New food

So I went to the grocery store on a mission yesterday. I've found that breakfast is my Achilles heel - if I start the day off well, I feel better, I have more energy, I *want* to eat better. But let's face it. Sometimes, it's hard enough to get two dressed, clean, fed kids out the door by 645am and a biscuit on the way is just easier. But it's terrible for you when you make a habit of it. So this weekend I decided to make a plan. I had seen recipes for breakfast burritos you can freeze on Pinterest ages ago. I pulled up my Pinterest and decided to make a shopping list based on some foods I could feel good about eating, and feeding my kids. I stuck to mostly the "outside" of the store, because as you get closer the food becomes less real. When I went to check out, I was pleasantly surprised that 95% of my cart was fruit, veggie, whole grain and protein. Let's be honest, Hayden had to have chocolate syrup.

First up was the burritos. I LOVE eggs. And in the morning, that's what I'm craving, the protein. The bacon and eggs, not the biscuit itself. Eggs were on sale and I picked up some bacon, spinach and mushrooms. I figure I need to mix it up a little, so I went with a bacon egg & cheese version on whole wheat, and spinach, mushroom & egg on low carb tortilla with some Skinny Cow sun-dried tomato basil mozzarella cheese (man what a mouthful!). I made five of each, which gives me two full weeks of breakfast.

I also picked up the stuff to make carrot zucchini bars, which I'm hoping Lila will eat as well. She's been anti-green veggie lately so I'm trying to make it more fun. Anything she can feed herself is generally approved. I also made some homemade apple chips while the burritos were in the works. Couldn't be easier! I love dried fruit but it's stupid expensive. So I got two Red Delicious apples, cored and sliced, sprinkled with cinnamon and baked on parchment paper at 275 for two hours, turning after an hour. Voila, healthy snack! Next up will be the banana chips, but those jokers take FOUR hours.

I have the ingredients for zucchini boats (like a twice baked potato but minus the carbs) that I hope to prep tonight and cook one night this week. The recipe says they are best right out of the oven, so I may just cook one a night. I know Jay won't eat them, but Lila might! Hayden is definitely in an "I only like five things" phase so we'll just keep those in the rotation. Chicken was also on sale, so I'll be grilling up a week's worth of chicken to go with either brown rice or sweet potatoes, and my salad at lunch. I find when I have it ready to go in the fridge, I'll take my lunch and save money and not eat like crap. So here's to new food and preparation!

And I finally broke down and bought the Peace, Love & Low Carb cookbook on e-book when it was on sale this week. I can't wait to try out all the recipes!