WoMo Word #32: Now Chow

July 18th, 2010, posted by Marcie

Working moms excel at now chow, though college students aren’t far behind (minus the precious plastic dishes). Give a WoMo a microwave and she can serve up a five-food-group meal faster than you can say “McDonalds.” Of course, the vegetable group may be represented by ketchup and the grains by breadcrumb crust on nuked chicken nuggets… but it’s a good idea to kiss the cook anyway. She’s probably had a killer day.

If organic is available, most of us will reach for that first because the thought of our sweet munchkins ingesting pesticides meant for dirty little bugs is disgusting. For ease and speed, however, we conveniently forget about all the hydrogenated crap in pre-packaged and processed food (erps). So. This brings up an important fact: do not discuss now chow with other moms. Those I-love-Jessica-Seinfeld’s-book-I-have-time-to-make-my-own-baby-food girls won’t understand the need for lightening fast fare. And even though two-minute meal prep is a talent (survival tactic) many of us employ, talking about it will only make us feel more guilty than we already do.

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