It must be:
~ As clean and "whole food-ish" as possible.
~ No white flours, whole grain, minimal sugar, etc. etc.
~ Minimally processed, low or no gluten, no nitrates, only "good" fats, etc. etc.
~ Relatively reasonably priced as five hoover vacuum cleaners live in this house.
~ Yummy AND filling - so that the littles will eat it AND stay filled (for at least an hour).
Back in the day - meaning, pre-children and pre-student loans - this was not an issue. We exercised faithfully, and our largest bill was our grocery bill. We basically shopped the outer aisles of the grocery store, we ate mostly organic, we drank our Barley Green, and we used our juicer three or four times a week.
And then, something happened in recent years.
Now what was that...
Oh, right. Real life. Kids, more tummies, less time, you know the drill.
But, now we have to play hardball, and I refuse to make two separate menus for every meal, so we're all going to play this game. And I'm glad - it will only do us good. And whether or not, Kev has to have his gallbladder removed down the road, the reset button has been pushed, and we are back on track as best as our wallet will allow.
So, we are back to juicing at least two or three times a week.
Kaden is the one who keeps us on track with this. He does the entire juicing process - except for the clean-up of the juicer, which is super messy and I hate - so if it weren't for his persistence, I probably would not be nearly so consistent.
~ This is Jesse and Ransom's portions. They're still not into this whole drinking carrots thing.
We have found a really yummy, high protein, keeps-their-tummies-filled-for-a-long-time pancake/waffle recipe that has become a staple. I shall share the recipe, because it is delish:
1 cup cottage cheese
4 eggs
1/2 cup spelt/oat/whole wheat flour (Kev uses a gluten free one)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup skim/almond/soy milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla.
Beat in blender, then cook in waffle maker or make into pancakes.
I also found a really, really yummy pumpkin soup recipe that is very healthy and very low fat. It's kind of a chuck whatever you want in and make it the way you like it, kind of a soup, but here are the ingredients:
2 pumpkins
1 buttercup squash
5 apples
2 onions
1 leek
4 garlic cloves
4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
2 tsp. curry powder
1/4 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. ginger (or less. This was a little spicy for the boys)
salt and pepper to taste
drizzle of real maple syrup, if you want a sweeter and less savory soup.
Cut the pumpkins and squash in half, scoop out the seeds, and roast in the oven at 350 degrees until soft. Scoop everything out and throw into a pan with all the rest of the ingredients. Cook all together for 30 minutes or so. Blend in small batches in your blender and return to pot.
I also carmelized some onions and garlic to serve on top. Optional, but yummy.
And this is my final recipe for today, but I tell you what - it's the bomb.
This girl is all for eating healthy, but I'm missing me my chocolate.
So, this recipe totally and completely does it for me. It's more like a mousse/cake/brownie of sorts. Super, super heavy. Super, super fudgey. Super delish. And some of the ingredients are super shocking. But, trust me. It's well worth at least a one time attempt to see for yourself.
It's called "The Long Run Cake" because it's very filling.
1 cup applesauce
1 15/5 oz. can black beans, drained (I know, right? Crazy!)
1 1/2 cups oat/spelt/whatever kind of flour you want to use
1 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 cup agave syrup
2 eggs
1/4 cup coffee
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix all dry ingredients together.
Blend the beans and applesauce together.
Use electric mixer and mix agave syrup and eggs until fluffy. Add in coffee.
Add the bean and applesauce to the rest of the wet and beat all together.
Add the dry, and beat until smooth.
Put in greased loaf pan (Actually, the recipe said to put into 12 mini loaf pans, but who has 12 mini loaf pans on hand???). Bake at 350 degrees until cake springs back when poked. I found it took mine the better part of a half hour.
Try it! I dare ya, and tell me what you think! I bet you'll like it.
And thus endeth my recipe sharing for the day...
1 comment:
that pumpkin soup looks amazing.
the chocolate cake WAS delish. if i wasn't worried it was gonna keep Hen from taking a good nap i would have had a real slice. it was amazing considering it's strange and wondrous ingredients. :)
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