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Everywhere you look\u2014there are book clubs.\u00a0 A cool way to combine reading and conversation.\u00a0 Usually it involves books.\u00a0 I have been invited to join an unusual book club. It\u2019s for Moms. Moms who run faster than a marathoner coordinating their families and work life. Mom\u2019s who do not get a lot of “me” time.\u00a0 This is the \u201cbook\u201d club.<\/p>\n
Five moms met last night after we all dropped our sons off at soccer practice.\u00a0 We carpooled to a local restaurant most hadn\u2019t been to:\u00a0McFoster\u2019s Natural Kind Caf\u00e9<\/a>, an eclectic vegetarian restaurant with lots of character. It was great.\u00a0 We read the MENU!\u00a0 We sampled each other\u2019s unique plates, and had combinations of foods most of us do not eat.\u00a0 I had sweet potato fries (which are always good!) with banana ketchup.\u00a0 It was really different\u2014but great!\u00a0 We sampled all sorts of vegetarian dishes\u2014and chatted.\u00a0 And sat still for one full hour!\u00a0 It was great.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy is this important?\u201d\u00a0 you are thinking?\u00a0 It was all summed up with one mom\u2019s statement.\u00a0 She is tired of the same 7 items she makes for her family all of the time!\u00a0 She wanted to try something different\u2014and get ideas on how to shake up her menu.\u00a0 Don\u2019t we all?!\u00a0 Some of us are going to try grilled portabella mushrooms with spinach and feta cheese soon\u2014because we discussed it, and thought it sounded great\u2014and nutritious.<\/p>\n So\u2014we all vowed to meet once a month to try out new cuisines and local restaurants.\u00a0 And for an hour\u2014slow down.\u00a0 Good food and stress reduction are all good things.\u00a0 I have always enjoyed reading\u2014and this just kicks it up a notch!\u00a0 Let me know if you start your own \u201cbook\u201d club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everywhere you look\u2014there are book clubs.\u00a0 A cool way to combine reading and conversation.\u00a0 Usually it involves books.\u00a0 I have been invited to join an unusual book club. It\u2019s for Moms. Moms who run faster than a marathoner coordinating their families and work life. Mom\u2019s who do not get a lot of “me” time.\u00a0 This is the \u201cbook\u201d club. Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[790],"tags":[517,49,59,76,60,1085,168,145,212,51,518,193,67,276,123,52,61,1086,91,159,519,160,179],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i","tag-book-clubs","tag-children","tag-cooking","tag-family","tag-family-meals","tag-b","tag-fruits-and-vegetables","tag-healthy-eating","tag-healthy-meals","tag-kids","tag-mcfosters-natural-kind-cafe","tag-meal-planning","tag-meatless-meals","tag-moms","tag-nutrition","tag-obesity","tag-overweight","tag-g","tag-picky-eaters","tag-recipes","tag-restaurants","tag-saving-money","tag-vegetables","cat-790-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/mcfosters1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7774,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions\/7774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}