Okay not ready for any announcements or anything but just a quick post for myself more than anything. Clay and I both are really wanting to recommit to eating healthier. Granted we eat pretty darn healthy compared to most people. We eat loads of veggies, fruits, and always whole wheat. But it's easy towards the end of a pregnancy as you're super tired, etc. to let things slip. But Clay has started working out most nights a week and I think he's starting to have his body really crave healthier things. He IS the one in our family that buys ice cream, soda, etc. LOL. Though he has gotten addicted to the more expensive all natural sodas and root beer from Wild Oats, so that's better than icky normal soda. Anyways, so he's been telling me that he wants to eat healthier and considering that's something I have always prayed that he embraced on his own, I need to HOP TO IT! Not to mention that nursing I need to remain focused on eating well for this baby doll. So I want to plan my menu for the day right now (I should have done this last night) so I can be prepared when I get hungry and know what I want to eat.
Breakfast (already ate this): a bowl of old fashioned oatmeal (okay okay rolled oats) with a little molasses and a cut up peach YUM! Oh and a glass of nice cold raw milk.
Lunch - Bean salad (kidney beans, garbanzo beans, chopped crunchy veggies - carrots, etc. and some Ranch dressing) Anyone have a tried and true HOMEMADE Ranch recipe? I need one. All this yummy milk we're getting AND the fact that even Clay has expressed concerns over such processed stuff makes me want something the kids love. Anyways, the kids LOVE this. I've taken it to parties and people have no idea how easy it is and there's never ANY left.
Snack - Fuji apple, sliced
Dinner - Curried garbanzo bean and yellow squash (with coconut milk in it) wrapped in whole wheat wraps (those thick yummy ones you can buy at the store)
Dessert - Maybe a little of the homemade vanilla pudding Frankie and I are going to make soon. Homemade pudding is SO easy, the kids love it and it doesn't have all the crap that boxed pudding does. I'll get our recipe later and post it.
Before bed - I told the kids they could have some warm milk with molasses in it. They LOVE molasses. And it's so good for you. Yum. Me? Before bed I AM AM AM going to take my supplements (cod liver oil, liquid calcium, iron, acidophilis)
AND drink lots of water. That reminds me. I haven't had any water today just milk. So Cassie's off to get me a quart jar of water.
We've been so blessed to find a fabulous co-op where we can get raw milk from the local farmers. Raw milk is SO good for you, the great NON homogenized fats are great for your body, the live enzymes not destroyed my pasteurizing make it so digestable. A story :) Adric was horribly allergic to milk. Even as a baby he had horrible colic from my breastmilk and his reaction to his dairy allergy. He had insanley horrible eczema. It was bad. When I cut milk and eggs (he was allergic to eggs to) he cleared up. As he got older, even touching milk to his skin made me break out is a rash. We have an epipen and all that jazz for him. So we started him on kefir. The probiotics helped his body deal with a lot of the allergy and he could even have milk in his cereal. BUT when he does have normal homogenized pasteurized milk he gets horrible allergy shiners (dark dark circles under his eyes). BUt when he drinks his yummy raw milk he drinks at least 3 cups a day and never has any eye circles. He feels great. What a difference. Anyways, there are often places to get raw milk close by in all areas of the country. Check out www.realmilk.com
Okay off to finish up some other stuff. And chores, laundry, etc. :)
Hello Kim. I was reading about Adrick's alergy and I was compelled to ask. You see I was allergic to all formulas as a baby. Then as a child I hated milk. I guess I never realized it hurt. So during puberty I started to notice that every time I had any dairy, Cheese, milk even ice cream it made my ears itch. Made my chest hurt. I would have to lay down until the pain went away and I could breath again. This was right about the time they came out with lactose free milk. But that didn'r hel. So my doctor thought it may be the protien I was allergic to because sometimes I could tollerate cooked cheese. As I started having my kids I forced myself to have dairy. It hurt. My son would all asleep on me and his milk would touch my skin and I would get horrible welts. I have not had milk in years. So where can you find raw milk?
Posted by: heatherdumas | August 07, 2007 at 07:53 PM
Post your recipes Kim! I would love to try what you've talked about today. I drank raw milk while an exchange student in Brazil...it was soooooooo good. LOL! I'll have to look into it here. Although...my boys drink so much of it, I don't know if I could afford it. ;) We'll see!
Let me know if I can do anything before Monday. I will have time this weekend to scrap away! :)
Posted by: Keela | August 07, 2007 at 08:45 PM