new books... LoVe!!i have had food on my mind quite a lot lately. first there is this challenge that inspired me in a big way. on november 1st, with the company of some local friends, i started my own food challenge based on what i read on the real food website. i have stumbled a couple times - i ate birthday cake at a friends house a week ago and then again when niko turned 15 on friday. i also ate homemade pizza that had white flour in the crust, again an offering from a friend. and i am having a heck of a time giving up the sweet, sugary peppermint syrup that peps up my morning coffee. but overall it is going well.
in addition to the wonderful real food my body has been enjoying i have also been drinking a quart of green smoothie a day. it isn't hard really, since i love them!! here are my current favorite green combinations ::
1 bunch of kale
1.5 cups strawberries
1.5 cups peaches
pinch of cinnamon
dash of vanilla
2 cups water
and
1 cup strawberries
2 frozen bananas
2 handfuls of spinach
2 cups of water
lately i have been buying frozen fruit, i am just very careful to avoid the varieties with liquid sugar added. each shopping day i peel a big bunch of bananas, cut them into to chunks and freeze them in a zip lock bag. they add just a bit more frostiness to our creations. harper likes a little splash of grape juice in his. i suspect it is the color of the juice that he likes more than anything.
local food is also consuming my thoughts recently. we have tossed the idea of backyard chickens around in the past but now the discussion is becoming more of a plan. i have been reading the backyard homestead while i sit and nurse the baby and am getting quite excited about our future egg bearing flock. there is also a chapter about bee keeping (tony said "no!") and how to raise goats (tony said "expletive NO!")
in the midst of all of my thinking and reading and blending and eating our little luca is ready to sample his very first solid food! i am still trying to decide what to start him on. it will likely be avocado or egg yolk and we will wait until later in the week to make sure daddy is home to join the fun. here are a few more fun luca stats ::
♥ he is now 6 months and 1 week old
♥ he just cut his 3rd tooth and the 4th is almost here
♥ he can sit unassisted and play with his toys
until next time...
life is delicious! go enjoy it, friends!
1 comment:
oooh, i just love this post! glad the challenge is going so well for you! i've had much the same experience the last few weeks.
your smoothie combos sound divine.
i will be so jealous if you get chickens.
if you ever want some goat time, we can arrange a day out to my parents farm. they have 100+ goats. we'll be kidding in the next 2 weeks. the babies are just adorable.
let me know how things go with luca eating! we've only introduced 4 egg yolks over the past 2 weeks and frankly, aurelia's not really eating them. sucking on the messy she makes on her hands. but i don't want to push her if she's not ready for it. so i'm trying to let her eat what she wants to eat. but it's hard when she doesn't quite know what she's doing!
:)
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