Green Eggs and Ham

This week marks the 107th birthday of Dr. Seuss. Oh, the places this author has taken us! From Mr. Brown Can Moo to The Cat in the Hat to One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish to that mean old Grinch, Dr. Seuss is a classic in most children's book collections.

My son had the joy of making green eggs and ham at his school Seuss birthday celebration. It was a whole new, wonderful experience for him (and his classmates) to add color to food.

It got me thinking, though. We actually eat green eggs at our house--a lot. Almost every time I scramble up eggs, I throw in whatever greens are lurking in my fridge. If we have boiled eggs, I usually put them on a bed of salad greens. When an egg fritatta goes into the oven, you can bet there are greens of some sort in it. So the idea of green eggs at our house is not new, it's just a little different from Dr. Seuss'.

I appreciate the effort of Dr. Seuss to introduce a new and different looking food to kids (of all ages) in a fun way. And it's a nice reminder that as a Mom, like Sam I am, I have to be persistent in offering good, green foods to my child. After all, he just might offer an enthusiastic, "Yes, I like them--thank you, Ma'am!"