1. I’m making Pizza Stuffed Mushrooms today for a lunch playdate with friends. (recipe below = awesome) What would you do with the stems? The big guy hates mushrooms so it’s got to be something for me or from which they can be easily picked out.

2. I want to make cookies today so the kids & I can make ice cream sandwiches later in the week. Because of the ice cream factor and the sugar=crazy kid factor, I need to make healthy-ish cookies but can’t decide on one of my recipes. What’s your favourite low or no sugar, high fiber cookie recipe that would work for ice cream sandis?

3. We hate fish & seafood, but I want to start trying to eat it at least once a month for health reasons. What’s your fave non-fish smelling & non-fish tasting fish dish? I had a bite of a friend’s bbq’d basa filet at our BBQ this past long weekend and it was doable. I’m considering trying it, but need some other options too.

4. I babysit a kid with major poop issues. Primo pretty much trained himself at 26 months and had never had a poop accident and probably only 10 pee accidents in the first few months of being trained, so I have no idea what to do with a 3+ year old who craps his pants. I do know that it’s freaking disgusting, and that he seems scared to poop on the toilet so…wtf? How do you get a kid to poop on the pot? Cleaning an almost adult sized shit out of someone’s pants is not cool. His parents are at a loss and I’d love to be able to help. He loves money and chocolate, but even those don’t seem to encourage him and he doesn’t even want to try. He says “I think maybe I’ll try in two Saturdays, Cole.” Heh. He knows big boys don’t poop anywhere but in the toilet but has a complete mental block.

Large mushrooms, stems removed & hollowed roughly
2 cups finely diced pepperoni sticks, hot or mild or veggie – whatever floats your boat
1 ½ cups pizza sauce
1 cup whole wheat breadbrumbs (or crushed rice crackers if you’re wheat free) (ish – until filling sticks together…)
½ cup grated fresh Parmesan
½ cup grated mozzarella
Optional – onions, peppers, bacon…what ever you like on pizza

Keep in mind that I rarely measure anything and make stuff up as I go, so these are all approximations and you can feel free to change as per your tastes or what’s in your fridge.

Mix all except mushrooms together in a bowl. This makes enough to stuff a big tray of 16-20 mushrooms and two baggies of filling to freeze for next time.
Grease a square pan (I love my square pyrex for this) lightly with evoo. Stuff filling into mushrooms and arrange rather tightly in pan.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or 400 for 10 minutes if you’re in a rush.