A very busy mom

I would like to start out by introducing myself!

My name is Sally J King and I have written a cookbook on healthy eating for kids called Lunchbox Love, but most importantly I am a mom. I am a mom with two growing boys I am no different to you. I do not have a cook or a live in maid or nanny (frankly, that would be me). This 'soapbox' is where I can let loose on my passions about food and feeding our kids well and exposing the truth about food. So this is how my story began.

I went into this "motherhood" thing very naively

I, frankly, had delusions of grandeur of 2 am feedings where I would gaze lovingly down at my child at my breast and cherish every moment… NOT! I was not prepared for breastfeeding to be so hard and I sure was not prepared for a child who was allergic to everything I put in his mouth. He had eczema so bad he was a "scab" from head to toe. At night he would dig divets in his chest from the itch. Then came the peanut allergy discovery at 18 months. I had to be obsessive about reading labels and checking out ingredients. I soon discovered that all these ingredients with unpronounceable names were a problem. I just knew that they could not be good. I soon became very informed on what they were and what they were not, and good for you was not part of the equation!

When my oldest son started school I saw what was being sent for lunches and I was shocked

The teachers would call me and marvel at what he would eat and what I was sending. Armed with my knowledge that I had gained and seeing what kids were eating I knew I had to do something, thus, "Lunchbox Love" was born. I soon began really researching what was in food, and what all these unpronounceable ingredients were and what their purpose was. I learned very quickly that the only purpose they served was that of the so- called "food" companies (I use the term "food" loosely). They were cheap fillers, dyes and nasty preservatives.

Actually, my friends they do not serve us at all. They harm us and what is more they harm our kids because they market them straight to kids. That made me mad! It is all about money and absolutely nothing to do with the health or well being of our children. There were days when I would just scream, "aaah, I did not want to know that!" I knew that I could not take it back, so I plugged on forward and adopted the mantra which is "With knowledge comes responsibility". With the growing number of children suffering from obesity and being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes I knew that these companies needed to be outed and I was "Mom" enough to do it.

What are all these ingredients?

I will get into some of these unpronounceable additives and hopefully offer you some alternatives and some time saving advice on how to make it all happen. So I would say to all you moms out there lets together and "Be the change we want to see in the world", because our kids and their healthy futures are so worth it.