A few days after Christmas of 2008, Michael’s Mommy suffered a heart attack. By the grace of God, she lives to tell the tale. As a continual reminder of how your diet can affect your body, we here at Being Michael’s Daddy have declared the last Monday of the month to be “Myocardial Monday.” Here [...]

The part of each weekday morning that I dislike the most is, without question, assembling Michael’s lunch. I’ve mentioned this before.
Yesterday’s episode went like this:
Daddy: “Michael, what do you want for lunch?”
Michael: (no response whatsoever)
Daddy: “Sometime today, please.”
Mommy: “How about fish fingers?”
Michael: “Yeah, fish fingers. That sounds good.”
Daddy: “How many?”
Michael: “Five. Five is good.”
Daddy: “Five [...]

Michael: “What’s for dinner, daddy?”
Daddy: “Nachos.”
Michael: “Yummy! I love nachos! What are nachos?”
Daddy: “Taco meat, tortilla chips, salsa, other stuff if you like.”
Michael: “No cheese?”
Daddy: “Not for you. I know better than that.”
Michael: “It’s like a taco?”
Daddy: “Basically. It’s a taco in another form. A deconstruction.”
(brief pause)
Michael: “You know, ‘nacho’ is Spanish for ‘taco’.”
Daddy, laughing: [...]

“I don’t like food, I love it. And if I don’t love it, I don’t swallow.” – Anton Ego, Disney-Pixar’s “Ratatouille”
Continuing the foodie theme we seem to be exploring here at Being Michael’s Daddy, today I present to you – at the request of the illustrious WeaselMomma – my take on pizza.
Note: the simple recipe [...]

Today we have an article up over at Discovering Dad, about the benefits of having your kids help with the cooking.
Head on over there and take a look.
I read recently somewhere (forgive me for excluding the citation, I really don’t recall where it was I read it) about a woman who came up with [...]

I had a big to-do list this last weekend. I had every intention of taking down all of the Christmas decorations and packing them up. My wife and I had some shopping to do, as we both had gift cards on the verge of expiration. I had intended to make pizza dough, which requires getting [...]

Yesterday marked one year since my wife had her heart attack. She and I rang in the new year in her hospital room, toasting with sparkling pear juice after a dinner of home made chicken noodle soup (her favorite).
I’ve been ruminating about that, and how far we’ve come since then.
On the plus side, it precipitated [...]

It’s three days until Christmas. I have the week off from work. That is, I have a week off of my normal job. This week I’m full-time daddy. And to make things even more fun, I have a cold.
On today’s planner is “Make Cookies”
Since my wife is working, it’s just going to be me [...]

It wasn’t five star dining, it wasn’t a healthy food haven, it wasn’t an iconic classic, it wasn’t a cherished town treasure, it wasn’t an example of period architecture.
It was just a great place to get a burger and a fries. And a corn dog. And a grilled cheese sandwich. And a milk shake [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup
Last week, Nonna asked about this, and rather than give the topic short shrift, I figured I’d cover it with heaping mounds of verbiage and ridiculous detail. So if you’re ready to learn, here we go:
What is it?HFCS is a sweetener made from corn. It sounds strange; how do you make something [...]