Life has gotten pretty busy around here these last few weeks. We're right in the middle of crazy birthday season in our house. Matthew's was at the beginning of the month, and mine was last weekend, with Valentines day right in the middle, and M's (10th!!) is coming up in less than 2 weeks! To add to the craziness we are redoing her room for her birthday, so I've been working on that non-stop. Oh, and I got a new iMac! But I haven't had time to get everything moved over to it yet, so there's two computers on my desk, and I've been working back and forth between both of them. The rest of my house is really showing the lack of attention, and we're about out of food. Real food eating has pretty much come to a halt during all of this. I'm still keeping up with breakfast (kind of), but I'm really slacking on everything else. I had to tell myself that I need to back off and let it go while I'm working on M's room. I plan to make some more changes once thing settle down a little bit in a few weeks (we'll see how that goes when baseball/softball season starts). So for now, here's my easy (not all real food) menu:
Monday- crock pot salsa chicken quesadillas
Tuesday- pasta with meat sauce and veggies
Wednesday- the world's best chicken and baked potatoes
Thursday- tomato tortellini soup
Friday- homemade pizza
Saturday-
Sunday-
Plus more Whole Wheat Waffles and Granola.
I have still been taking my p52 pictures, but I haven't had time to edit them. I'll get some posted once I switch everything over to the new computer and I can edit them on there. :)
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Scrapbook Friday
More goodies to go with the Project Mouse release last week! I love that this is prompting me to scrap things I wouldn't normally have though to from our trip. This was just a quick iPhone snap on our way into the park, but now I've recorded a memory. I love that list of things we must do too! I spent a LOT of time researching how to best use our EE day, and it's fun to have that recorded on here. Lots of great stuff in the latest addition for sure! Anyway, here's my page:
In somewhat related news, this should be the last page I do on my PC! My new iMac came this week and I'm almost ready to move all my photos and scrap stuff over (which mostly means making sure everything is on the EHD and switching which computer it's hooked up too). I'm loving the Mac so far, but waiting to really play with it until the kids are back to school next week.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Menu- More Real Food
I did pretty well making the switch to real food until Valentines Day, and then it all went down hill. I knew it would though. I ate real food all week until Thursday when I made a special dessert for us (brownies in the waffle maker, not so awesome). Friday we went out of town and spent the weekend celebrating family birthdays with lots of cake and some eating out. I had an enchilada in the freezer that I pulled out for dinner last night when we got home. I think it was mostly real, except for the tortillas and maybe a tiny bit of taco seasoning on the chicken.
The next few weeks will be more of the same, working on making some changes, but not really going all the way with it. I did decide that I'm not going to be too strict with it anyway. I think the main changes I want to make are to add lots more fruits and veggies into our diet, and to switch out the big main things (like I talked about last week: cereal, bread, crackers, and tortillas). I will also switch out things that are easy switches (yogurt, peanut butter, ect), but I'm not going to worry about every little thing we eat right now.
After eating real food most of last week I have to say I was starving on it! I'm a little confused, as I'd read that it should actually keep me full longer, but that was not the case for me. Hopefully it was just my body adjusting to different foods and once I'm more use to it I won't need to eat every hour.
Anyway, on to the menu for this week:
Monday- homemade pizza (had too many leftovers last week, so this got bumped)
Tuesday- leftover enchiladas
Wednesday- pizza @ bounce night
Thursday- chicken something??
Friday- slow cooker ham & white beans with cornbread
Saturday- my birthday, NOT cooking! :)
Sunday-
Other things to make this week:
Granola (did this last night, it's pretty quick -other than the baking part- and easy)
Banana Bread (had to wait for the bananas to get ripe enough)
More Whole Wheat Waffles (these worked great for freezing and popping in the toaster in the morning)
Honey Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
The next few weeks will be more of the same, working on making some changes, but not really going all the way with it. I did decide that I'm not going to be too strict with it anyway. I think the main changes I want to make are to add lots more fruits and veggies into our diet, and to switch out the big main things (like I talked about last week: cereal, bread, crackers, and tortillas). I will also switch out things that are easy switches (yogurt, peanut butter, ect), but I'm not going to worry about every little thing we eat right now.
After eating real food most of last week I have to say I was starving on it! I'm a little confused, as I'd read that it should actually keep me full longer, but that was not the case for me. Hopefully it was just my body adjusting to different foods and once I'm more use to it I won't need to eat every hour.
Anyway, on to the menu for this week:
Monday- homemade pizza (had too many leftovers last week, so this got bumped)
Tuesday- leftover enchiladas
Wednesday- pizza @ bounce night
Thursday- chicken something??
Friday- slow cooker ham & white beans with cornbread
Saturday- my birthday, NOT cooking! :)
Sunday-
Other things to make this week:
Granola (did this last night, it's pretty quick -other than the baking part- and easy)
Banana Bread (had to wait for the bananas to get ripe enough)
More Whole Wheat Waffles (these worked great for freezing and popping in the toaster in the morning)
Honey Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Scrap Stuff
Britt has something big this week! She's teamed up with Sahlin Studio to create a whole new way to (quickly) scrap those Disney memories. This week is the first of many in the Project Mouse Collection. Here's my page with the new goodies:
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Menu- Real Food Style
This real food thing has been trending for a while and I think it's great. I've always agreed with what I've read, and for the most part I think we eat fairly close to it already. We don't do fast food unless we're traveling, we don't eat flavored chips (or any chips really unless we're having nachos), low-fat or non-fat versions of foods, or lots of junk. But there are a few areas that I've been reluctant to make the change on, mainly our breads and carbs.
I came across something yesterday where someone was talking about going preservative free and eating real food and what a difference it had made in her family, and it really caught my attention this time. I started doing more research and discovered that I think M may have a sensitivity to food dyes (which may be what causes her to randomly get sick at night). So I decided to take the plunge this time.
I was really excited yesterday, but I'm feeling more overwhelmed today. I'm going to start by just getting rid of cereal this week (that's a huge one for me, I eat two bowls of Special K a day usually), and then moving onto bread (probably baking my own, eek!) and snacks (ie: getting the kids off crackers) after that. It's going to mean a lot more baking for me, but hopefully it will be worth it!
I'm also going to make a conscious effort to add lots more fruits and veggies into our diet. That's something I've been thinking about all week actually. My family eats quite a bit already, but I'm terrible about this. I'm just not a big fan of the basics, apples, bananas, carrots... eh. I love berries, melons, artichokes, ect, but those all take a lot more effort (and/or money).
I really need to go check out what our local health food store (that my dad works at) has to offer. I'm hopeful that I may be able to find bread there that fits the rules, at least to use as a back-up for when I can't keep up with how much my family eats. I love the honey whole wheat bread from Great Harvest (and that's what I'm going to try to make at home), but it's expensive and we don't have a bakery locally, so it won't work as an everyday option for us.
So here's my plan for the week:
Breakfasts:
(make ahead for the week), all with fresh fruit :)
Whole Wheat Waffles with Berry Sauce (or 100% fruit jam that we already eat)
Banana Bread
Granola (either with berries and milk or over plain yogurt with berry sauce or fruit)
Lunches:
Same as usual for now
Cheap Costco bread for sandwiches
Fruits & veggies
Cheese
Ect...
Snacks:
Crackers
Fruits & veggies
Dinners:
I'm going to try to make as much real food as possible while still using up what we already have. I think dinners will probably be the easiest thing to get switched over as most of what we eat here is real food.
Saturday-?
Sunday- stuffed bell peppers (going to try adapting this recipe because I have a chicken breast I need to use)
Monday- salsa chicken, bell pepper, corn?, and black bean quesadillas (with homemade tortillas)
Tuesday- leftover chicken in a salad and baked potatoes
Wednesday- honey lime tilapia with broccoli and brown rice
Thursday- homemade pizza (using whole wheat flour and honey instead), spinach salad, and brownie waffle with ice cream and strawberries (so not real, but already planned as a fun Valentines treat)
I came across something yesterday where someone was talking about going preservative free and eating real food and what a difference it had made in her family, and it really caught my attention this time. I started doing more research and discovered that I think M may have a sensitivity to food dyes (which may be what causes her to randomly get sick at night). So I decided to take the plunge this time.
I was really excited yesterday, but I'm feeling more overwhelmed today. I'm going to start by just getting rid of cereal this week (that's a huge one for me, I eat two bowls of Special K a day usually), and then moving onto bread (probably baking my own, eek!) and snacks (ie: getting the kids off crackers) after that. It's going to mean a lot more baking for me, but hopefully it will be worth it!
I'm also going to make a conscious effort to add lots more fruits and veggies into our diet. That's something I've been thinking about all week actually. My family eats quite a bit already, but I'm terrible about this. I'm just not a big fan of the basics, apples, bananas, carrots... eh. I love berries, melons, artichokes, ect, but those all take a lot more effort (and/or money).
I really need to go check out what our local health food store (that my dad works at) has to offer. I'm hopeful that I may be able to find bread there that fits the rules, at least to use as a back-up for when I can't keep up with how much my family eats. I love the honey whole wheat bread from Great Harvest (and that's what I'm going to try to make at home), but it's expensive and we don't have a bakery locally, so it won't work as an everyday option for us.
So here's my plan for the week:
Breakfasts:
(make ahead for the week), all with fresh fruit :)
Whole Wheat Waffles with Berry Sauce (or 100% fruit jam that we already eat)
Banana Bread
Granola (either with berries and milk or over plain yogurt with berry sauce or fruit)
Lunches:
Same as usual for now
Cheap Costco bread for sandwiches
Fruits & veggies
Cheese
Ect...
Snacks:
Crackers
Fruits & veggies
Dinners:
I'm going to try to make as much real food as possible while still using up what we already have. I think dinners will probably be the easiest thing to get switched over as most of what we eat here is real food.
Saturday-?
Sunday- stuffed bell peppers (going to try adapting this recipe because I have a chicken breast I need to use)
Monday- salsa chicken, bell pepper, corn?, and black bean quesadillas (with homemade tortillas)
Tuesday- leftover chicken in a salad and baked potatoes
Wednesday- honey lime tilapia with broccoli and brown rice
Thursday- homemade pizza (using whole wheat flour and honey instead), spinach salad, and brownie waffle with ice cream and strawberries (so not real, but already planned as a fun Valentines treat)
Friday, February 8, 2013
Scrapbook Friday
Britt has a whole new collection out today, Pronto. It's a project life style collection, but it works great for everyday pages as well. Here's the page I scrapped with it:
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Menu
I'm still having on-again, off-again problems with the image uploader on here, so I will hopefully have last week's p52 pictures up soon, but as of right now it's not working.
Anyway... menu for the week:
Monday- leftover chili with cornbread waffles (those were so awesome, btw!)
Tuesday- chicken soup with bread (our tummies aren't quite recovered from all the Superbowl eating)
Wednesday- leftovers, easy snacks, whatever...
Thursday- homemade pizza with white sauce and chicken this time and apple pie (Matthew's birthday request)
Friday-
Saturday-
Anyway... menu for the week:
Monday- leftover chili with cornbread waffles (those were so awesome, btw!)
Tuesday- chicken soup with bread (our tummies aren't quite recovered from all the Superbowl eating)
Wednesday- leftovers, easy snacks, whatever...
Thursday- homemade pizza with white sauce and chicken this time and apple pie (Matthew's birthday request)
Friday-
Saturday-
Friday, February 1, 2013
Scrapbook Friday
Britt has some fun new products out this week, and they're all bundled in a collection, Stuffed With Fluff. Sadly, I don't have any Pooh pictures from our Disneyland trip, but this stuff works great for so many other things too! Here's the page I did with it.
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