Breakfast:
-Scrambled eggs with spinach
-Orange juice
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate Cherry Torte Larabar
Lunch:
-Salad: lettuce, cucumber, tomato, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, Newman's Own ranch dressing. Checked out the croutons in the pantry -OMG. SMOKE FLAVOR?!?! TBHQ?? ICKY! So no croutons to me and I think I'll be tossing the package.
Snack:
-Homemade cheese cracker
-Mixed nuts
Dinner:
-Leftover lentil soup
-Buttered bread
Dessert:
-Some Equal Exchange (organic and fair trade) dark chocolate with almonds
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast:
-Oatmeal with brown sugar
-Toast with butter and organic apricot spread
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate chip brownie larabar
Lunch:
-Nachos: Bearitos organic tortilla chips, black beans, cheese, Muir Glen organic salsa, Daisy sour cream
-skim milk
Dinner:
-Potato leek soup
-Homemade biscuits
-Skim milk
And then we're done, right? Right? Right!
So I shared a platter of hot wings with a buddy after volleyball. :)
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Showing posts with label Real food challenge. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Real Food Challenge - Day 5
Breakfast:
-Kashi autumn wheat organic biscuit cereal with skim milk
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilaa creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate chip brownie larabar
Lunch:
-Sandwich: sun-dried tomato turkey, extra sharp cheddar, organic spinach, yummy local bread
-Bearitos tortilla chips
-Steamed sweet potato with butter
Snack:
-Organic darjeeling tea
Dinner:
-Pan-roasted chicken with lemon-garlic green beans
Snack:
Fail. I couldn't help myself. I had a dark chocolate Dove promises chocolate which lists "natural and artificial flavors." Where the heck did this sweet tooth/need for chocolate come from? Mom, do you have any ideas? ;)
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-Kashi autumn wheat organic biscuit cereal with skim milk
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilaa creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate chip brownie larabar
Lunch:
-Sandwich: sun-dried tomato turkey, extra sharp cheddar, organic spinach, yummy local bread
-Bearitos tortilla chips
-Steamed sweet potato with butter
Snack:
-Organic darjeeling tea
Dinner:
-Pan-roasted chicken with lemon-garlic green beans
Snack:
Fail. I couldn't help myself. I had a dark chocolate Dove promises chocolate which lists "natural and artificial flavors." Where the heck did this sweet tooth/need for chocolate come from? Mom, do you have any ideas? ;)
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Real Food Challenge - Day 4
Breakfast:
-French toast! That awesome bread with local milk, homemade vanilla, and Minnesotan eggs
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Lunch:
-Leftover spinach mac & cheese
-Skim milk
Snack:
-Mixed nuts
Dinner:
All the boys managed to eat without me (I fed Callum while waiting for Brian and Everett to get back from skiing and then they got back and immediately ate the rest of the mac & cheese).
-PB (natural Jif) and banana sandwich (on that bread - I bought two loaves!)
-Skim milk
Snack:
-Popcorn! 1/2 c. corn in a brown paper bag, in the microwave for 2.5-3 minutes, drizzled with butter and sea salt
See how the other girls did today!
-French toast! That awesome bread with local milk, homemade vanilla, and Minnesotan eggs
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Lunch:
-Leftover spinach mac & cheese
-Skim milk
Snack:
-Mixed nuts
Dinner:
All the boys managed to eat without me (I fed Callum while waiting for Brian and Everett to get back from skiing and then they got back and immediately ate the rest of the mac & cheese).
-PB (natural Jif) and banana sandwich (on that bread - I bought two loaves!)
-Skim milk
Snack:
-Popcorn! 1/2 c. corn in a brown paper bag, in the microwave for 2.5-3 minutes, drizzled with butter and sea salt
See how the other girls did today!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Real Food Challenge - Day 3
I've discovered something. Evenings are my weak time when it comes to food. I crave chocolate and sweets and it's hard to come by those that aren't full of nastiness *ahemgirlscoutcookiesahem*. Last night, instead of devouring some of the ice cream (carrageenan amongst other things??), I had a chobani pomegranate greek yogurt. It just wasn't the same.
Realization #2? Weekends are hard! I failed today....big time. But it wasn't my fault, I swear! Here we go!
Breakfast:
-Coffee with sugar and cream from local coffee shop
-Pecan sweet roll from local coffee shop
Now these might sound questionable, but I know they make their baked goods from scratch and they generally use local/organic ingredients, so I think I'm safe. :)
Lunch:
Forewarning: We were at a birthday party so I tried to be as good as I could and still not starve to death.
-Chili with saltines. I know the chili was from cans because I harassed the little birthday girl's dad about it. :)
-Fruit salad. All fresh, so I think it was ok.
-Water (I brought my own)
The boys on the other hand also had hot dogs, cake, and juice. Hey, they didn't ask to be part of the challenge.
Snacks:
I realized I was really hungry when we got home, so I had some leftover spinach mac & cheese and a glass of skim milk.
THEN
We took Everett to his first movie theater movie, The Lorax. I went prepared with a larabar and even a clif kids bar for the E-man, BUT Brian insisted that we HAD to get popcorn covered in fake butter and pops. Who am I to say no on the boy's first movie outing? Bad bad bad, I know....
Dinner:
-Slow cooker moroccan lentil soup
-Some of that omgdelicious wheat bread from the bakery with butter
-skim milk
We'll see if I make it through this evening without breaking down and devouring sweets. I'm trying to convince myself that the popcorn and pop didn't ruin the whole day and I need to still be good now....hmmm...
Realization #2? Weekends are hard! I failed today....big time. But it wasn't my fault, I swear! Here we go!
Breakfast:
-Coffee with sugar and cream from local coffee shop
-Pecan sweet roll from local coffee shop
Now these might sound questionable, but I know they make their baked goods from scratch and they generally use local/organic ingredients, so I think I'm safe. :)
Lunch:
Forewarning: We were at a birthday party so I tried to be as good as I could and still not starve to death.
-Chili with saltines. I know the chili was from cans because I harassed the little birthday girl's dad about it. :)
-Fruit salad. All fresh, so I think it was ok.
-Water (I brought my own)
The boys on the other hand also had hot dogs, cake, and juice. Hey, they didn't ask to be part of the challenge.
Snacks:
I realized I was really hungry when we got home, so I had some leftover spinach mac & cheese and a glass of skim milk.
THEN
We took Everett to his first movie theater movie, The Lorax. I went prepared with a larabar and even a clif kids bar for the E-man, BUT Brian insisted that we HAD to get popcorn covered in fake butter and pops. Who am I to say no on the boy's first movie outing? Bad bad bad, I know....
Dinner:
-Slow cooker moroccan lentil soup
-Some of that omgdelicious wheat bread from the bakery with butter
-skim milk
We'll see if I make it through this evening without breaking down and devouring sweets. I'm trying to convince myself that the popcorn and pop didn't ruin the whole day and I need to still be good now....hmmm...
I bet these girls did better than me today:
Friday, March 2, 2012
Real Food Challenge - Day 2
First off, I got hungry last night. So instead of ice cream or cookies (sigh) I had some mixed nuts and water.
Second off, I realized that our bread has some iffy ingredients at the end of the list. Lame! I looked at the beginning of the list for whole grains and no corn syrup, but the end has a little meh. I really dislike when ingredient lists contain something "as a preservative." Ick.
So I went and bought some local bread that was marked down to the SAME PRICE as this bread, with a much more beautiful ingredient list:
Booyah.
On to today.
Breakfast:
-Old fashioned oats with blueberries frozen from the summer
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Lunch:
-Leftover honey chicken stir fry
-Mozarella cheese stick
-Water
-blueberries
-red pepper bread
Snacks:
I was at my parents' washing diapers and I MAY have had some real food cookies and fudge. What? I know the ingredients in those: sugar, flour, salt, butter, sugar, cocoa, sugar, sugar, sugar
Dinner:
-Spinach macaroni and cheese made with sharp cheddar and goat cheeses, organic spinach, and whole wheat noodles
-Skim milk
-Red pepper bread
Other participants
Second off, I realized that our bread has some iffy ingredients at the end of the list. Lame! I looked at the beginning of the list for whole grains and no corn syrup, but the end has a little meh. I really dislike when ingredient lists contain something "as a preservative." Ick.
On to today.
Breakfast:
-Old fashioned oats with blueberries frozen from the summer
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Lunch:
-Leftover honey chicken stir fry
-Mozarella cheese stick
-Water
-blueberries
-red pepper bread
Snacks:
I was at my parents' washing diapers and I MAY have had some real food cookies and fudge. What? I know the ingredients in those: sugar, flour, salt, butter, sugar, cocoa, sugar, sugar, sugar
Dinner:
-Spinach macaroni and cheese made with sharp cheddar and goat cheeses, organic spinach, and whole wheat noodles
-Skim milk
-Red pepper bread
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Clean Food Challenge - Day 1
I am participating in a one week real food challenge that started today. Here's the link. The rule is basically that you can't eat anything with ingredients you don't recognize. So those long chemical looking names in ingredient lists? Nope! I generally try to do this in everyday life anyway, but I decided that this official challenge would force me to examine how well I'm doing. Often, I will feed the babies all real, healthy food and I'll eat something quick and easy (dangerous).
So here's my first day in detail -
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So here's my first day in detail -
Breakfast:
-Realized my prenatal vitamins have three different dyes in them.
Ick. My next multivitamin will have to be from the co-op, I guess.
-A couple bites of wheat toast with butter and organic apricot
spread (before Callum stole the rest)
-A piece and a half of cranberry/walnut sourdough bread (from
bakery) with cream cheese, peach juice, coffee with new coffeemate
natural bliss vanilla creamer
Morning snack (quiet, you):
-More coffee
-A grapefruit (minus some bites that other child stole) with a
tiny bit of sugar on top
Lunch:
-Sandwich: red pepper bread from bakery with sun dried tomato deli
turkey, shredded “fiesta blend” cheese, green bell pepper, organic spinach, all
toasted.
-Bearitos organic tortilla chips
-Glass of skim milk
FAIL: Without thinking at all, I ate a Thanks-a-lot girl scout
cookie! Definitely not real food. I didn’t even make it a full day! L
Afternoon:
-Calming herbal tea
Dinner:
-Brown rice
-Palak paneer (from packages, but ok!)
-Patra (which is apparently an Indian snack/side dish - my friend Megan sent Brian home with a bunch of Indian food a couple weeks ago)
-Garlic naan (this one is pretty much a fail too but I'm pretending it's not because I LOVE naan and I will not NOT eat it.) See?
Dessert:
-Snow ice cream (1 c. milk, 1 tsp vanilla, about 1/3 c. sugar, 4 c. fresh snow)
Dinner:
-Brown rice
-Palak paneer (from packages, but ok!)
-Patra (which is apparently an Indian snack/side dish - my friend Megan sent Brian home with a bunch of Indian food a couple weeks ago)
-Garlic naan (this one is pretty much a fail too but I'm pretending it's not because I LOVE naan and I will not NOT eat it.) See?
-Snow ice cream (1 c. milk, 1 tsp vanilla, about 1/3 c. sugar, 4 c. fresh snow)
The other participating mamas:
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