nourish :: body

Joy, this is for you! :)

2009-04-30T06:52:00.001-07:00

Here are two favorite dessert recipes that my kids LOVE!!! They are healthy options that are actually GOOD for you! Don't believe me??? Try it! And, then tell me what you think!

Carrot Cake
My friend Beth gave me this recipe which I know she found on the internet but I don't remember where...so if this is your recipe....SORRY! Feel free to comment here and let us know!
Makes 3 8-inch layers or a 9X13 pan

Wet Ingredients:
3/4 cup walnuts (I use my crispy nuts...Nourishing Traditions style)
1 1/2 cup peeled, grated carrots (3-4 large carrots)
3/4 cup crushed, unsweetend pineapple (fresh or canned in it's own juice)
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup agave nectar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour (I use spelt)
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2.Line bottoms of cake pans with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat
3.Toast walnuts in preheated oven for about 10 minutes, then cool and chop coarsely with a knife or in a food processor
4. Peel and grate carrots to a medium grate
5. Drain the canned pineapple (reserve the juice for another use)
6. Combine the chopped nuts, grated carrots, pineapple, and raisins, and set aside
7. Sift the dry ingredients together
8. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and agave nectar together until well blended.
9. Add the eggs one at a time, incorporating the first egg before adding the second
10. On the lowest speed, stir in the dry ingredients
11. Fold the carrots mixture in by hand with a rubber or silicone spatula
12 Bake in the preheated oven for about 30-40 minutes, depending on the pan size. The cake is done when it bounces back when touched lightly in the center.
13. Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting

I don't use frosting at all unless it's for a birthday or special occasion...in which case I make a cream cheese frosting with all organic ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese, room temp
1 stick butter
1 box powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
melt butter and then beat all ingredients together.

I'll post my recipe for REAL FOOD CHOCOLATE BROWNIES later... I don't have time right now! But I promise...they taste awesome!

Menu Plan Monday

2009-04-27T12:28:00.000-07:00

So, I've taken a break from menu planning lately and it's not doing me any favors. But I'm back in the saddle again, however, so here's my plan for the week!

Monday:
Breakfast: leftover soaked buttermilk spelt pancakes, bananas and peanut butter
Lunch: leftover chili, salad
Dinner: Ezekiel spaghetti with meat sauce, salad
To Do: Soak chick peas, soak quinoa, start spelt sourdough starter for pizza

Tuesday:
Breakfast: raw yogurt, berries, granola
Lunch: leftover spaghetti
Dinner: grilled white fish, quinoa salad with dried cherries, nuts, green salad
To Do: thaw turkey

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Soaked oatmeal with cinnamon and honey
Lunch: Homemade hummus with carrots and celery. Raw cheese, and sourdough bread
Dinner: Turkey and zucchini soup

Thursday:
Breakfast: eggs, Ezekiel toast with homemade butter
Lunch: soup
Dinner: Homemade soaked spelt pizza with tomatoes, feta, spinach, and calamata olives
To Do: thaw chicken

Friday:
Breakfast: Soaked porridge (combination of millet, amaranth, and quinoa)
Lunch: leftover whatever
Dinner: beef and wild rice, asparagus
To Do: Soak rice, roast chicken, thaw roast

Saturday:
Breakfast: Soaked buckwheat pancakes, turkey sausage, and eggs
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Chicken and chickpea curry over brown rice

Sunday:
Breakfast: leftover pancakes, bananas
Lunch: veggies, hummus, cheese
Dinner: pot roast, potatoes, carrots, onions, etc.

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

2009-04-23T18:03:00.000-07:00

It's been so long since I've posted on here! It really is just because I'm busy and I don't post if I don't feel like it! :) Sorry to all of you who look on here often...all 3 of you! :0)
Anyway, I'm doing great. My kids are doing great. We're eating well, playing outside, doing tons (probably too many) of playdates, and I'm getting projects done around the house. I'm pretty determined not to get on the computer much during the day anymore, so I just don't have the time to write much.
Things have been going well for the boys and their skin until this week. It's so nice out and they've even worn shorts a couple times. Well, Abraham's legs are just super inflamed now...which I distinctly remember happening last year right about this time when he started to play outside. So, I'm pretty certain he's got some environmental allergies that I really can't do anything about. The only thing I have read is that people with environmental allergies should probably stay away from gluten and dairy even if they aren't necessarily allergic or sensitive to those things because they do produce a high level of mucus. During allergy season, this just should be avoided to help keep inflammation down as much as possible.
We'd actually been gradually adding dairy and gluten back in our diets on a rotating basis and the boys have seemed to handle it just fine. But, with this setback I'm afraid we're going to have to go back to square one! On the positive side, Eliot seems to be doing great! He's got a couple small patches, but overall his legs look amazing!
I haven't been quite as diligent about menu planning...I really need to for financial and health purposes. I will work on that and hopefully post a menu soon!

This week's menus

2009-03-10T13:10:00.000-07:00

so we haven't done a lot of menu planning lately...i've been a bit lazy. and sick. and poor. i went to costco about 12 days ago and stocked up...and haven't been grocery shopping since! well...wait matt went once and picked up meat to grill, but other than that we're using up what we have until payday (friday). things won't be so tight for a while because we're getting a significant tax return and matt will have a closing (the first one in almost 6 months!)...things are looking up! :0)

here's our very meager menu plan until payday comes:

monday (yesterday, i know)
breakfast: porridge (millet, amaranth, quinoa, oat groat) with homemade applesauce
lunch: leftover veggie, rice noodle soup
dinner: pork fried rice with leftover pork chop, egg, onion, carrot, zucchini, broccoli

tuesday
breakfast: toast with almond butter and agave (we used ezekiel hamburger buns and GF rice bread), scrambled eggs, and homemade applesauce
lunch: leftover soup, carrot sticks with hummus, kale chips
dinner: at a friend's...we're bringing the veggie (broccoli, i think)

wednesday
breakfast: steel cut oats, apple slices, peanut butter
lunch: leftover noodles and red sauce, salad
dinner: lentil pancakes and indian style beef and cabbage

thursday
breakfast: teff skillet bread, pears
lunch: leftovers
dinner: turkey and tomato bean soup

friday
breakfast: leftover skillet bread, orange slices
lunch: leftover soup
dinner: black-eyed pea salad, green salad, grilled salmon

saturday
breakfast: buckwheat pancakes, turkey sausage, fruit
lunch: personal pizzas on ezekiel bread
dinner: lamb shepherd's pie

sunday
breakfast: leftover pancakes, fruit
lunch: out with friends
dinner: salmon burgers, salad

Makers Diet Menu

2009-01-12T08:16:00.000-08:00

Ok, I really was kidding that I won't be posting just because Matt's a better writer! I have just been busy! :) Just to catch you up, Matt and I are doing a dietary cleanse. I say dietary because we aren't doing any pills or staying buy the toilet all day for a week! We're just cleaning up our food in a big way. We eat very well on a regular basis, but over Christmas break we ate too much sugar and just too much food in general. So, we're doing the Maker's Diet, a three phase, 40-day diet that basically detoxes your body from all carbs and sugar for a month! Yeah...not easy. But, I've done it before and I feel SO much better. We're not going to take out healthy grains for the boys but they won't be having much/if any sugar at all either! The first two weeks there are no beans except lentils, very few nuts...mainly almonds. No grains, potatoes, cow's dairy (we can have goat's), no pork or shellfish (hence, Maker's Diet). You may notice that I'm doing eggs and veggies every day! I have been eating that for months anyway and I don't get sick of it. I do change it up a bit by adding herbs, goat cheese, making omelets, fried eggs, scrambled, etc. Sorry if it's boring to you, but it's just so much less for me to think about and we love it. Also, again, to make it easier on myself, I always make lots at dinner so there's plenty for leftovers for lunch the next day. So, here's our menu for this first week of the plan:

Monday
Breakfast: eggs and sauteed veggies in coconut oil
fiber drink, cod liver oil, greens capsules, whole food multivitamin
Lunch: Green salad with onions, carrots, peppers, sprouts, goat cheese, avocado, sprouted sunflower seeds with homemade apple cider vinegar dressing.
Cocount/chicken broth with cilantro and scallions
Dinner: Frijole Soup, green salad
Snack: goat milk yogurt, blackberries, raw honey and sprouted sunflower seeds

Tuesday
Breakfast: eggs and veggies in homemade butter
fiber, greens, clo, multivitamin
Lunch: leftover soup
Dinner: Wild alaskan salmon with lentils and green salad
Snack: Crispy nuts and goat cheese

Wednesday
Breakfast: veggies and eggs
Lunch: leftover salmon and lentils sauteed with cabbage, onions, veggies
Dinner: Lamb chops, green beans, green salad
Snack: Tomatoes, onions, and avocado with apple cider vinegar, herbamare and olive oil

Thursday
Breakfast: veggies and eggs
Lunch: cold lamb meat over salad
Dinner: Indian beef and cabbage, steamed broccoli with butter
Snack: Hard boiled eggs, carrot sticks

Friday
Breakfast: eggs and veggies
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Homemade spaghetti sauce with beef over spaghetti squash, green salad
Snack: Goat's yogurt, berries, seeds, and raw honey

Saturday
Breakfast: eggs, turkey sausage, veggies
Lunch: Tuna salad with natural mayo over salad with avocado, peppers, onions, sprouts, etc.
Dinner: Healing Chicken soup with ginger, green salad
Snack: Crispy nuts, goat cheese

Sunday
Breakfast: eggs, veggies
Lunch: leftover soup
Dinner: Salmon burgers, salad, steamed broccoli
Snacks: tomato, avocado, onion salsa

Soy Candles

2008-12-15T14:02:00.001-08:00

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

2008-12-05T12:27:00.001-08:00

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

2008-12-02T14:04:00.000-08:00

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! :)

Wanna be a guinea pig?

2008-11-22T19:26:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited to begin a nutritional coaching business! I'm looking for clients right now who don't mind being guinea pigs! :) I'm working out the kinks and would love to have practice! I'll be taking my first 5+ clients at a very reduced fee basis and would even consider bartering good/services if that's better for you. I can work with people near or far. If you are interested, please e-mail me at e.alberhasky@hotmail.com.

Disclaimer: I am NOT a health professional. I am just a passionate woman who has seen amazing results in my own family's health by changing the foods we eat. I cannot and will not diagnose or treat medical conditions. I will, however, share helpful information and resources that can help change your relationship with food.

Natural Cold Remedies

2008-11-06T10:31:00.000-08:00

My entire family has been sick this week. Well, Eliot got a cold last week, and the rest of us have been sick this week. Shockingly Eliot was the least sick of all of us! He's the one who in the past would typically get sick and stay sick for a long time and it would usually be way more severe than anyone else. I think all the things we are doing to boost his immune system are helping! Yea!

So, since cold season is upon us, I thought I'd share what we do to treat it at our house. It's fresh on my mind so it's easier to remember it all. I think this is the first time we've had colds where I didn't give the kids ANY conventional medical intervention...not even tylonol! And, they are recovering marvelously! We haven't even been up all night with them (except one night with Abraham). My friend Joy has a great list of what they do at their house as well.

1. At the first sign of Eliot's cold I began giving all the kids eccinacea. We use Herbs For Kids. They got this 3 times a day for about 10 days. After that you could become immune to it's immune boosting power!

2. We doubled their daily dose of cod liver oil. CLO (when from a great source) is a wonderful source of vitamin A and D...great for the immune system! We use Green Pastures Fermented Cod Liver Oil. It's about the best you can find.

3. Essential oils. Eucalyptus oil is great for colds and respiratory issues. We put a couple drops on the bottom of the kids feet before bed.

4. Badger balm. You can find this at any health food store. It's an herbal chest rub with eucalyptus in it. We use that on the feet too!

5. Vaporizors with a few drops of eucalyptus oil for diffusion.

6.Hylands homeopathic remedies. I bought this great kit from Be The Butterfly. It has remedies for colds, fevers, runny noses, injuries, etc. WONDERFUL, although I do wonder if there's a better quality brand of homeopathic products.

7. Willow/garlic ear oil by Herbs for Kids. You can make your own and I've done that in the past, but sometimes when the whole family is sick no one has the energy to make something else! :)

8. Elevate beds. I've found that it's much easier (especially with kids) to elevate the mattress by putting a pillow under it or by putting books under the front bed legs rather than to add an extra pillow under their heads. This one thing almost entirely eliminates coughing and drainage!

9. Probiotics. We do these daily anyway, but we make sure not to miss a day when we're sick.

10. Vitamin C. Seems basic, and it is. Vit. C is wonderful for immune system support. Make sure to look for a brand that is from a whole food source, like acerola cherries. Radiant Life has a vitamin c called Pure Radiance C that we love.

11. Healing foods. When sick, our bodies need all the energy it can muster to heal. If you eat a steak, your body is going to have to work so hard just to digest it that it won't have any energy for healing. So, we eat foods that are really easy to digest like steamed veggies, soaked grains (this week we've had a lot of quinoa) and above all, soups made with homemade broth!!! Bone broths that are homemade and cooked for days have more nutrition and healing properties than about anything else we can eat. I have a recipe for both chicken and beef bone broth that are wonderful. We also do a lot of fermented veggies. These cleanse the body and detox as well as add in good bacteria.

12. Drink plenty of liquids. We bought herbal immune system supporting teas. Traditional Medicinal makes specific teas for colds!

13. NO SUGAR. PERIOD. One serving of sugar weakens your immune system for 24 hours.

14. Raw honey. Natures only predigested food. Wonderful healing properties and enzymes. Actually, this is how we get our kids to take cod liver oil! We dip the spoon in honey and then put the CLO on the spoon. The kids actually get excited to take "honey oil"! Thanks to Deborah for that great idea!

We actually did all of these things (except the ear oil...no one complained of ear aches) but we were pretty sick. With a mild cold you maybe able to get by with just a few. But if I had to prioritize it'd definitely be taking away sugar and putting in healing foods! It really only took about 5-6 days of doing all those things. It was worth it! I know if we had interfered with medicine we'd probably just have further damaged our immune systems ability to fight infection on its own. However, for the sake of total honesty, Matt and I took ibuprophen on a couple of occasions. I had a fever one night of 102, which I let burn. But then the whole next day my body hurt so bad and I had 3 small kids to care for by myself. 'Nuff said.

Too much of a good thing?

2008-10-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

I was at a meeting the other night where a woman made a comment I haven't been able to get out of my mind. She said something to the tune of, "I don't believe in buying organic products when half the world is starving to death." At first I thought she had a good point. But, the more I've thought about it the more I see the faulty thinking. Here are some random but related thoughts I have:
1. While it looks different here than it does in third-world countries, Americans are starving as well. Certainly we don't appear to be starving, with the obesity rates. But, what about nutritionally? Aren't we starving ourselves TRUE nourishment? Are we not sicker and more infertile than we have ever been? I heard some shocking statistics recently...forgive my lack of footnotes...I can't remember where I read them. 25% of male college-age students are infertile. 40+% of women in child-bearing years are infertile. This says nothing of the vitality and health of the rest of us. We're diabetic, allergy-laden, brain-starved, and depressed...and dying off due to infertility.

2. I believe that we cannot fully minister to others in our current condition. Perhaps if I give my family not just organic, but truly nutritional foods, they will be better equipped to meet the needs of those around them and those around the world.

3. The industry that promotes cheap, processed, nasty food is corrupt and self-serving. Most of them know full well the hazards of eating their own food, and yet they promote it as being "healthy." As a believer I feel personally moved to support local, organic farmers sustain their lively-hood in producing safe, nutritional whole foods.

4. I am absolutely passionate about finding ways to get third-world countries food that will also nourish and promote life-long health! I have been learning more about ministries that do just that and will hopefully post on that soon!

I'd love to hear your thoughts. I don't think I'm right about everything, these are just my initial thoughts and ideas on the matter. Comment and let me know how you feel!

Food for thought

2008-10-28T14:48:00.000-07:00

I decided to post my menu for the week today because I felt that Tuesday is a better day to start the week. Actually, no. I just forgot yesterday. So, I'm tired and a bit lazy so I'm just going to post our dinners. I think you probably get the idea of what we do for breakfast and lunch.

Monday: Spaghetti with rice pasta
Tuesday: Dinner at friends (grilled meat, salad)
Wednesday: Steak and rice (soaked in broth) with carrots, onions, asparagus, spinach
Thursday: Dinner at Matt's sisters house
Friday: Stuffed acorn squash and roasted brussel sprouts.
Saturday: leftovers for boys (Matt and I are at a friend's house)
Sunday: Lentil pancakes, green salad, squash

Some of the meals may seem to be repeats of last week but they're just ones we never go to last week! :)

Menu Plan Monday

2008-10-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

Monday
Breakfast: Steel cut oats with walnuts, dried apples, and cinnamon. Smoothies
Lunch: leftover black bean soup
Dinner: Nachos with homemade salsa, black beans, cheese, avocado

Tuesday
Breakfast: Teff skillet bread with almond butter, smoothies
Lunch: leftover whatever from the fridge
Dinner: Grilled chicken with green beans, salad, and grilled potatoes

Wednesday
Breakfast: GF Pancakes, smoothies
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Spaghetti with salad

Thursday
Breakfast: Oatmeal with peaches and agave, smoothies
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Grilled salmon, asparagus, curried quinoa

Friday
Breakfast: Potato/veggie/sausage skillet
Lunch: cabbage hash/leftovers
Dinner: NIGHT OFF

Saturday
Breakfast: GF muffins, homemade turkey sausage
Lunch: Baked potato with salsa, avocado, cheese, beans
Dinner: Lentil Pancakes, roasted acorn squash, green salad

Sunday
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Minestrone soup

Black bean soup

2008-10-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

We played hookie from church this morning to stay home and rest. It's been a long busy week and the rest of today is crazy busy. So, in an effort to truly have a sabbath, we slept in and stayed home. We're still in our jammies and it's after noon! It's been great, but I had this hankering for some soup and I had the itch of creativity. So, I whipped up a little something I like to call black bean soup...I know, right? SO novel. Well, it's what I had on hand. I had planned to make it earlier in the week but never got around to it. I do have a recipe that is wonderful, but I didn't feel like going ALL THE WAY upstairs to get it, so I improvised. What came from it was so much better than the recipe I've been making for the last 2 years! I don't measure anything, so I'll do my best to get it down on paper.

Black Bean Soup
1 Onion, chopped
2 large carrots, chopped
2-3 stalks of celery, chopped
1/2 jalepeno, chopped (optional)
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped (I can't use this because Eliot's allergic, but it would have been SO good)
4-6 cups chicken broth (preferably homemade with chicken feet and marrow for healing properties) Also, 4 cups would make it thicker consistency, more would make it a bit more soupy.
3-4 cans black beans (I used dried ones that I'd prepared in advanced...probably 3-4 cups)
2 large potatoes
1 package of 4 fully cooked organic chicken or turkey sausage, diced into bite size pieces
2 tsp cumin
1 TBS mexican seasoning
salt or herbamare to taste

For toppings, any combination of the following:
organic raw cheddar or jack cheese
cilantro
tomato
diced red onion
chile pepper, finely diced
sour cream

Saute onion, celery, jalepeno, garlic, and half the carrot on medium/high in olive or coconut oil for 5 minutes until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Season with cumin, mexican spices, and salt. Stir. Add broth and half the beans (undrained if you want to have thicker soup). Bring to a boil and then turn down heat and simmer another 10 minutes. Take soup off heat and puree in blender or using immersion blender. Put back on the stove and add chopped potatoes, sausage, the rest of the carrot and black beans. Simmer on medium for 10-15 minutes until potatoes are fork tender. Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary. If too thick, can add a bit more broth or water.
Serve in bowls and top with chopped cilantro, red onion, tomato, chili pepper, sour cream, and cheese...or any combination thereof!

It's a fiesta in your mouth! Seriously, I'm going down for another bowl! :) Enjoy!

Guest Blogging

2008-10-14T19:56:00.001-07:00

I've been a guest blogger all week at happytobeathome.net! Check it out to see what's cooking in my kitchen! :)

Menu Plan Monday

2008-10-05T20:23:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted a menu in a while. I want to start adding recipes, so if you've asked for a recipe...it's coming! :) Here's a sneak peak into our nutrition for the week.

Monday
Breakfast: Hot cereal with peaches and almond milk smoothies
Lunch: Leftover Squash soup, salad, carrot sticks
Dinner: Mexican Millet/Amaranth casserole with chicken and veggies

Tuesday
Breakfast: GF muesli with nuts and dried fruits, smoothie
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Indian-style cabbage and beef with rice

Wednesday
Breakfast: Potato and veggies with bacon
Lunch: PBJ rice wraps to go, carrot sticks, apples
Dinner: Thai salmon soup, sauteed veggies

Thursday
Breakfast: Teff pancakes wit almond butter, smoothies
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Birthday dinner for Matt..TBA

Friday
Breakfast: GF oatmeal, smothies
Lunch: Leftovers or soup from freezer
Dinner: steak, potato and salad (at Matt's parents)

Saturday
Breakfast: GF muffins, apple and nut butter, smoothies
Lunch: Leftovers or soup from freezer
Dinner: Out for birthday with family (make something for boys)

Sunday
Breakfast: GF oatmeal, smoothies, fruit
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Quick pizzas in toaster oven