Saturday, October 16, 2010

It's Been A Long Time!


I can't believe the last time I had a blog post was in May!  I bet you all are wondering what the heck I have been up to these last almost 6 months.  Well, we went on vacation to Florida and thanks to my weight loss efforts, I was not turned away from any rides!  I can't help but think that if I hadn't lost weight I would have missed out on a lot.  When we were on vacation I began to get dehydrated and upon our return I ended up seriously dehydrated and sick in bed for 3 days.  This encouraged me to give up soda altogether.  I got an awesome water bottle and it goes with me everywhere.  I must admit, I do enjoy a soda or two on the weekends but during the week I only drink water and a coffee in the AM.  I feel great.  I must also admit that I was starting to cave on a lot of my principles regarding my family's nutrition but received a shot in the arm recently when my husband took us to an orchard near Nevada, IA to get pumpkins and pick apples.  We got my favorite, honeycrisp apples, and I have been enjoying them for a week so far.




So I've picked up some recipes lately that are super easy.  Today I made homemade tortillas and they were so easy!  I put them in the freezer to use next time we have tacos.  I did have to sample one and I must say they were super!  I also made garbanzo bean soup a few weeks ago and it disappeared faster than you could say "garbanzo bean soup".  Today we also had homemade pizza and I rolled the dough myself.  Way better than delivery or DiGiorno if you ask me.  I'm still collecting recipes so if you have some easy (since I do work all day) and kid friendly whole food, unprocessed, tasty recipes that you are willing to share, I will try them.  I need to expand my repetoire.  We are going back to using a menu to plan our meals and shopping list.

So, I wanted to keep this brief...just enough that you would know I was still alive.  Send me a message of encouragement or a recipe that is a family favorite!