and all is well.
I am really branching out in my cooking. Today I made two homemade soups to have on hand-- tomato and brown rice, and butternut squash and leek. Both are DELICIOUS!
Last night we also had a really yummy meal-- "taco" salad. I used the veggie crumbles and taco seasoning and had it over lettuce with tomatoes, pico de gallo, yellow peppers, rice, corn, and tomatillo sauce. Talk about delish! (I only wish I had cilantro on hand... oh well, next time.)
Some other things we've tried:
Stir fry with broccoli and barley a few nights ago-- also a winner.
Hummus on sesame Ezekial bread with lots of fresh veggies have been a few meals.
Veggie chili over brown rice.
Homemade French onion soup (made with vegetable stock.)
Roasted sweetpotatoes with rosemary and garlic.
For breakfast today we had oatmeal with mashed bananas and walnuts in it.
For snacks-- apples with natural peanut butter, (or celery with natural peanut butter.)
It IS more work to prepare meals, BUT I feel very good about feeding my family whole foods.
And I have to say-- Nick has been a CHAMP. Not only does he not complain, he actually seems to LIKE these things... (If only ice cream was part of the Daniel Fast we could probably do it indefinitely... :)
Hope you're having a great day.
