Wow! We've made it 2 weeks. I am thinking this is something I want to continue doing for longer than the challenge. I've lost weight and I feel better knowing the girls are eating healthier. I can't say if I necessarily "feel" better one way or the other (it's hard to feel better when one is sleep deprived due to a baby in the house.) Mentally I do feel better knowing that I am not overloading my system with unnecessary sugar.
Breakfast- Pancakes. Kendra had a cupcake too. Homemade rhubarb syrup (SO YUMMY!!!) I found the recipe in this month's Rachael Ray magazine. I'll post my twist on it later.
We took a walk to Brueggers for some coffee for me and Izzys for the girls. We went to the park too!
Lunch- Kendra and Riley made a matzo and cheese "pizza". I made spinach noodles with butter and parmesan cheese. Kendra and I had those. I also had a pb ball.
Snack- The girls had sunflower seeds.
Dinner- Pasties! Yummy! I made homemade ketchup (I found the recipe online healthy.hillbillyhousewife.com) to go along with them. The Pastie recipe I found in my hometown community cookbook. I'll post the recipe.
Dessert- White cupcakes with vanilla frosting. The frosting was another experiment. I started with butter and cream cheese (I wanted to use just butter but I had some leftover cream cheese softened from a cupcake order I had.) I added 1 T. of vanilla, 2T. of honey and powdered milk (it was super fine from the whole foods store. It is as fine as baby formula.) It was pretty good but not super sweet. I tried adding maple sugar for a maple flavor but the sugar wasn't fine and left grains in the frosting. It didn't add the maple flavor either. I then added a bit more honey which made it runnier so I added more pwd. milk. I added a T of corn starch to thicken it a bit. It still turned out runny, but tasty. The cupcakes turned out surprisingly good. I meant to use white flour but used wheat flour instead. The girls loved them! I'll note the changes with the chocolate cake recipe.
Another successful day!
I didn't de-clutter anything today, but I did do all my dishes. I made 4 dozen cupcakes, lots of frosting and dinner. I washed all the pans right away so I avoided clutter, which should count for something!
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