Tuesday, 3/11/14

Breakfast:  smoothie

Lunch: Mixed greens, grape tomatoes, leftover Mexican salad, clementines

Dinner: PD Spinach Lasagna made with sauteed onions, peppers, mushrooms, and spinach; Mixed Greens, Grape Tomatoes; PD-Ed Exclusive Hot Cup of Cacao

Monday, 3/10/14

Breakfast: Grapefruit, smoothie

Lunch: PD-Ed Exclusive Oven Fries; PD-Ed Exclusive Killer Ketchup, clementines, grapes

Dinner: Nick's Mexican Sunshine Salad

Souper Sunday, 3/9/14

Breakfast:  Smoothie

Lunch: Salad Bar with Balsamic

Clementines, grapes, raspberries

Dinner:  Creamy Asparagus Soup, Baked Apples

Salad Saturday, 3/8/14

Breakfast:  Oatmeal with fruit

Lunch:  Hash Browns a la Florentine, carrots

Dinner: Mexican Salad,  clementines

Friday, 3/7/14

Breakfast:  Smoothie

Lunch: Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, Cauliflower Gratin, carrots

Dinner: Stuffed Peppers, Salad, Clementines

Thursday, 3/6/14

Breakfast: Oatmeal with fruit


Lunch: Cheezy Broccoli Soup; clementines

Dinner: Stuffed Peppers; Salad with Ranch Dressing

Wednesday, 3/5/14

Breakfast:  Nick's IP Tropical Oatmeal

Lunch: Hash Browns a la Florentine, topped with cheeze sauce and salsa; clementines

Dinner:  Cheezy Broccoli Soup; clementines

Tuesday, 3/4/14

Breakfast:  Nick's Tropical Instant Pot Oatmeal

Lunch: Stir-Fry over Brown Rice, Clementines

Dinner: Hash Browns a la Florentine

Monday, 3/3/14

Breakfast:  Fruit

Lunch: Mac n Cheeze, Salad, Ranch Dressing

Dinner: Mexican Torte
Asian Rainbow Chard and Spinach

Sunday, 3/2/14

Breakfast:  Nick's Yummy Instant Pot Oatmeal

Lunch: Baked Potato Wedges with Ranch Dressing with Hot Sauce; clementines

Dinner: Mac n Cheeze; Nick's Salad; Ranch Dressing

Saturday, 3/1/14

Breakfast:  Buffalo Potato Wedges, clementines

Lunch: Asian Rainbow Chard and Spinach with Tofu over Brown Rice

Dinner: Mac n Cheeze; Nick's Salad with Ranch Dressing

Friday, 2/28/14

Breakfast: Fruit

Lunch: Salad; Baked Potato Wedges; Ranch Dressing

Dinner:  Asian Rainbow Chard and Spinach with Tofu over Brown Rice

Thursday, 2/27/14

I realized that I skipped Thursday.  I have no idea what I ate.  I know that, whatever it was, it was on my plan.  Sometimes, that's the best I can do, and it's more than good enough for me!  

Happy to stay on plan, even on the rough days...

Happy

Wednesday, 2/26/14

Tough, painful, sad day in many ways.  But, I'm able to see so many blessings and to feel thankful for the good things, which always rise above the difficult.  While I don't love the painful parts, I'm so thankful to be able to truly feel them without numbing myself with food!


Breakfast: Nick's scrambled tofu; roasted potatoes; sauteed spinach; sauteed onions and red peppers; clementine

Lunch: Chicken-less Noodle Soup; 1/2 Pomelo

Dinner: Asian Rainbow Chard; Hottie Sauce; Cacao Oat Muffins with Nibs

Tuesday, 2/25/14

Breakfast: Oatmeal with apples and blueberries, ginger tea

Lunch: Stir-fry over Brown Rice, clementines

Dinner: Chicken-less Noodle Soup, pomelo, grapefruit

Monday, 2/24/14

I haven't been keeping up with this blog, and I'm going to make some changes.  I've found that I'm spending so much time/energy here and on my FB page that it's taking away from the time I need to plan and prepare my food.  That needs to come first, so this will take a step back, at least for now.

I'm sick.  Again.  I didn't think that I'd get sick while eating a plant-based diet, but I know that the stress and lack of sleep play a huge part in how my body fights back against germs.  The only reason I'm bringing up my sickness is because I have to acknowledge what an amazing husband I have.  He's worn out and I know he needs encouragement.

This morning, he let me sleep in while he got all four kids up, made breakfast, packed lunches, and got the kids to the bus (four kids at four different schools at four different bus stops!!).  When I finally got up, he'd made oatmeal and ginger tea for me.  He'd also cleaned the kitchen that I'd left a disaster when I started getting sick last night, spent hours on the phone with school personnel, doctors, and therapists, advocating for our son with special needs.  He made me the amazing lunch pictured below, played a game of (my favorite) Qwirkle with me, picked up the kids from school, went to the pharmacy for our son's meds, talked to another therapist, made the kids' dinner, made my beautiful dinner, gave our son an asthma treatment and put him to bed.  I'm so blessed.  I just wish there was a way for him to get away and get the break he needs.  Someday...



Breakfast:  Oatmeal with apples and bananas


Lunch: Eggplant with Cheeze Sauce and spinach, clementines

Dinner:  Tofu Stir-Fry over Brown Rice

Sunday, 2/23/14

Breakfast:  Mixed Fruit Salad

Lunch:  Salad with Ranch Dressing

Dinner: Eggplant Parm

Saturday, 2/22/14

B: Mixed Fruit

L: Unfried Rice, Hot Sauce

D: Chili Cheeze Fries, Mango Salsa, Baked Tortilla Chips

Friday, 2/21/14

Breakfast:  Cacao Wake-up Shake

Lunch:Salad with Ranch Dressing


Dinner: Chili Fries

Thursday, 2/20/14

Breakfast: Breakfast Tacos

Lunch: Spicy Bird Seed, Amy's Garbanzo Bean Crackers, mandarin oranges

Dinner: Fried Rice

Wednesday, 2/19/14

Breakfast:  Nick's Yummy Instant Pot Oatmeal

Lunch:  Chickpea Salad Sandwich (with romaine and tomatoes on Ezekiel bread), clementines

Dinner:  Potato and Kale Soup, clementines

Tuesday, 2/18/14

Feeling a bit under the weather with a cold.  No pics today.


Breakfast: Fruit

Lunch: Hearty Vegetable Soup

Dinner: Potato and Kale Soup

Monday, 2/17/14

Breakfast: Pina Colada Oats Cereal

Lunch: Salad; strawberries and raspberries

Dinner: Potato and Kale Soup

Sunday, 2/16/14

Breakfast: Strawberries, Raspberries


Lunch: Chopped Salad: Chopped romaine, carrots, red bell pepper, scallions, cherry tomatoes, and chickpeas, cilantro, and parsley with ACV dressing

Dinner: Gravy Fries, rainbow chard, clementines

Saturday, 2/15/14

Breakfast:  Banana Milk Oats Cereal

 

Lunch:  Potato and Kale Soup

Dinner: Baked White Sweet Potato Rounds, Vegan French Onion Dip; Nick's Chocolate Almond Crusted Apple Pie; Wine