40:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T13:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2011-06-07T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T22:54:06","slug":"choosy-moms-dont-have-time-for-these-five-food-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/choosy-moms-dont-have-time-for-these-five-food-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosy Moms Don’t Have Time For These Five Food Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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But, of course, I\u2019m not a saint.<\/p>\n

I must go through buckets-full of off-brand cookies my boys devour during hours of play outside. While I make my own baby food, I mostly use frozen vegetables that I microwave then blitz in the blender with some added canned chicken broth. I cook almost every night but I do occasionally reach for that Chinese take-out menu and I do stop at least once a week at McDonalds for a couple of Happy Meals which I have affectionately renamed \u201dMakes Mommy Happy Meals.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not perfect but I do my best. And I think that\u2019s good enough for my kids and me. I certainly don\u2019t want to sound like the crazy mother portrayed in that SNL skit about the mom who passionately defends High Fructose Corn Syrup<\/a> (although corn syrup did just hit the endorsement jackpot with Martha Stewart defending the much-maligned ingredient<\/a>). But I don’t think I’m the only mom who would like some relief from the food police and those hard-to-satisfy foodies who tell them their best efforts just aren\u2019t good enough. So here are a few tips to help you out while looking for good food for your little ones.<\/p>\n

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<\/em>[ITPGallery]<\/p>\n

Julie Gunlock is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Women\u2019s Forum<\/a> and a mother of three hungry boys.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"(Top Photo: Pinkstock Photos<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a mom to three very young and very hungry boys. Feeding them takes up a good part…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20905,"featured_media":4444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[519,35146,403,672,673],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":6,"label":"Stuff"}],"post_tag":[{"value":519,"label":"baby food"},{"value":35146,"label":"food"},{"value":403,"label":"milk"},{"value":672,"label":"organic milk"},{"value":673,"label":"pesticides"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/PinkStock.png",629,418,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Julie Gunlock","author_link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/author\/4deea9b9efed5\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":6,"name":"Stuff","slug":"stuff","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":8931,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":6,"category_count":8931,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Stuff","category_nicename":"stuff","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":519,"name":"baby food","slug":"baby-food","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":519,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":35146,"name":"food","slug":"food","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":674,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":240,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":403,"name":"milk","slug":"milk","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":403,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":672,"name":"organic milk","slug":"organic-milk","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":672,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":673,"name":"pesticides","slug":"pesticides","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":673,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}