Salad Night

Sometimes boring!

Still plugging along with this no processed way of eating. Some of the food is boring so I do not post everything. For example lunch consisted of two glasses of lemon water, flax seed bread, with granny smith apple slices and cheese. Tonight I made zucchini pizza and I didn't have any toppings so not very gourmet looking. I fixed the kids and hubby bake potatoes I not sure they are up on this zucchini pizza.

Beautiful Day in OK

80 Degrees with a breeze! 0 humidity. Track meet and beautiful day to be outside. Walked 5 miles this morning. It is very hard to convince your children they only need small portion, non processed and non sugary foods. I have my little John ready the back of every label so he can see just how bad processed foods are for you.

Meal times

Most family members including myself (the mom of the household) never slows down to think how much most mom's give selflessly to their family. Last night I prepared a meal Zucchini Rice Pilaf with Chicken Kabobs and Fresh Fruit. Cleaned the outside porch table, set the table, cooked in the kitchen, grilled meat outside, cleaned all cooking dishes, made individual fruit bowls, encouraged the kids to do their daily chore, and called my hunny bunny to see if we could eat early.   Which he is always flexible. My dog went nuts over the grill and I had to put him in the garage because he was literally crazy and almost ensured that I fell flat on my face. Thank goodness for quick reflexes. So of course, when hubby pulls in the garage he sends him in the backyard with me again not knowing what just happened. Well, my youngest did not show up for dinner and unfortunate for me I had no cow bell to ring. My daughter that is vegetarian was starving and eating out of the serving bowl before anyone sat down. A few little conversations and with 12 to 15 short minutes everyone was finished and headed to the kitchen with dishes.This is life no doubt about it but its mainly why I would like to just eat a bowl of cereal or a piece of toast.

Lunch

When you do not feel like cooking but  eating no processed foods and have to grab something quick. It is very hard shopping when hungry! Checked my BS it is 95. It will probably rise due to the fruit so I will head out for my usual walk.

I am getting to the point of being tired of coming up with meal ideas. I personally like the no process foods and will continue on for my whole family. It is not easy and the kids seemed to be bothered with it. I think the shopping, cooking and cleaning consume a lot of time. I have to be honest with myself I eat less when some one else does the cooking. I will just have to keep moving forward. I have had some personal thoughts this week and really wished I would have developed my artistic talents. I had a number of people tell me there was not many career options or money in art.

Not my favorite

I actually followed recipes
for squash casserole and  banana bread for the no processed YUCK!

A cake for a friend

Have not been posting meals lately

Still going strong although very busy! Here are a few pictures of non processed meals. I used the last bit of sugar in the house to make a friend a cake. I love making people happy.

Author

Ashley with Author of 4 Perfect Pebbles.

Zucchini Lasagna

Display

homemade naan bread

Sliced apple natural peanut butter, honey, and organic unsweetened coconut

Piper

Saturday

John played awesome today!

walking last night and today after lunch

baby zucchini pizza

This is

not my own idea but it was fun making them and eating them! Topped with dried oregano from my own herb garden and dried in brown grocery bags!