About Me

Hertfordshire, UK
I am a very lucky Mum to two beautiful daughters, known here as Moomin and Gremlin. My second gorgeous girl, Gremlin (above), has PKU (Phenylketonuria) and has introduced us to a whole new world! This blog is intended to record our journey with regards it, particularly focusing on food and eating.

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Wonders will never cease

Gremlin appears to really enjoy broccoli (go figure). It is on the funny list, so she's only ever had one portion then got cross she couldn't have any more. I phoned GOSH and am told that 65g of broccoli is one exchange (1g protein). So today I weighed out 32g (approx 2 florets) and gave Gremlin half an exchange at lunch. I was gobsmacked by the result given the tough times we've been having. She ate both florets with such efficiency that there was no mess or debris left at all when she had finished. None on the tray, in the bowl or on her! I've never seen anything like it. As if to prove a point she then proceeded to use similar ruthless efficiency to discard the carrots, cucumber and tomatoes over the side of the tray (whilst holding my eye the whole time) and didn't even try a bite of any! Unbelievable!

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