Soy Candles

Hello everyone! I just wanted to put in a good word for my friend, Hollie, who is selling homemade soy candles for Christmas! While I don't recommend eating soy, it is very safe to burn! :) She only uses natural ingredients and they are dye-free! Her blog is here. If you're local, she can deliver for an additional charge. Or if you know me and you want to pick them up at my house you can! I have ordered a bunch of these every year! They are great for giving to teachers! I also love to stuff them in my family's stockings! They smell WONDERFUL!
Remember to buy local and natural whenever possible!
Blessings and Merry Christmas!

No need to blog

Since Matt (my husband) started his blog, I no longer feel the need to write here anymore! :) This is reminding me of how we both started to learn guitar at the same time in high school but he got so much better so much faster so I quit! I'm just going to have to be ok with the fact that he's smarter and more talented in all the ways I want to be. Maybe he's super jealous that I have a lot of hair! :) I will hold on to that for now.
Anyway, I've tried and tried on here to express myself on "green" living and organic foods and buying locally. But, of course, on his 4th blog post EVER, Matt nails it on the head. I'm like, "yeah, that's what I've been thinking but couldn't figure out how to say it! whatever, smarty pants!"
So, go read it. Sometime soon I'll think of something to write about that Matt doesn't know anything about...keep waiting, it may take awhile! :)

Menus Menus Menus

I've been working on a menu that covers the next 3 weeks or so. I am feeling quite overwhelmed by everything I need to do, but part of the stress is because I haven't been using a working menu for a couple weeks. With Thanksgiving, it was all I could do to just organize that and how we were going to get through it without cheating too much! :) We did pretty well. I made separate batches of mashed potatoes for Eliot as well as bread, and dessert. So, I was quite a busy bee last week. But, now with Christmas coming, we want to make sure we are eating as healthy and as healing as possible to prepare for when my family comes into town. I'm including lots of ways to get our homemade broths in (soaked rice, soups, etc.).
Our breakfasts are pretty much a rotation of the following (although I eat 2 eggs almost religiously every day)
Potato/veggie skillet
GF pancakes
Teff Skillet bread
Musli (Soaked oats with nuts and dried fruit)
GF muffins
I'd prefer to not have so much grain for every breakfast. But, I do use a variety of grains like buckwheat, teff, and sorghum. I always soak overnight and none of the recipes I have use sweeteners. With no dairy, egg, or gluten, our options for breakfast are very limiting...ideas are always welcome...only don't say meat...we can't afford it! :)

So, here's a peek at this weeks menu:
Monday (yesterday)
Breakfast: Oats
Dinner: Turkey and potato soup with carrots in homemade stock

Tuesday
Breakfast: Potato/veggie skillet with sausage, Smoothies (with probiotics, Vit. D drops, Vit. C, eccinacea, and Eliot's gut healing powders). They also all take a spoonful of fermented cod liver oil with raw honey each morning.
Dinner: Shepherd's pie with leftover mashed potatoes and veggies

Wednesday
Breakfast: GF Pancakes
Dinner: Beef Pot roast, mexican style with beans, veggies, and raw cheese

Thursday
Breakfast: Oats with berries and nuts, Smoothies
Dinner: Stuffed acorn squash with rice,onions, veggies, and turkey sausage

Friday
Breakfast: Teff Skillet Bread
Dinner: Homemade pizza night (GF crust, no cheese for Eliot)

Saturday
Breakfast: Apple Spice muffins and Potato skillet
Dinner: Chicken and broccoli over brown rice pasta

Sunday
Breakfast: Leftover muffins, fruit
Dinner: Mommy mcNuggets (Big pieces of chicken rolled in olive oil, grainy mustard, and crushed nuts), green salad, green beans

Oh, I don't put in the lunch menu because pretty much every day we eat leftovers from the night before. If not, I'll smear some organic peanut butter and agave nectar on a brown rice tortilla with carrot sticks and an apple and we call it good! :)