Dear Dean McDermott,
Aren’t you the guy who married Tori Spelling?
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You really haven’t been on my radar, but then I stumbled on your blog. In particular, I found myself reading your post Think Outside the Brown Bag, which is all about making food cute and packing it in cute bento boxes.
Dean, I’m going to call you out. See, you called bento boxes “new”, but they’ve been around awhile. I know this because bento boxes have made me feel like a bad mom for at least a couple years because I don’t use them.
That’s not my kids’ bento box
You also suggest cookie cutters become my new best friend. So I can use them on cucumber slices. Tsk, tsk, Dean. My kids aren’t eating cucumber slices unless they are dipped in chocolate, deep fried, or come with at least a $5 bill attached to taking a bite. You did show a picture of cheese cut in the shape of butterflies. But that’s just extra work ’cause my kids will actually eat cheese, no matter what shape it’s in.
“Use cupcake wrappers to separate snacks within each compartment of your bento box” you continue. But then you showed a picture of CORN in the cupcake wrapper. Dude! If I put a cupcake in the cupcake wrapper, my kids will eat it, but corn? Who is going to eat cold corn in a cupcake wrapper?
“Be sure to include lots of seasonal fruits and veggies, along with the more savory lunch components, like hummus,” you finish. Well, you lost me at “seasonal” and “savory lunch components”. Is PB& J considered “seasonal” or a “savory lunch component”?
Give my love to Tori and the kids and don’t be offended that I’m not capable of thinking outside the brown bag. I am the Experienced Bad Mom after all.
Sincerely,
Katy
Making Bento Boxes is good if you have help and no other responsibilities. At night, I am just trying to pack 5 lunches quickly and then onto other chores like laundry, cleaning, etc.
Amen!!
bahahaha: “My kids aren’t eating cucumber slices unless they are dipped in chocolate, deep fried, or come with at least a $5 bill attached to taking a bite.”
Who the bloody hell has time for Bento Boxes? My kid get’s all her food supplied at daycare and I still don’t have the time to shower. And if I did put corn in a cupcake patty, I’m pretty sure I’d cop it in the face.
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Lou Lou, my daughter’s daycare used to provide her food but now she’s in kindergarten. So I have 2 school-age kids who both need lunch every day. Stick a fork in me, I’m done!
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funny! I pack lunches for my husband and adult daughter, and I’m learning new ways to pack creative things, but that bento box looks ridiculous. I wrap things in foil and use tupperware. Who needs an elite lunch box? If you pack your kids lunch, you might find the blog 100 Days of Real Food helpful. She has tons of ideas, w/ great pictures. 🙂
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I already like that the blog title is 100 days of REAL food. 🙂 That’s what this real mom needs. Thanks for the tip!
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Ummm okay, I am loving these “good mom’s making lunch posts”, they are confirming my lack of mom skills as each day goes by. But Dean McDermott’s 10 kids with Tori Spelling probably don’t take a brown bag lunch, they likely have a live in chef, and now that I think about it the uber expensive private school would supply lunch if not feed it to them in between mani/pedi’s. So I’m with you, what the hell is this? I should send him a letter asking what he think’s about lunch that comes in a disposable foil wrapper? aka: my kids lunch.
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I just checked out his website. “DeanMcDermott.com is the go-to resource for Dean’s personal take on being a young family man”. Hello, what? He’s 45. But yes Dean, it’s always good to be positive.*
*Saucer of milk to Lou Lou, yes it was a catty remark.
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Can I use that “Saucer of milk” line? Brilliant!
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Oh go ahead mon frere…
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