According to a very extensive Facebook Poll (or question with 7 responses – one of the two) the daily eats posts have been dearly missed. (Or just barely missed – one of the two).
Here is a day of food from a pretty normal Tuesday.
Woke up and made the kid’s breakfast:
oatmeal with cinnamon sugar (and horrible lighting)
and packed their lunches while they were eating.
the girl: carrots + snap peas + cucumbers, yogurt + blueberries, granola, clementine, leftover pizza
the boy: clementine, yogurt, pirate’s booty {cheese puffs}, snap peas + carrots+ cucumbers, cheese + tortilla
I had a cup of green jasmine tea on the way to school
and then came home and juiced.
I almost always make enough for two days. This combo was cucumber + celery + kale + parsley + apple + lemon. I cleaned up the juicer (the only downside of juicing) and took the boy to preschool with a second cup of tea.
I went to Bible Study and enjoyed some snacks with a side of conviction.
berries + grapes, pita chips + hummus, cup of tea (yes, I bring my favorite mug) and a cute little bookmark gift
After Bible study I came home and did a rousing round of laundry, sweeping and de-cluttering. I had a lunch made entirely of leftovers and enjoyed it surrounded by action figures and magna tiles. Clearly I didn’t get to de-cluttering the coffee table.
blueberries, boiled egg, roasted butternut squash, quinoa crunch salad and a kale salad
On the way to pick up the little guy I had a cranberry kombucha.
Once all the children were collected (including a neighbor) we had some Blender Peanut Butter and Banana Cookies,
and I had some unpictured almonds, dark chocolate square and some popcorn.
For dinner we took advantage of a BOGO coupon at Pei Wei and had a rare weeknight dinner out. The husband and I split the Pad Thai,
and the kids split the Lo Mein. It was an all around win – we ate for under $10 and there were no dishes to do.
Valentine’s Day preparations are in full force over here! I’ll try to post our day of heart shaped, pink and red foods on Friday. After I take the ninja turtles off the coffee table.
*I stole borrowed was inspired by the ‘Daily Eats with date format’ from Emily at A Nutritionist Eats. Hi Emily! :)
loved this post! people are reading! whether they are subscribed or not, friends or strangers, we’re reading! i think i’m only subscribed to about 4 or 5 sites/blogs, and yours is one! thank you for any day you can get time at the computer to share with us! i love the recipes and the humor and the photos and your calling your kids “the boy” and “the girl,” cracks me up…
Gail! This is the nicest comment and I so appreciate you taking the time to write it. It honestly made my day. And the next one too.
Hehe, hi!
I had heard that juice goes bad right away so you couldn’t make it ahead of time…you don’t have any issues with that? If I could make juice ahead of time, I might just juice…
From what I’ve read, juice made using a masticating style juicer (which I have) is good for up to 48 hours if kept in an airtight container. Juices from centrifugal juicers start to lose nutrients much more quickly, but aren’t ‘unsafe’ per say. Just not as nutritious.
I always juice enough for 2 days, as it gives me a day off of juicer cleaning. Lazy or efficient? You be the judge. ..