Vitamin L … The Vital Missing Ingredient

Vitamin L ... Love!  It’s what’s missing in the food we eat today. We love our children and demonstrate it in so many ways, but life in the fast lane leaves little love in its fast food.  Our hands may never touch the food our children eat.

Times have changed and so have today’s families. How does today’s family look? Two or more people under one or more roofs, with different, individual likes and dislikes, nutrient requirements, and physical and emotional make-ups. People stand in front of their microwaves and complain they are too slow! Poor Mom, poor Dad, poor kids!

What a job families have today, juggling varying schedules of work, school, outside activities, and home life! When families suffer from time crunch, meals unfortunately suffer. Nutrition heads downhill and children’s health follows close behind. With no time to cook, we resort to what’s fast and easy, and often nutrient-depleted. Fast food restaurants, frozen foods, and quick meals have replaced well-planned and nutritious family meals prepared with loving hands.

Smart Food, Smart Families is a book designed to change all that. It is for everyone -- all families and all households. It is a recipe book and handbook for anyone shopping for, cooking for, or educating children about the positive impact good eating can make on their lives and their futures. Let’s put Vitamin L back into our lives. It makes food more nutritious and delicious, and communicates love to our children, far beyond what words can express.