Are you sitting down? I went to McDonalds today. *GASP *
We (the kids and I) were invited by Grandpa and Grandma for a celebratory lunch. It was Tadderbug's last basketball game of the season and he did AMAZING! So not wanting to disappoint everyone we went. It was fun for the kids to get out of the house and play and spend time with their Grandparents. Everyone ate ...but me. I felt a little bad about not eating. I have never not ate when someone was offering lunch before. In fact I reminded myself of the type of people I hate to eat lunch with! You know the type, they invite you to lunch and then after you order something both amazing and fattening they order a salad....with dressing on the side. UGH! Am I seriously turning into one of those people?! Let's hope not. But I truly did not eat anything there. Two kids enjoyed non-fructose chicken nuggets (once again ...gasp. Although you would know that if you had watched the video!), and the red Rapunzel enjoyed her self a Big Mac... and YES, she can eat the whole thing! It's quite impressive for how little she is.
While we were on the drive home Tadderbug commented..."McDonalds isn't really that good is it." Shout HALLELUJAH (or hella ya!) the kids have finally come around! Eating healthy IS GOOD and good for you. Who da thunk?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Yes I did
Why yes, I did add flax seed to my apple crisp. Top it off with a little ice cream and you have all the food groups covered! I don't even know why I bothered with dinner first.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thank you and goodnight!
So I know at least one person who will be disappointed in today's post, sorry Mom. I am too tired to tell you that I made some bread for the neighbors.... this time NO exploding glass pans! Or that I did some damage at Costco....but not to their hand dipped ice cream bars. I only ate 1/2! I will tell you that I have left the vanilla ice cream in my freezer UNTOUCHED for over 2 weeks! A personal best, and I am quite proud of myself. Plus the fructose is quickly leaving our house thanks to scouting banquets that require plates of baked goods. I love killing two birds with one stone. It totally makes me look like a contributing member of the scouting society, AND it frees up some pantry space. (Remember I am NOT buying or using things with fructose in it! And that also reminds me......WATCH THE VIDEO!)
On a totally separate note THANK YOU to everyone who has left me a email or comment about how much you are liking this little 30 by 30 experiment of mine! I am so grateful for all the words of advice and encouragement! THANK YOU! It makes me so happy that people are actually reading this thing! Keep sending all your knowledge my way..... I promise I'll take all of it! THANK YOU!
On a totally separate note THANK YOU to everyone who has left me a email or comment about how much you are liking this little 30 by 30 experiment of mine! I am so grateful for all the words of advice and encouragement! THANK YOU! It makes me so happy that people are actually reading this thing! Keep sending all your knowledge my way..... I promise I'll take all of it! THANK YOU!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
feeling good!
So I think the small changes I have made are already working! Not so much on the waistline but just in feeling good allover! I feel healthier. It feels good to know that I am helping my kids to eat healthier too. I NEVER feel hungry... yet I don't think I eat as much as I used to. I think I finally understand that all food is NOT created equal. No more 'empty ' calories for me.
My family has made some changes too and I feel like I owe someone an apology.
I'm sorry McDonalds. It was a hard breakup but it truly was me, not you. Your food was somewhat tasty, the toys were fantastic, but I feel like my family deserves better. I am sorry you do not see our car at your drive-through window a few times each week. You might have had to let a few workers go because of our absence. I know with our purchases alone we were able to pay a few worker's wages .... but times change and so do taste buds. I no longer get a thrill smelling fresh fries in the car. It is comforting to know that my food is now prepared fresh and I no longer need to unwrap it. And this may be hitting below the belt but sadly enough the kids don't miss you. I wish you the best but I think it is best for both of us to just go our separate ways, never to meet again.
My family has made some changes too and I feel like I owe someone an apology.
I'm sorry McDonalds. It was a hard breakup but it truly was me, not you. Your food was somewhat tasty, the toys were fantastic, but I feel like my family deserves better. I am sorry you do not see our car at your drive-through window a few times each week. You might have had to let a few workers go because of our absence. I know with our purchases alone we were able to pay a few worker's wages .... but times change and so do taste buds. I no longer get a thrill smelling fresh fries in the car. It is comforting to know that my food is now prepared fresh and I no longer need to unwrap it. And this may be hitting below the belt but sadly enough the kids don't miss you. I wish you the best but I think it is best for both of us to just go our separate ways, never to meet again.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Call me Martha
Guess who made bread today?! ME! It was easy, fun, and tasty! I made it out of whole wheat flour and it contained NO sugar!
Everyone LOVED it except for a certain redheaded Rapunzel. She thought it tasted like a dog biscuit. She is a snob when it comes to any bread other than Grandma Sycamore's White Bread that her Grandma buys for her. (It's a special Grandma treat that she toasts and then dips in hot chocolate) We have been buying Grandma Sycamore's Honey Whole Wheat for years. And all these years I have been thinking that I am such a great Mom making my kids eat whole wheat. Turns out that I have just been poisoning them once little slice at a time. Grandma Sycamore's contains High Fructose Corn Syrup! UGH....is there anything out there that DOESN'T?!
Just to prove that I am trying hard to make a healthy improvements in my family's diet I have posted some pictures of my bread success! And one unfortunate failure!
The recipe I used was from this website http://www.superhealthykids.com/Recipes.html And in true fashion I didn't follow the recipe as it was written. This is how I did it.........
3 2/3(ish) cups whole wheat flour
1 1/4 TBS yeast
2 1/2 cups hot tap water
1 TBS salt
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
1 1/4 TBS bottled lemon juice
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
Mix together the flour and the yeast with a dough hook (stand mixer). Add the water all at once and mix for 1 min. Cover and let rest for 10 min. Add salt, oil, honey, and lemon juice. Mix for 1 min. Add the last 2 1/2 cups of flour a little bit at a time until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. The dough will be VERY soft. Turn the dough onto an oiled counter top. Divide and shape the dough into 2 loafs. Place them into oiled bread pans.
Pre-heat the oven for 1 min...and then turn the oven OFF (this is just to get the oven warm). Place the bread into the warmed oven and let them rise for 10-15 min until the dough reaches the top of the pans. DO NOT REMOVE BREAD FROM OVEN. Turn oven ON to 350 F and bake for 30 min. Remove from pans and cool on rack.
Don't be sad if your 1st attempt doesn't look as pretty as mine did. I have a gift. And I am sure that with practice yours too can look as nice as mine.
But just so you all know that even perfect people can make mistakes I posted this next picture.
This was going to be my second attempt at bread. This was going to be Artisan bread. It required that you add water to a pan underneath the baking bread to give it steam and produce a crusty outer crust (my favorite!).
I knew it was a bad idea to add cold water to a glass pan in a hot oven but I totally was adding BOILING water to it and I thought I would be safe. WRONG. Glass shattered and went everywhere! Luckily the kids were all in bed and no one was hurt. I will try again in the morning, this time with a metal pan.
Everyone LOVED it except for a certain redheaded Rapunzel. She thought it tasted like a dog biscuit. She is a snob when it comes to any bread other than Grandma Sycamore's White Bread that her Grandma buys for her. (It's a special Grandma treat that she toasts and then dips in hot chocolate) We have been buying Grandma Sycamore's Honey Whole Wheat for years. And all these years I have been thinking that I am such a great Mom making my kids eat whole wheat. Turns out that I have just been poisoning them once little slice at a time. Grandma Sycamore's contains High Fructose Corn Syrup! UGH....is there anything out there that DOESN'T?!
Just to prove that I am trying hard to make a healthy improvements in my family's diet I have posted some pictures of my bread success! And one unfortunate failure!
The recipe I used was from this website http://www.superhealthykids.com/Recipes.html And in true fashion I didn't follow the recipe as it was written. This is how I did it.........
3 2/3(ish) cups whole wheat flour
1 1/4 TBS yeast
2 1/2 cups hot tap water
1 TBS salt
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
1 1/4 TBS bottled lemon juice
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
Mix together the flour and the yeast with a dough hook (stand mixer). Add the water all at once and mix for 1 min. Cover and let rest for 10 min. Add salt, oil, honey, and lemon juice. Mix for 1 min. Add the last 2 1/2 cups of flour a little bit at a time until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. The dough will be VERY soft. Turn the dough onto an oiled counter top. Divide and shape the dough into 2 loafs. Place them into oiled bread pans.
Pre-heat the oven for 1 min...and then turn the oven OFF (this is just to get the oven warm). Place the bread into the warmed oven and let them rise for 10-15 min until the dough reaches the top of the pans. DO NOT REMOVE BREAD FROM OVEN. Turn oven ON to 350 F and bake for 30 min. Remove from pans and cool on rack.
Don't be sad if your 1st attempt doesn't look as pretty as mine did. I have a gift. And I am sure that with practice yours too can look as nice as mine.
But just so you all know that even perfect people can make mistakes I posted this next picture.
This was going to be my second attempt at bread. This was going to be Artisan bread. It required that you add water to a pan underneath the baking bread to give it steam and produce a crusty outer crust (my favorite!).
I knew it was a bad idea to add cold water to a glass pan in a hot oven but I totally was adding BOILING water to it and I thought I would be safe. WRONG. Glass shattered and went everywhere! Luckily the kids were all in bed and no one was hurt. I will try again in the morning, this time with a metal pan.
Monday, February 21, 2011
TMI
This post will contain TOO MUCH INFO. Stop reading now if you would still like to be able to look me in the eye without feeling slightly weird or awkward. If you are a 7 year old boy I am quite sure that you will get a kick out of this post!
Floater or Sinker? Yes people, we are talking about POO. No, I do not have any pictures to post with this. Your welcome.
After watching the video (Have you watched it yet?! You NEED to! It will change your life!) It has been brought to my attention that my family and I are not getting enough fiber. I was talking to the Hubbs about ways we can add more fiber into our everyday diets and trying to come up with easy, simple ideas. After much talk this was his question to me...."Do you know how you can tell if you are getting enough fiber in your diet?" Me... "No". His answer, "If your poop floats." Great. I am so glad that he is such a fountain of knowledge.
I personally have never had a 'floater'. (See this was the TMI I was warning you about!) I honestly can say that I didn't even know there was such a thing! Now that's all I can think about. I MUST be a horrible eater to never have a floater! Not only am I paranoid by Fructose but now I am worried about not getting enough fiber too! This whole healthy eating thing has totally consumed my life. I guess it's a good thing. But my biggest problem now is that I know all this stuff......how do I apply it?! I have enough going on in my life: Trying to raise kind, healthy, happy children. Keeping a house clean. Keeping a yard up to Better Homes and Gardens condition. Being up to date on world events (thanks Star magazine). Volunteering at my children's school (ha, let's not kid anyone about this... I have been once.). Making the world a much prettier place through my job, which I LOVE! It's a lot for a girl to take on!! I have no time to make my own ketchup, tomato soup, or cereal! I thought part of the joys of living in the year 2000 was that life would be easier. But after walking up and down the isles of the grocery stores I had only placed 4 items in my cart. I couldn't bring myself to place anything in my cart that had the word fructose in the ingredient list. I was also on the lookout for high fiber foods. That was a little bit easier but then when you check out the ingredients that darn fructose would be there AGAIN! You would be SHOCKED at how many things contain it! So once again I am asking..... WHAT IS A GIRL TO DO?! Should I now add master gardener to my list of things I must do to be a good Mom?! I do have a big garden I began destroying last fall. Perhaps this spring I can resurrect it to it's original glory. I have been told by many of my neighbors that the previous owners were wonderful gardeners. Well good for them.... I make WONDERFUL cookies! I think our neighbors would rather have a fresh plate of warm cookies than a bushel of fresh produce, right?! Plus the Hubbs had high hopes of the garden growing into a basketball court this summer. I guess we will see how long this 'health kick' lasts.
Floater or Sinker? Yes people, we are talking about POO. No, I do not have any pictures to post with this. Your welcome.
After watching the video (Have you watched it yet?! You NEED to! It will change your life!) It has been brought to my attention that my family and I are not getting enough fiber. I was talking to the Hubbs about ways we can add more fiber into our everyday diets and trying to come up with easy, simple ideas. After much talk this was his question to me...."Do you know how you can tell if you are getting enough fiber in your diet?" Me... "No". His answer, "If your poop floats." Great. I am so glad that he is such a fountain of knowledge.
I personally have never had a 'floater'. (See this was the TMI I was warning you about!) I honestly can say that I didn't even know there was such a thing! Now that's all I can think about. I MUST be a horrible eater to never have a floater! Not only am I paranoid by Fructose but now I am worried about not getting enough fiber too! This whole healthy eating thing has totally consumed my life. I guess it's a good thing. But my biggest problem now is that I know all this stuff......how do I apply it?! I have enough going on in my life: Trying to raise kind, healthy, happy children. Keeping a house clean. Keeping a yard up to Better Homes and Gardens condition. Being up to date on world events (thanks Star magazine). Volunteering at my children's school (ha, let's not kid anyone about this... I have been once.). Making the world a much prettier place through my job, which I LOVE! It's a lot for a girl to take on!! I have no time to make my own ketchup, tomato soup, or cereal! I thought part of the joys of living in the year 2000 was that life would be easier. But after walking up and down the isles of the grocery stores I had only placed 4 items in my cart. I couldn't bring myself to place anything in my cart that had the word fructose in the ingredient list. I was also on the lookout for high fiber foods. That was a little bit easier but then when you check out the ingredients that darn fructose would be there AGAIN! You would be SHOCKED at how many things contain it! So once again I am asking..... WHAT IS A GIRL TO DO?! Should I now add master gardener to my list of things I must do to be a good Mom?! I do have a big garden I began destroying last fall. Perhaps this spring I can resurrect it to it's original glory. I have been told by many of my neighbors that the previous owners were wonderful gardeners. Well good for them.... I make WONDERFUL cookies! I think our neighbors would rather have a fresh plate of warm cookies than a bushel of fresh produce, right?! Plus the Hubbs had high hopes of the garden growing into a basketball court this summer. I guess we will see how long this 'health kick' lasts.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Reminder
This is just a reminder that you still NEED TO WATCH THE VIDEO I posted a few days ago! It really is well worth your time. Put the kids to bed, invite your significant other to snuggle up next to you, and watch it. I took notes..... you might want to too. Leave a comment letting me know you have watched it. I will NOT post another thing until EVERYONE has watched it, and left a comment.
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