Good Monday morning,
I was speaking with someone over the weekend about how boring the food selection can become. It can. :) That's why trying some of the recipes we share can really help you. Hope you got the blogspot that Jenny sent on Saturday. Especially if you like fish; those sauces can really help. I tried a fish last week that I hated - whiting. BUT, I love orange roughy, mahi mahi, and my favorite - BASA. (somebody thought I was spelling bass - no it's Basa) Publix carries it in the frozen section with the other fish. It's like 14.99 for a bag of 5-6 fillets and they are wonderful! I squeeze a lemon and lime in the bottom of a pan, put the fish in, top with the juice of a lemon and lime, sprinkle with Old Bay seasoning and some tarragon. Bake at 400 until most of liquid is gone and it starts to brown some. YUM!!! I promise. For my folks who said fish is YUCK - try this. Or try Jenny's cod recipe with a sauce.
It's time to start thinking out loud as a group as Labor Day approaches, football season approaches, fall apple season and apple fritters approach, Halloween, and the list grows larger. I was asked about all these recently. SAY REFUEL. We CAN enjoy every one of these - and stay on protocol. Apples are always a great treat for any occasion. We are approaching apple season - find a large, sweet apple and enjoy. Someone asked me about apple sauce from the store with no sugar. IF no aspertame or splenda or sugar neurotoxin added, yes, if emergency. ALWAYS our best choice is whole foods. That's the way God created them and apples must be his favorite, as it is the first one mentioned. wink. :)
Start now making a plan for all these "events" coming up. Don't be caught in a compromising situation and be embarrassed to tell your family your eating healthy. Our country is out of control with childhood obesity. Let's be trend setters and teach our children to ASK for lean proteins, whole fruits and veggies. They can learn to enjoy eating healthy. I would be so much better off if I had learned this as a child. My self esteem might not be so scared. :)
Here are a few group items I made to help with so many events in the spring of last year:
1 - Veggie MIx (all phases): thin slices of tomatoes, cucumbers, and vidalia onions. Sprinkle with sea salt, cover bowl with 2/3 water and fill remainder of bowl with apple cider vinegar, add a couple of packets of truvia. Mix well and let marinate over night. YUM! For phase 2 people, eat one the veggies at one meal, and another later with another meal. Phase 3-4 folks combine. This is a great family treat you can share with everyone.
2 - Deviled eggs - Phase 3-4 after stabilization - boil eggs as normal, combine yolk with olives that have been ground and Duke's mayo and a LITTLE salt (olives are salty). Fill shells, sprinkle with a little paprika and chill for several hours. YUM and not sweet.
3 - Cole slaw - Phase 3-4 people - 1 bag of angle hair cabbage (I pulse mine once or twice in the food processor), add a spring onion including the green part (chopped super fine), add a large cucumber (chopped super, super fine), dill weed to taste (be generous as this requires a lot - I add dill weed, let it set, taste and repeat until it gets to where I want it), sea salt to taste, duke's mayo, and a little bit of dill pickle juice. Stir and let sit over night. GREAT on your sugar free bratz for Labor Day - or grilled chicken.
Recipes above are ALL things your family can eat and enjoy! That's what helps us as well. Cooking for our fams and being able to eat with them. You could use all three of the above recipes with a piece of grilled chicken and have a beautiful, healthy meal. Add Jenny's lemon icy and BOY - what a fab Labor Day.
The thing I want to propose is planning - you've got two weeks. Start gathering your thoughts and trying some new recipes that YOU can eat and your family will LOVE as well. Be mindful that sweet relish, no sugar added, is sweetened with Splenda. Sorry, that's why the above recipes are not sweet ones.
Choose life and eat to live,
PK
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