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Comfort food: what's your weakness?

Okay, virus. You win! We surrender to your almighty powers. Now please return us to our regularly scheduled programming so that my kids can go back to school and my husband back to work. All this germ-infested togetherness does not equate to tender familial bonding. And the biggest bummer? I'm the least sick of anyone, which means I get to play full-time sniveling caretaker. And in this role I've discovered that when faced with sickness, my so-called disdain for processed food goes right out the window. To wit:

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When the doctor on call said to give my son some crackers, I headed straight for the saltines. Kraft Foods Premium Saltine Crackers -- my weakness, my comfort food, which I am now making my children's' comfort food. Oh yummy enriched flour, high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, how I do love you in times of fever and woe. What's sad is that in three months I'll find two partially eaten, stale rows of crackers in the pantry (because no one really likes them after they're feeling well again). While we're at it, let's toss a few cans of chicken noodle soup into the cart, because I sure as heck don't feel like making any homemade.

We are not a family of food purists, but we have made great strides in the past couple of years to reduce our dependence on processed foods. There's a reason they're called 'convenience' foods, and that's what I find myself wanting when I'm feeling low. Do you find yourself making food choices when you're sick that you might not otherwise make when you're rested and healthy? C'mon, let's hear it. What are your comfort food weaknesses when you're down and out?

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