Wednesday:

lunch:  Bananas, chili, green peppers, grapes,  cod (leftovers)

dinner:  Brown rice, corn and grilled vegetables, this was supposed to be a taco of sorts but I don't think it turned out like the recipe was supposed to be.

Thursday:

Breakfast:  oatmeal, apples, peanut butter on rye crackers

Lunch:  tuna fish on rye crackers, oranges, cliff bar, spinach, strawberry and almond salad, cashews

dinner:  gluten free scones.  (I made these with the wonderful bob's red mill bread mix, they're actually pretty good)

lentil soup

brussel sprouts

Friday:  Breakfast: Quinoa with honey and blackberries

lunch:  lentil soup, chopped up vegetables

Dinner:  Bean and salsa taco, fried eggs, mandarin orange and chicken salad (didn't have a lot of time tonight kind of a weird mix) popcorn for a snack

Saturday:  Breakfast: Oatmeal, bananas, cashews

Lunch:  Chili, strawberry tofu shake (frozen strawberries, half a carton of soft silken organic tofu, juice concentrate, some type of milk, I used rice I think, you can add bananas too)

Dinner: gluten free pumpkin bread:

Gluten free Pumpkin Bread
4 eggs
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 15oz. can Libby's pure pumpkin
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup oil
4 cups gluten-free flour mix (I couldn't decide so I used 1/2 featherlite and 1/2 Carol's sorghum mix)
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. ground flax, opt.
2 tsp. xanthan gum
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. each: cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg
1 cup water or milk (I use water)
about 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

In a very large mixing bowl, beat eggs (I use a hand mixer). Beat in sugar, pumpkin, applesauce and oil.
Whisk together all the dry ingredients and beat in 1/2 at a time. ( I just dump it in after measuring and beat in 1/2 the flour last)
Slowly beat in water until mixed and there are no flour lumps. You can add chips now or later.
Pour batter into 6 greased and floured small loaf pans (5 3/4"x3"x2 1/2 ").
Gently stir in without scraping the edges, 1/4 cup chocolate chips into some of the pans(incase your peeps can't have/don't like chocolate like my peeps )
Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for about 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. (I use a convection oven) My breads rose great and were light and fluffy and sooo tastey.
Cut a loaf in 1/2 and take a big muffin to work.
You can make muffins, just reduce the baking time and you only need to spray the pans. Or bake in cake pans too. I would advise only trying a big bread pan with one loaf b/c the batter is heavy and the bread may not get done in the middle.

Turned out pretty good actually.  I used coconut four mixed with rice flour and a bob's red mill flour mix which has several flours in it.  I didn't put the chocolate chips because we're doing no sugar but I think they wouldv'e been pretty yummy.

spanish rice

Mexican chicken (chicken, black beans, salsa, cumin, chili powder, tomato sauce.)

black bean and tomato Quinoa salad:

 ingredients

 2 teaspoons grated lime zest

 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled 

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

 1 teaspoon sugar

 1 cup quinoa

 1 (14- to 15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained

 2 medium tomatoes, diced

 4 scallions, chopped

 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

 preparation Whisk together lime zest and juice, butter, oil, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Wash quinoa in 3 changes of cold water in a bowl, draining in a sieve each time. Cook quinoa in a medium pot of boiling salted water (1 tablespoon salt for 2 quarts water), uncovered, until almost tender, about 10 minutes. Drain in sieve, then set sieve in same pot with 1 inch of simmering water (water should not touch bottom of sieve). Cover quinoa with a folded kitchen towel, then cover sieve with a lid (don't worry if lid doesn't fit tightly) and steam over medium heat until tender, fluffy, and dry, about 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat and remove lid. Let stand, still covered with towel, 5 minutes. Add quinoa to dressing and toss until dressing is absorbed, then stir in remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste.

I thought this was pretty good.  One more week to go.

Okay so what's on my mind right now.  Food allergies.  Are they real?  Why do so many people have them especially if I can't tell anything bothering them?  My husband (bless his heart) has had sleeping problems ever since I've known him and recently he went to a doctor to try again to figure out what to do.  She gave him some supplements to help his adrenils get balanced and said I think you have food allergies and sent him to get a blood test.  Yes of course he is allergic to everything that Gabriel is which is basically everything on the planet it seems.  Wheat, dairy, eggs, peanuts.  You get the picture.  So we say what are these foods doing to your bodies and what will you feel like if you're not eating them.  The theory is that they for some reason have a negative reaction to their bodies and the body actually builds up antibodies against them when they eat them.  Which in turn is obviously hard on all the organs and doesn't give you any nutrients if you can't properly digest them.  Okay so I say why wheat?  I'm done my research on dairy and I know or feel that it's just not that good for anybodies body but wheat?  It's supposed to be good for us right.  I pull out my omnivores dilemma and read about the gross changes that have happened to our grains over the years, who know maybe their not even grains any more maybe they're just like chemical mutations that are somehow programed to grow.  Yet we still eat it, now I don't know where it all comes from , which kinds of wheat have been grown with seeds that have been preserved etc.  so who know what you're getting but I've come to realize that even if we are eating the purest kind of wheat we're still having to much.  Why do we only eat wheat?  There are tons of different grains out there, some that are better for you then wheat.   I'm assuming that it just became an American way or it was cheaper or that is just what the farmers grew, kind of like corn.  So the point in fact is where do we eat wheat?  Bread, noodles, crackers, pancakes, tortillas, cookies, cake, pies etc. etc.   So you could go a whole day and possibly just eat wheat or what used to be wheat and has been so modified that you're just eating some kind of starch or maybe just nothing (i.e. white flour).  I have to think after decades of this happening to your body your body has to revolt.  Kind of like the baby that starts throwing pureed green beans at you after you've tried to stuff them in his mouth enough times, who really likes those anyway?  My course in action.  Find different grains.  Give our bodies a rest a detox of sorts.  My husband has started his 2 week no dairy, wheat or sugar to just clear out his body and I'm jumping on his band wagon.  Maybe we just need to change it up sometimes, I mean it makes sense right?  So new foods these 2 weeks, watch for what we're eating.

Monday:

Breakfast: gluten free banana bread (made by Gabriel)

oatmeal

apples with sunbutter or peanut butter

Lunch:

Vegetable soup with quinoa

brwon rice noodle with spaghetti sauce

India palace buffet (yum) we all ate seperately obviously

fruit

dinner:

Cod bakes with olive oil or smart balance butter spread, lemon and pepper

brown rice pilaf:

brown rice, green peppers and onions sauteed in butter spread then cooked with chicken broth

asparagus.

Tuesday:

breakfast: organic breakfast os with rice milk or soy milk (not the best choice if you're being ultra detox because it's processed but I'm doing my best here)

lunch:  chili and corn chips

green salad

dinner:  birthday party so there was a slight break in the schedule ( so is life right?  I think if we all ate well and only had slight breaks in our healthy habits we'd be doing great)

Wednesday:

Breakfast:

gluten free pancake mix with real maple syrup

grapes

I hope I can keep this up, stay tuned my vegetarian cooking classes start thursday night, I'm hoping to have all kinds of ideas then.  

Thought....

Thursday, another busy kid day. Cameron came at 2:30, had to get the pinewood derby snacks ready, never really did my hair. Cathy calls, have you talked to Lindsay? I can't tell if she's really in labor or it's just braxton hicks, Ginger says she can see her. I will go over there right now. I knock on the door Lindsay's in her pajamas, she's calm and I can feel her trying to be brave. I ask her how it feels. Are they getting harder, how long have they been coming? I know she wont ask for anything but we need to go, I tell her I'm going to get my van. I shove all of the 5 kids I have at the moment into my van, I go get Lindsay and Lucas, I drop off my big kids. We drive to Ginger's, Lindsay says I don't know maybe it's stopping, maybe it's not a big deal, I say we can check, it doesn't hurt to check, trust the mother instinct. Your mom really needs to know. I drop off Lindsay, we drive to the park. Lindsay calls so we turn around and pick her up. She's definately on her way but how much longer? I ask her should we go get the tub? Andrey's getting it. I take her back home, I feel the birth aura, that thin line between this life and another, it's around us. Lindsay is going to her place I can see her, she's being brave, it's different this time, this baby is going to come a different way then his brother. I see what needs to be done, do you need food, what about your bed, do you want me to put together the crib? I put Elias River on the floor and quickly make the bed, this sheet first then that, yes I remember. Clean towels, garbage bags, yes. Food, hmmm. I'll be back. We take the kids to the park, how fast is it going to be? When will Cathy get here? We take the kids to my house and I go to the store, good for you food, recharge, snacks, ibprofen, nursing pads, tucks, what else? I come back, Ginger's car is here. Is it really happening? I take the stuff over and open the door just a little bit. I put the bags in and run back home, I tell Amy It's real! It's real! Go get Cathy now! She goes and we gather up all the kids and go to the pine wood derby. We wait, the phone rings, he's here before Gabriel's car even goes down the track, he's here. I'm in shock, I call Karen and say baby boy out right now can you believe!! She says yes I can believe. I take Lucas back to see his brother, I'm having an adrenalin rush I walk in and Ginger hugs me, there is a real baby, I feel so proud of Lindsay she has grown so much, she is trusting herself, she is becoming something more, I feel her spirit taking a little bit more control of her being, I tell her I'm so proud of her, I cry, she say thank you for helping her, she cries, I hug her. I hold the baby boy, he's peaceful, such a good birth for him. He proves that there is so much more, we must keep trying, for them. Lindsay is changed, she has climbed her mountain, she will be able to do more and more now, she is calm and willing now to do her mother work, I admire her so much.