"Because of food's deeper meanings, I believe it's worth a lot of patience, understanding, and self-control on the part of parents to avoid turning mealtimes into battlegrounds. I'm not even comfortable when mealtimes become bargaining sessions."

"It can be one of parents' most difficult jobs to walk the fine line between giving in to their children's whims and punishing them for what are basically healthy attempts to discover who they are."

Fred Rodgers

Today I put some pears (from our tree) in to the dehydrator, then made a peach crisp. Now I need to figure out some other way to use zucchini, I make a zucchini quiche last night and a zucchini crusted pizza the night before.

Enjoy the last of the season fresh produce before the farmers markets close for the year.