Let’s talk about grapes for a minute, okay? They are tasty, fun, versatile, but not free.  Even so I do admit to having my own free sample grape taste now and again and yes I have allowed my kids to try a green AND a red grape before deciding on which grape would make the cut for that week. But now after 16 plus years in the supermarket with kids, I wonder just how many grapes I’ve sampled with, and without my children ? Should I run out and give the supermarket a check for one pound, maybe two? And do I offer that money on a day when they’re on sale or do I price gouge myself?
I googled this earlier and as I expected, opinions on the grape sample run the gamut from “of course it’s okay†to “you deserve jail time.†It’s a safe bet the grape police aren’t parents, and that the liberals are mostly exhausted parents of young children who think there should be a free grape buffet at the store’s entrance.
I’m somewhere in the middle of the great grape debate but in my perfect world there’s a store with goody bags of juice boxes and grapes for all  the hard working and tired moms who could do with a little less guilt.
But wherever you stand on the great grape debate, I encourage you to enjoy this recipe from Real Simple that requires grapes, but just a few…
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/couscous-salad-grapes-feta
What about all the open boxes of cereal? I would NEVER have opened a box of cereal before I had kids. The rules have changed, but don’t forget to pay the cashier.