Matthew's birthday. He was, of course, up at 5:15am. Mommy is learning the wonders of L-Glutamine to remove such wicked sugar cravings that she considered taking a pregnancy test (it was negative, btw ;) ).Early breakfast: organic grape tomatoesBreakfast: GF pancakes from the batch make on Jan. 13 with 100% maple syrup. Mom had scrambled eggs in EVOO and both adults had broiled grapefruit (trying to get through the backlog) with dark brown sugar and honey.Snack: too close to lunch--no ... continue reading...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Need to start thinking about tomorrow's food today... it will be Matthew's 5th birthday. More importantly, need to get food for Saturday's birthday party.Early breakfast: organic grape tomatoesBreakfast: Matthew and Mike ate pancakes made Bob's Red Mill Wheat Free Biscuit & Baking mix (this has corn starch!) with 100% maple syrup while I had scrambled eggs (I hate pancakes). Mike and I had broiled grapefruit again--with raw sugar and honey on top. Plus coffee, of course.Snack: ditched ... continue reading...
Monday, January 12, 2009
Early breakfast: alas, a cereal barBreakfast: broiled grapefruit (split in half, sprinkle with brown sugar and/or drizzle with honey--we do both--and broil until bubbly, about 3 mins) and eggs cooked in EVOO. Matthew ate a tangerine (minus seeds) instead of grapefruit.Snack: I think we skipped our snack because of speech therapy.Lunch: Matthew ate leftover baked chicken and green beans from last night. Mike and I had potato pods with tuna.Snack: Earthbound organic peeled carrotsDinner: Chinese ... continue reading...
Budget and the restricted diet…
Budgeting food is a nightmare for me since we eat the way we do. I used to be a black belt food shopper. I kept a price book for 11 years and suddenly, a lot of it was irrelevant because we no longer bought that stuff. I realized recently that I could just alter the darn price book to include the stuff we DO buy now. Ummm... DUH! So I'm going back to that.We figure out a budget per month and then do the math to figure out much that is per paycheck. Each payday, that amount gets withdrawn ... continue reading...