We went  to Baltimore this past Sunday to meet our friends, Bess and Michael, who live in this fabled American city. Baltimore is just over a half-hour drive from our home in suburban Washington. At the city’s Inner Harbor, there’s always a party on, and Jay had a great time watching the antics of a street performer who hopped around on a pogo stick and rode a teeny bike and a unicycle, delighting the large crowd of adults he attracted just as much as the kids. The performer introduced himself as Wacky Chad, but Jay dubbed him “the silly guy.” We took the water taxi from the Inner Harbor to Fell’s Point, a historic and stunning part of Baltimore where history mingles effortlessly with the present. Live music blared from the windows of a restaurant along the harbor, and people were dining al fresco and drinking beer on the comfortably cool evening. We passed – to my delight – the Horse You Came in on Saloon, the bar that the famously alcoholic author Edgar Allan Poe is said to have frequented and had his last drink in before he died in Baltimore just four days later. Staff at the bar still leave a glass of whisky out at night for his ghost, which has been spotted here. When we passed by, there were a good number of other ghosts hanging outside the bar, albeit fake ones for Halloween. 🙂 We got home rather late at night and well past Jay’s bedtime. No sooner had I tucked him in than I had to make plans for Monday’s lunchbox for all of us – something that would come together in minutes. Garlicky Spinach Dal it was. Jay loves this dal and will often request it, so if you have a child who likes lentils or Indian food, I daresay this would be a good recipe to try out on him or her. It’s good for many obvious reasons, but mainly because it’s: -healthy, with the spinach and lentils contributing vitamins A and C, minerals, fiber, calcium and iron -delicious Check to get new recipe updates by email.

-easy to make -filled with good protein from the veggies -garlicky which, to me, is another word for delicious, and you do know garlic is a nutrition star Hope you try it!

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