Towards the beginning/middle of last week I was feeling pretty bummed about the food I was making.  I made a couple of ‘dud’ recipes and I accidentally undercooked the beans I was using for the week making all my subsequent recipes with those beans very dry. But, then I started planning for Valentine’s Day and […]

We are not even two weeks into this adventure yet and today was difficult. It started out as a great day but had a lot of mental highs and lows. Our breakfast was oatmeal bars and chocolate (spinach, banana, cocoa, etc) shakes.  I thought the kids would love them but the girls were not thrilled […]

Here is the menu and recipes for this coming week. I think I did a little bit better planning the full week this time.  Links are provided for the recipes I will use except for Friday (I haven’t decided which burger recipe to use yet) and Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream (it is from Furman‘s Eat […]

Saturday is typically our pancakes morning so adapting our traditional recipe would have been a little challenging (though not impossible).  So I returned to a whole wheat recipe I have used over the past year. PANCAKES Here is the original.  My adaptations are below: Combine: 1 c. whole wheat flour1/2 c. oats1/4 c. corn meal1/4 […]

Netflix so kindly recommended other documentaries that would enjoy since I just watched, “Forks Over Knives”.  From the list I chose, “Vegucated.”  I made the mistake of watching it over dinner.  Although I knew most of the information regarding factory farming and I am learning about the health benefits of a plant based diet, to […]

We are 3 days in to our ‘plant based, whole foods’ lifestyle change.  I have been surprised by several things.  First, the children are actually receptive to the change.  We have told them nothing at all about it.  But, they have been eating and enjoying the meals I have prepared and snacks.  They were especially […]

Here is the manu plan that I have come up with.  Click the links to see the recipes: I am not quite finished with this but you can see where I have started to get an idea.  We had the Lentil Coconut soup last night with RAVE reviews from the kids, same with the Rip’s […]

Today, my family and I watched Forks Over Knives.  The movie had been recommended to us by several friends and I finally had the chance to sit down and watch it.  I have watched many food movies at this point and read many food books.  Mostly, my perspective on food issues has been to answer […]

This article is thought provoking http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/nyregion/health-board-approves-bloombergs-soda-ban.html.  New York city health department has banned the sale of soda and sugary drinks larger than 16 oz.  I ignored the comment about us being able to make our own choices and this being a restriction on our own abilities to make good choices.  Why?  Because as a society we […]

Today was the first real opportunity for the decision my family has made to change our food choices to be put to the test.  For several weeks now my husband and I have been discussing the decision to put into action throughout our lives the choices we have made about the food we eat at […]