When for unknown reasons Cheerios don't seem to do the job of quieting my daughter, I can always rely on the sweet, delicious taste of kale and spinach to calm her moods. I'm not talking about regular ol' green kale and spinach. I'm talking about booty. Veggie Booty.

So it was with great sadness that I read all lots and sizes of the Pirates Booty offspring are being recalled nationwide for fear of salmonella poisoning.

And I have to admit, the first thing I thought was: Really, how bad can salmonella be? Because in our house, Veggie Booty is like crack. Little green puff balls of crunchy, tasty crack. Then I read just how bad salmonella can be -- potentially fatal -- and I threw away our household bags and dug out tiny pieces of emerald remnants from the crib.