The first (and only) time I did my parenting
duty as class helper, I spent recess with the kids. I wedged my
backside into a kiddy chair next to them and - while silently praying the chair
didn't break or permanently attach itself to my person, thus requiring
surgical removal - I joined them for
morning tea, rather than hang with the adults in the staff room.
Partly
out of an eternal need to be accepted by the cool kids, mostly because I
was curious what other mothers sent to school to sustain their kids
while their little minds were being shaped.
I
remember one child, she of the gorgeous flowing golden locks, she
of the porcelain skin and bright blue eyes, such an insightful and intelligent 5 year old....oh ok, she was also the kid who said to
Miss-then-5:
"Miss5, your Mum is pretty".
See, insightful. Clearly she was my
favourite child in the class (at times, even above my own child who has
still not yet advised me of her opinions on my looks, beyond pointing
out stray white eyebrow hairs).
While the other kids had various
packaged and home made snacks, this girl was eating an avocado.
I was impressed. I made a mental note to congratulate her mother.
Why wasn't my kid eating an avocado...instead of dipping her carrot sticks in the sand pit and licking them?
I vowed to get my kid away from the sandpit and eating avocado too, by any means necessary.
And so it was with much 'Eye of the Tiger' style Rocky music playing in my head that I accepted the AvoFresh '5 Lunches, 5 Ways Challenge'.
Day 1: Covert lunching - pizza style
Miss7
has a slight aversion to green foods because she associates them with
healthy foods (spinach, broccoli, avocado, celery, apples etc.) and
therefore they don't make her preferred list of consumables.
So
I buy Spinach wraps - they are wraps therefore they are fine to
eat, never mind the fact that they are GREEN. The girl is a walking,
talking contradiction. Drives me nuts.
Spread the AvoFresh on, whack
on some grated cheese and toast that sucker until it's bubbly and
crisp. Let it cool, chop it up into symmetrical triangles (I'm totally OTT about symmetry), and put it in the lunch box.
Before returning 20 seconds later to steal a piece.
Voila, cold pizza for lunch. What kid doesn't love pizza?
Day 2: Covert snacking - cake, cake, cakity cake!
Grab
your chosen chocolate cake recipe - or if you're inherently lazy like
me, the packet chocolate cake mix that requires the least steps
and ingredients. Add a whole tube/container of AvoFresh or a whole
mashed avocado to the mix before baking.
Truth be told, I also add the
cooked, pureed stem of a broccoli too - it's the healthiest part, full of vitamins and minerals, and
both the avocado and the broccoli just melt into the chocolate cake mix.
It's cake. It's chocolate cake. It's scoffed before anyone can say "hey has anyone seen the bottom half of the broccoli?".
Day 3: Dip..it's not guacamole. It's dip.
One
thing Miss7 can't resist is some dip with her carrot, celery, cucumber
and capsicum sticks (now that her taste buds have matured beyond sand pit sand).
Now you could go all Martha Stewart and make your
own....or you could grab your kid's flavour of choice (Cheese and
Chives, in Miss7's case), and simply add the AvoFresh to amp up the
health factor (you're such a good parent like that).
Day 4: Sushi - it's what all the cool kids bring for lunch
Little
miss walking talking contradiction never seems to see the avocado in
her beloved sushi. I'm a complete tight arse and refuse to pay $6.50
for a child sized portion, therefore I make my own (and prey it won't
fall apart). Simply squeeze liberal amounts of AvoFresh all over the
rice. As long as there's mayo and chicken, Miss7 couldn't care less
about the green avocado.
Don't even get me started on the seaweed...
Day 5: Mexican style...ole! Wait, that's Spanish. Nevermind.
By this stage I deserve the last of the AvoFresh for myself.
Give
the kid the leftover chocolate cake with avocado and broccoli, because
OMG that's two veg and you're clearly an awesome parent committed to
their health and development. Toss in the sushi scraps from yesterday, since of course it all fell apart. Morning tea and lunch, sorted.
On to me. Open the AvoFresh -
I love the Seasoned squeezey tube because it makes fart noises when you
near the end of the tube, and I'm a bit infantile like that.
Open a bottle of wine.
Sit
down and toast your awesome parenting for the week, while enjoying
AvoFresh and wine....I'm going to call it a Mexican fiesta
followed by a quick Siesta after all that wine.
If you want to be all classy, you can use corn chips to transport the AvoFresh from the tube to your mouth. If you want to save on carbs, you can just do what I do - cut out the middle man and squeeze that sucker straight into your mouth.
Classy.
So I'm not going to give you all the details on why AvoFresh is healthy and awesome and all natural. You can get all that info here on their website.
Instead, I'm going to give you something even better...
Win a $100 Woolworths Giftcard thanks to AvoFresh
Ole! Or whatever the correct word is
You
can get a lot of AvoFresh and wine with that, my friends.
And also a packet of wipes to mop up the spillage from trying to
co-ordinate squirting the AvoFresh directly into your mouth after a few
glasses of wine.
For your chance to win
- Subscribe to this blog so that I can convince myself someone other than my mother is following me. I'm not fussy which option you choose, but they are all up there on the top left of the screen.
- Comment below with whether you're a scooper or a squeezer (it's not like that y'all...we're talking about your preferred AvoFresh packaging and dispensing method)
For additional entries, Tweet and/or Facebook Share the following link:
I want to win a $100 Woolworths Giftcard thanks to AvoFresh and @Parental_Parody http://goo.gl/EdFPd
Entries close midnight (WST) Saturday 20th October
The Fine Print
- Entry is open to Australian residents only
- Maximum three (3) entries per person: 1 x comment 1 x Twitter share 1 x Facebook share
- Winner announced on the blog Monday 22nd October
- Winner has seven (7) days to respond before I console myself with more wine and AvoFresh fart noises,
before carrying out a redraw.
Squeezy FTW!! Unless scooping is cheaper...
ReplyDeleteI am a super dooper scooper but could be converted :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper- I know the squeezer is probably good too, but with scooping, it feels like I am using a "real" avocado!
ReplyDeleteI just subscribed :)
ReplyDeleteI think I have a new item on my shopping list!
I am a scooper.
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper. Tried Avo Fresh a little while ago. Quite expensive. Think I prefer fresh Avocados myself.
ReplyDeleteSqueezer!
ReplyDeleteScooper here
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper and I follow you on Twitter and Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI'm proud to be a scooper :) shared on FB & tweeted
ReplyDeleteDefinitely scooper - I loooooooove this stuff!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper. :-) Liked you on FB too.
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper and I follow you on GFC, facebook, twitter and networked blogs.
ReplyDeleteI tweeted on twitter
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/twcourt/status/255862858817101825
I shared on facebook.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.facebook.com/linda.courtney.376/posts/245126525610849
I follow you everywhere and now sending MPS out to get some tubed avo fresh so I can reinact this blog post. You are THAT awesome.
ReplyDeletei'm a squeezer lol. i shared on fb aswell and liked your page :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a squeezer of AvoFresh and my grandkids! Liked and shared on Facebook
ReplyDeleteIm usually a scooper but think I'll try AvoFresh next time I'm at the shops....My 4 year old loves Avocado and Nutella on sandwiches - ewww I know! shared on facebook
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper.... I love the lumps!
ReplyDeleteLiked and shared on FB
Scooper and masher. However do prefer fresh over avofresh, especially when on a budget and I love avocado.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a scooper as squeezing may cause blockages...
ReplyDeleteEasy peasy avo squeezy! :D
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper, as far as avocados are concerned, it just feels more natural : D
ReplyDeleteI'm definately a scooper YUMMY!!
ReplyDeleteScooper! Shared on Facebook with other scoopers!
ReplyDeletescooper!!!
ReplyDeleteSqueezer - and every last drop!
ReplyDeletescooper :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper, but my husband's a squeezer. I like to think it as a marriage of equals ;)
ReplyDeleteScoopers here in this house through and through when only scoops will do.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind either, as long as I can eat it. Any which way! I am mad for avocado too. Especially on toast melted over tuna. I buy them in packs for five from my local fruit shop. I could eat them until my stomach explodes!
ReplyDeleteImam a scooper for all avocado related things!
ReplyDeleteWe are a scooper in our family - and our boys will eat avocado as long as its on a sandwich with chicken, lettuce, cheese and mayonnaise!
ReplyDeleteOh and I have followed your blog via email for sometime, now on google connect and networked blogs ;)
ReplyDeleteshared on twitter :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a squeezer, I can't go past the novelty of squeezing food out of a tube, there's something weirdly fun about it! Do you think it would accompany whiskey as well as it does wine? haha
ReplyDeleteA squeezer here, love it!!!
ReplyDeletefollowing by email :)
shared on twitter
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/Gherkkerry/status/256124552143306753
I'm a scooper.
ReplyDeleteI shared on facebook.
ReplyDeleteI follow you by email.
I'm a follower, liked on FB and twitter and shared and tweeted :) I do both but probably prefer scooping :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper, whether it be fresh Avocado or Avofresh. Nothing better then Avo and vegemite on toast for breakfast. Oh i'm an email and GFC follower
ReplyDeleteshared on Facebook
ReplyDeleteShared on Twitter as well https://twitter.com/Leimaycherry/status/256184752716009472
ReplyDeleteLove this question...it's like asking if you're a folder or a scruncher!! I'm definitely a scooper. LOVE AVO fresh because it doesn't go off like a normal avocado when you open it up and try to use it later!! Oh... and to answer my first comment - I'm a folder. ;)
ReplyDeleteI am a subscriber via email
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely a scooper. I love avocado in salads, especially with a bit of fried bacon(less healthy though it may be!)and squeezed just isn't the same!
ReplyDeleteShared on FB!https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentalparody.com%2F2012%2F10%2F5-lunches-5-ways-avofresh-challenge-and.html%3Fspref%3Dfb&t=5+Lunches%2C+5+Ways%3A+An+AvoFresh+challenge+and+givea...
ReplyDeleteTweeted on Twitter as well!
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentalparody.com%2F2012%2F10%2F5-lunches-5-ways-avofresh-challenge-and.html&text=Parental+Parody%3A+5+Lunches%2C+5+Ways%3A+An+AvoFresh+challenge+and+givea...&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentalparody.com%2F2012%2F10%2F5-lunches-5-ways-avofresh-challenge-and.html%3Fspref%3Dtw
I am defiantly a scooper, ill just eat the avocado as soon as i cut it in half!! their so delicious.
ReplyDeleteSqueezer for sure!
ReplyDeleteA squeezer! What a great product and giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteShared on Facebook too
ReplyDeleteI'm most definitely a scooper. I love the fact that I can also indulge with Seasoned & Spicy.
ReplyDeleteA squeezer! I get every last drop out!
ReplyDeleteScooper
ReplyDeleteA scooper- but must admit I haven't tried squeezing! russellcathryn at yahoo .com dot au
ReplyDeleteI follow you through GFC, email and on facebook. I'm not a stalker... I hope ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm a squeezer! It's easier, and i'm lazy.
I prefer to squeeze
ReplyDeleteshared on twitter princess_nutnut
ReplyDeleteShared on Facebook
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a scooper, I love squishing a mound on my hot buttered toast.
ReplyDeleteScooper here too!
ReplyDeleteSqueezer here.
ReplyDeleteTweeted and shared as Cat Bat
ReplyDeleteScooper and masher!! Following and sharing, great article, never would of thought to sneak healthy food in especially to cake!! Well done I will definitely be trying that!!
ReplyDeleteScooper
ReplyDeletescooper
ReplyDeletemasher
ReplyDeleteSqueezer all over my sandwiches
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper!
ReplyDeleteA bit of both depending on the occasion
ReplyDeleteScooper. Squeezing freaks me out a little.
ReplyDeleteScooper!
ReplyDeleteHave shared on facebook
ReplyDeletefacebook follower and i like to scoop!
ReplyDeleteI've been converted from a scooper to a squeezer because it is so easy to carry with you for a snack on the go
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper!
ReplyDeleteHave tweeted :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a scooper though I may be converted once I try the squeeze pack!
ReplyDeleteHave shared on Facebook
ReplyDeleteAnd tweeted :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a scooper here!
ReplyDeletescooper :)
ReplyDeleteScooper
ReplyDeleteSqueezer :)
ReplyDeleteSqueezer. For sure!
ReplyDeleteScooper for me! And I'm about to share via FB and twitter :)
ReplyDeleteScooper!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a Scooper!
ReplyDeleteSqueezer :) nothing like a good squeeze!!!
ReplyDeleteShared on FB
ReplyDeleteScooper!
ReplyDeletescooper
ReplyDeleteScooper :)
ReplyDeleteScooper...more authentic :)
ReplyDeleteScooper
ReplyDeleteScooper :)
ReplyDeleteScooper :)
ReplyDeleteScooper - I can convince myself that i am scooping out of a 'real' avocado then!
ReplyDeleteSqueezer. Being a scooper will require putting on glad-wrap. Not interested.
ReplyDeleteShared
ReplyDeleteI like to scoop - can never get the last bits out of any bit of tube whilst I can lick the tub clean ;)
ReplyDeleteSqueezer! A lot easier and less messy :)
ReplyDeleteFacebook shared here http://www.facebook.com/dianne.childs.39/posts/546076852074912
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of squeezing it on my sandwiches!
ReplyDeleteTotally converted to a squeezer... squeezing husbands buttocks while making homemade pizza together in the kitchen.. oh you mean avo?? Definitely squeezing.. so conveinent and doesn't go brown!!! Mega plus there!! Sandwiches, dip, pizza, nachoes.. it goes on everything!!!
ReplyDeleteTwittered: https://twitter.com/LittleBentoBlog/status/258386329325408257
ReplyDeleteI am a scooper for sure!
ReplyDeleteJust subscribed...I'm a scooper!
ReplyDeletedefinately a scooper, it'd be weird squeezing avo from a tube?!
ReplyDeleteshared on facebook :)
ReplyDeleteand just shared on twitter :)
ReplyDeleteSqueeze as done with ease less mess
ReplyDeletet.boult@hotmail.com
tweeted
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/JesseBelles/status/258478667909435392
t.boult@hotmail.com
Scooper, can't imagine squeezed avo ... I like mine chunky!
ReplyDeletetweeted https://twitter.com/AngBoy74/status/258488251428524032
ReplyDeleteShared on FB
ReplyDeleteDepends if you're in a rush or not....but generally im a 'scooper' hehe
ReplyDeleteAnd shared on facebook <3
https://www.facebook.com/pitchy84/posts/428563020527040
ReplyDeleteOh and following through Facebook and email <3
ReplyDeleteIM A SCOOPER LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper, but thinking of converting to squeezer now!
ReplyDeleteHave shared on FB, thanks
ReplyDeleteHave tweeted, thanks. https://twitter.com/CharCampbell4/status/258524717642809344
ReplyDeleteI am a Scooper, then I can make it as soft or chunky as I need it to be!
ReplyDeleteShared on Face Book!
ReplyDeleteShared on facebook https://www.facebook.com/alison.wilson.127201
ReplyDeleteI'm a squeezer - hubby introduced me to it. So much less waste!
ReplyDeleteTweeted https://twitter.com/ally_dione/status/258537127321665536. Will subscribe when I work out this new fangled technology!
ReplyDeleteSqueezer, just find it easier
ReplyDeleteShared on Twitter
ReplyDeleteShared on Facebook
ReplyDeletesqueezer
ReplyDeletedefinitely a scooper, I prefer the fresh product!
ReplyDeleteshared on Twitter @narellerock https://twitter.com/narellerock/status/258724695686410240
ReplyDeleteshared on FB https://www.facebook.com/narellerock/posts/425301794198859
ReplyDeleteMy gob is always open at the ready for some squeezing action
ReplyDeleteshared on fb https://www.facebook.com/kyabells.81/posts/382806305129680
ReplyDeleteI'm a squeezer. I'll do my very best to avoid ...... doing stuff, and the scooping is just too much work, if I'm being totally honest.
ReplyDeleteScooper :)
ReplyDeleteShared via Twitter @popeyes_girl_22
ReplyDeletesubscribed
ReplyDeleteI'm a scooper :)
Facebook shared ----->>> http://www.facebook.com/jasmine.nelson.507/posts/10151183307066390
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a scooper. No other way.
ReplyDeletetweeted ---------->>> https://twitter.com/jasmine_07/status/258793544800673793
ReplyDeletescooper all the way
ReplyDeleteshared on Facebook :) http://www.facebook.com/barbara.nelson.167/posts/430337183691281
ReplyDeleteim a scooper how else do you eat frsh avo and enjoy it so much mmm fresh
ReplyDeleteshared on twitte
ReplyDeleterhttps://twitter.com/jjam8094/status/258805363271421952
https://twitter.com/jjam8094/status/258805363271421952
ReplyDeleteshared on facebook
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/JODYLORETTA/posts/414475291951947
Scooper
ReplyDeleteScooper!
ReplyDeletescooper cause you can get it all out!
ReplyDeleteshared on Twitter and Facebook also :-)
ReplyDeleteSubbed via email. I'm a scooper :) Sharing on facebook and twitter shortly!
ReplyDeletetweeted ------- https://twitter.com/beejay_61/status/259039959636381696
ReplyDeleteScooper!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteScooper! Shared on fb:)
ReplyDeleteSqueezer!
ReplyDeleteI'm a Scooper in the kitchen and a Squeezer in the bedroom. Sorry, too much information?
ReplyDeleteShared on twitter https://twitter.com/unwitterer/status/259135785322835968
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a scooper! And then I lick the spoon ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm an AvoFresh squeezer! Yes I'm lazy, but honest about it. (shared on fb).
ReplyDeletescooper here :)
ReplyDeleteshared on twitter
ReplyDeleteshared on FB
ReplyDeletescooper...
ReplyDeleteScooper
ReplyDeleteI am a scooper because it feels more decadent.............dealing with a broken leg at the moment, had 5 operations and now the screws have broken and I have to have another operation.......been going on for 5 years.........massive drama but I'm so over it.
ReplyDeleteScooper I think. But I don't mind the odd squeeze every now and then :-P
ReplyDeleteShared on FB
ReplyDeleteRetweeted.
ReplyDeleteScooper :0)
ReplyDeletetweeted
ReplyDeleteA squirter all the way!
ReplyDeleteA squirter all the way
ReplyDeleteFB commented too!
ReplyDeletedefinately a scooper!
ReplyDeleteA Avo a day would be bliss,
ReplyDeleteDefinitely something not to miss.
Scoop or squeeze I must pick,
Squeezing would do the trick!!
Never tried squeezing, will have to give it a go
ReplyDeleteScooper! daryakhomich@y7mail.com. Follow you via e-mail and FB!
ReplyDeletesqueezer - i draw faces and castles so my kids eat what is underneath too!!
ReplyDeleteScooper here.
ReplyDeleteShared on Facebook (Karen Freeman)
ReplyDeleteShared on Twitter here:
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/klftpg/status/259522778657615872
Scooper here.
ReplyDeleteFollowing on Google friends connect
Tweeted on twitter
https://twitter.com/Jupiter707/status/259555911549468672
Also shared on facebook
ReplyDeleteScooper
ReplyDeleteI'm a squeezer... I like things as easy as possible.
ReplyDeleteA squeezer
ReplyDeleteA squeezer, lasts longer :)
ReplyDeletesubscribed and i am a squeezer i love going round and squeezing things i once squeezed a melon nd it squashed in my hand
ReplyDeleteSuscribed. Like. Good. Mexican im scooper. And like in. Mexico, arriba. Arriba! Vamonos. Hehehe
ReplyDeletea scooper you get more quicker
ReplyDeletetweeted and shared on facebook
ReplyDeleteOh I hear you. I'm anti glad-wrap. It's too tricky. That stuff has curled up and adhered to itself before I can even get it off the roll. Congrats Natalie - you have the winner of the $100 Woolworths Giftcard!
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