A few days ago we took Gal Smiley to yet another doctor’s appointment. She has to visit the doctor much more often than other toddlers because she’s really tiny, and they are worried that she is not growing, so they check her height and weight all the time and then cluck cluck cluck about it for a while. Recently she had to go for a bunch of tests for lots of scary diseases that all came back negative, so the newest theory is that she just doesn’t get enough fat in her diet.

So, on her doctor’s orders, she’s to up the fat content in her diet. According to our doctor, she should be slathering butter on everything, eating as much ice cream as she can take, drinking whole milk (if not straight cream). Isn’t that everyone’s fantasy? “Oh, I’ll manage to have this doughnut for breakfast, seeing as how my doctor recommends it.” Sheesh!

I just made her a lunch of a grilled cheese sandwich (with butter and full-fat cheese), french fries, and a big bowl of ice cream (melted, as she doesn’t like it cold). Plus she had a few corn chips on the side. There was an apple too and I was going to dip it in caramel sauce but I thought that was enough already. For dinner, I’m thinking mashed potatoes with butter and full-fat sour cream, and maybe some chocolate milk for dessert.

What would you eat if you were Gal Smiley?