7 grain cereal
fried eggs
Brown rice crisp cold cereal
rice milk
water
Lunch:
Quesadillas
Odwalla chocolate chip peanut bar
cucumbers
fruit leather
water
(this was in the big kids lunch boxes)
we also had leftover salmon, Lemon potato salad and wild, lentil rice.
Snack: homemade hot choc. made with cocoa, vanilla, sugar and rice milk (not claiming this is healthy but has a little less unnatural ingredients then a package)
Dinner:
Vegetarian Chili with tortilla chips. (this was a quick dinner)
Chili:
fried in sauce pan with a little oil:
onions
peppers
zucchini
garlic
then I put about 4 cans of different beans in a crock pot and 3 or 4 cans of diced tomatoes. I mixed in the fried vegetables and as much chili powder and cumin as my family likes. I left the crock pot on high for about 6 hours and then added some tomato paste to thicken it. This is kind of a made up recipe as you can see so it can definately be tweaked. Also this was quick but I do like to try and cook my own beans also, often I use a pressure cooker for that which makes then cook quite faster.
February 24, 2010
Breakfast:
Bob's red mill pancake mix pancakes.
Ingredients:
wheat, rye, triticale, oats, corn, barley, soya beans, brown rice, millet, flax seeds, nonfat dry milk, leavening, baking soda and salt. (I get this in the bulk section at Winco)
Blueberry syrup (froze blueberries cooked in a saucepan until they become close to a liquid)
Real Maple syrup (I know that this is extremely more expensive then the other stuff so our approach has become that we have it once in a while since nobody really needs sweet stuff all the time and just buy the real stuff)
Sometimes it's hard to realize what eating real food compared to fake really means since we just use our mouths and taste it. We say we like how it tastes or we don't and then move on. Anyway I like to think of other examples to help, let's use this one. Anyone that is a serious runner knows the value they put on their running shoes. They take good care of them, they replace them regularly and they buy they best ones regardless of the price. Why? Because they don't want to ruin their knees, hips or any other parts of their bodies buy the effects of running.
Thus the difference between Real Maple Syrup and the fake stuff. Just replace the knees and hips with the insides of your body.
Lunch:
Leftover chili in tortillas
chopped red peppers
Dave's killer bread, adams peanut butter (no hydrogenated oils) and three berry blend American Northwest jam.
Ingredients:
fruit (marionberries, strawberries and raspberries)
unsweetened pear juice concentrate
unsweetened white grape juice concentrate
pectin
lemon juice concentrate
Dinner:
BBQ chicken sandwhiches
Rudy's whole wheat hamburger buns
cut up chicken with no preservative BBQ sauce.
cooked asparagus and carrots
fruit salad
February 25, 2010
Breakfast:
Barley flakes (just like oatmeal but barley)
rice milk
toppings:
slivered almonds
unsweetened coconut
sunflower seeds
raisins
Dinner:
Taco salad
tortillas chips
lettuce
black beans mixed with preservative free taco seasoning(ordered from a company that makes deliveries here in the tri-cites once a month: www.azurestandard.com)
olives
tomatoes
green onions
sour cream (daisy brand has a little less additives)
salsa
cheese
February 26th, 2010
Breakfast:
Homemade granola and oatmeal
Granola:
2 cups rolled oats (not instant)
1 cup peanuts or toasted almonds
1/4 cup sesame seeds or pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup toasted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ, quinoa flakes or flax meal (you could probably substitute just about anything)
1/2 cup raisins or cranberries
1/2 cup other dried fruit (optional)
scant 1/4 cup cooking oil (not olive)
1/2 cup honey
Mix the oats, nuts and grains in a large bowl. Measure oil into the measuring cup and swirl it around before pouring into bowl.
Then measure out the honey in the same, unwashed cup. The oil will help the honey exit the cup. Toss everything together until evenly coated and then pour out into a baking pan. A cookie sheet with edges around it usually works. Bake at 300 degrees for 40 minutes, turning it with a spatula every ten minutes or so. You want everything to be an even golden brown. When it is done immediately pour back into bowl (if left on cookie sheet it will stick as it cools) and add dried fruit. Stir several times.
Lunch:
Quinoa macaroni noodles
baby carrots
grapes
Snack:
TLC cheese crackers
raisins
fruit leather
TLC chocolate chip cookies
TLC is a healthier brand so chocolate chip cookies and cheese crackers arn't good for you but these ones atleast don't have harmful additives or preservatives in them. The cookies actually have a lot of grains and seeds added. Anyway they can be found at Winco also, many other stores too. The cookies are good but nothing like a homemade chocolate chip cookies if you're looking for a treat!
Dinner:
Vegetarian sphagetti, garlic, onion, mushrooms, canned tomatoes, tomato paste, italian seasoning, basil, oregano, worchestershire sauce and sugar.
Whole wheat thin spagetti noodles
wheat french bread (not super good for you but better then the non-whole wheat version)
Green salad:
Romaine lettuce
tomatoes
carrots
cucumbers
preservative free parmesan salad dressing
Okay now I really, really want to hear some meal ideas from someone else!! That was more work then I thought! Kristin will you post your sushi recipe also. My kids loved it.
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