I made it through the weekend. I went to Sams and got a load of fresh produce. My family loves produce, so it wasn't anything too new, but it saves me when I'm hungry. When we're out of produce, I typically revert back to a peanut butter toast. So, I need to stay up on the groceries. We had chicken nuggets with honey mustard sauce (100days of real food recipe), spinach salads, loads of fresh produce as I just mentioned), a whole chicken in the crockpot with veggies and I revised a french bread recipe I have into a whole-food recipe by using whole wheat flour, honey as the sweetener and coconut oil for the fat. They turned out delicious. Breakfast has been produce, toast, steel cut oats (which I did make better by adding a wee bit more maple syrup), and eggs.
I feel good. I'm not sure I notice a huge difference quite yet, but we really weren't too far from eating this way already, so I don't want to discount the way I feel because if we ate more processed food before I think I would notice a difference.
I did mention that sauces/dips/dressings were what scared me quite a bit, so I have done some research and found some good recipes that will work. I haven't tried them yet, but I did buy all that I need to make them and they are quick to make. I think I'd rather wait until I need them so they don't go bad too fast. Sometimes I get exited and get all the prep work done for things like the sauces, etc. but then they go bad before I need them. I'm trying to be realistic about everything so I don't go overboard as I sometimes do.
We did make no-bake cookies on Sunday as our dessert and I used maple syrup instead of sugar and regular oats instead of quick (not sure if quick are still a whole grain or not. I think they are, but just to be safe I used regular). They were good enough. My 7 year old daughter that requested them didn't mention a taste-difference, but then again we haven't had the 'normal' version of these cookies for a very long time so that might be why. She ate them up and asked for some in her lunch for Monday, so I think they were a hit. Good enough anyway.
I made some chicken broth because the canned chicken base I typically use has a couple more than 5 ingredients in it, and that is one of the 'rules' that we don't have anything with more than 5. So--I took the chicken remnants (skin, bones, etc) an onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf and the drippings from that dinner (cooked a whole chicken in the crockpot as I mentioned before) and filled the rest of the crockpot up with water and cooked it for 8 hours/overnight. It was decent. It has given me 10 or so pint size mason jars full that I am freezing now. It does taste a little watered down, so I'm not sure I'll use that much water again, but we'll see. I did end up adding 1/2 t. of my chicken base to each pint jar (1/4 t. per cup is what it ends up being) and I feel ok about that since my chicken base really isn't an unhealthy option (at least I don't think it is). This is my 'journal' after all, so I need to be honest. And I guess while we're on the subject of honesty--when I made the cookies, I used probably half regular and half quick oats.
I feel good. I'm not sure I notice a huge difference quite yet, but we really weren't too far from eating this way already, so I don't want to discount the way I feel because if we ate more processed food before I think I would notice a difference.
I did mention that sauces/dips/dressings were what scared me quite a bit, so I have done some research and found some good recipes that will work. I haven't tried them yet, but I did buy all that I need to make them and they are quick to make. I think I'd rather wait until I need them so they don't go bad too fast. Sometimes I get exited and get all the prep work done for things like the sauces, etc. but then they go bad before I need them. I'm trying to be realistic about everything so I don't go overboard as I sometimes do.
We did make no-bake cookies on Sunday as our dessert and I used maple syrup instead of sugar and regular oats instead of quick (not sure if quick are still a whole grain or not. I think they are, but just to be safe I used regular). They were good enough. My 7 year old daughter that requested them didn't mention a taste-difference, but then again we haven't had the 'normal' version of these cookies for a very long time so that might be why. She ate them up and asked for some in her lunch for Monday, so I think they were a hit. Good enough anyway.
I made some chicken broth because the canned chicken base I typically use has a couple more than 5 ingredients in it, and that is one of the 'rules' that we don't have anything with more than 5. So--I took the chicken remnants (skin, bones, etc) an onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf and the drippings from that dinner (cooked a whole chicken in the crockpot as I mentioned before) and filled the rest of the crockpot up with water and cooked it for 8 hours/overnight. It was decent. It has given me 10 or so pint size mason jars full that I am freezing now. It does taste a little watered down, so I'm not sure I'll use that much water again, but we'll see. I did end up adding 1/2 t. of my chicken base to each pint jar (1/4 t. per cup is what it ends up being) and I feel ok about that since my chicken base really isn't an unhealthy option (at least I don't think it is). This is my 'journal' after all, so I need to be honest. And I guess while we're on the subject of honesty--when I made the cookies, I used probably half regular and half quick oats.
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