Charity Chowdown!

Bad Foods into Good Foods?

I love pizza. I eat it all the time and will choose it over other fare. But pizza is so bad for me and so are many other things I enjoy like cake, ice cream, donuts … bacon. I have often wished that I could choose some bad foods that would magically be good for me, or at the very least, not horribly bad for me. If you could turn five bad foods into good-for-you foods, what would you choose?

I’d choose:

1. Pizza (of course)
2. Chocolate cake 
3. Potato Chips
4. Cheeseburgers
5. Spahgetti

Fred Meyer Beef Recall

Kroger stores like Fred Meyer and QFC have issued a recall on ground beef. The recall is voluntary and is due to e-coli contamaniation. The affected people were in Michigan and Ohio and Kroger recalled the meat in those states last week but expanded the recall to all their stores on Tuesday.

The affected meat is ground beef products in Styrofoam tray packages wrapped in clear cellophane or purchased from an in-store service counter. The affected meat has a "sell by date" of

Fred Meyer May 21-July 5 and QFC May 21-July 5

In addition to the ground beef described above, Kroger is recalling Private Selection Natural ground beef sold in 16 oz. packages that were in the selfservice meat case. The “sell by” dates for this product is July 11 through July 21, 2008.

If you have any products covered in this recall, they should return the product to a Kroger store for a full refund or replacement.

Thai Restaurant Review

My family doesn’t go out to eat very often, and we usually end up going to the same places which sometimes is good but other times is too monotonous.

For Thai food we go to D Thai in Bothell at Canyon Park. It’s in the Albertson’s parking lot and it’s close to home. The restaurant is small (there’s only 1 table that would accommodate 5 or more grownups), the food comes out quick, and the price is right. Plus they have take out ready pretty much as soon as we drive there which is nice.

When we first started going there 5 years ago their menu had a personal history about how the restaurant came to be and different names they tried. It was really nice to hear about a family restaurant that has "made it" with all the chain restaurants these days. 

We usually order the phad thai because the kids love it and then try another dish. The food is good although a little bland but that’s mostly because we have to get zero stars because of the kids. And we always get a thai iced tea that disappears immediately. I wish those were available at coffee stands!

I went on line and read some of the reviews of D Thai and people liked the food but some suggested trying another thai restaurant a few miles away called Pen Thai so maybe we’ll go there next time.

So try D Thai and see if you like it. It’s worth a shot. And back in the day before kids my husband and I could split one order of phad thai. Now with kids we have to order more food and take home left overs, which isn’t a bad thing really, sure does make the car smell good on the way home!