Green Beans & Cherry Tomatoes from Gastrokid Cookbook (GIVEAWAY!)
I am so excited to tell you that I am hosting a giveaway for the fabulous cookbook, The Gastrokid Cookbook: Feeding a Foodie Family in a Fast-Food World
! Read through to the end of this post for details on how to enter my giveaway!
! Read through to the end of this post for details on how to enter my giveaway!
Tonight, I decided to try another recipe from the Gastrokid Cookbook in honor of this giveaway. I had picked up some French green beans last weekend from Costco and some beautiful grape tomatoes from the farmer's market. So, the obvious choice was to make Green Beans & Cherry Tomatoes.
This was another simple recipe that I won't need a recipe to make again. The ingredients are simple: green beans, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, and lemon juice. This is a wonderful way to enjoy fresh green beans this time of year. They maintain their crisp crunch by blanching them for just a few minutes. Once that is done, toss them with the halved cherry tomatoes and drizzle a bit of olive oil over the top and finish with a squeeze of lemon juice.
This is such a gorgeous side dish, it would be a nice addition to any potluck or barbeque over the warm summer months. As you can see from this post and my last one (HERE), this cookbook is filled with simple recipes that busy parents can make on a weeknight. This cookbook makes getting a healthy dinner on the table so easy that family dinner can happen several times a week.
Now, I bet you are wondering how you can get your hands on a copy of this cookbook? Well, if you enter my giveaway you have a chance at winning your very own copy of The Gastrokid Cookbook: Feeding a Foodie Family in a Fast-Food World.
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Here are the details for entering:
Leave a comment on this post sharing what is the hardest part about getting your kids to eat something healthy (beyond chicken nuggets and mac & cheese).
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All comments submitted to this post by MIDNIGHT Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, September 12th are eligible to win.
Comments
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It's been getting easier lately to get my kids to eat healthier, but it comes and goes. They don't like things as "seasoned" as I do...veggies are still somewhat of a challenge, but it seems like they are liking them better raw...they aren't too crazy about cooked veggies it seems.
The green beans and tomatoes are a perfect side dish.
I'm lucky that two of my kids aren't picky at all. My 3 year old, on the other hand, is totally picky. It is impossible to get her to eat anything! She loves to snack, so I just make sure we have healthy snacks on hand all the time so that when dinner rolls around, I don't stress about what she didn't eat because I know she got some good stuff in at snack time.
I suppose I am lucky that my girls aren't picky eaters and they really love vegetables.
I've always found that when they are resistant to eating certain foods, I don't force them but I keep making it anyway. Eventually they will take small bites of it and that starts them in a habit of eating it.
I also tell them to never say they don't like something without having tasted it first. If they tasted it and don't like it, then I don't give them a hard time about it so long as they are still eating other healthy stuff.
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