I did it! I finally, for the first time in my life, made a real new year resolution! Actually... I made two, but I'll just talk about the first one. It is simple really...
I want to feed my family more often and more healthily.
My inspiration was two fold: 1-I have two beautiful babies who are starting real food(and I want it to be exactly that... REAL) 2- Way too many netflix documentaries on the modern American diet. Yuck!
Each month I'm planning on focusing on one or two healthy food changes to our home. This month, I started making home made baby food. It is so fun! My brother-in-law, Ty got me a baby food cookbook and I set right to work. Actually, I was surprised how easy it was.
Blend um up, pour into bag, cut small hole(thank you Bryce for this idea! I was tediously measuring two Tbs into each cube), dispense into trays, freeze, transfer to freezer bag and TA DA! The best part, they love it. Yum yum yum.
It takes me about 20 minutes to make a 3 month supply of a meal... awesome. I'm so happy it will also save us money with these two little mouths to feed. I went to the store and I was like, "$0.65 for 4 tbs of what?! No way...". I can't wait for when I get to make the older baby recipes. I may have to make extra because I saw Bryce spying this little recipe for 12-17 months.
My second goal for this month was to make breakfast. That's right, I never made breakfast. I love cold cereal. Not just for breakfast, but all day long. I'm not joking, I go through our entire collection of bowls in two days. Bryce made a slight hint of complaint last month, and I suddenly realized that maybe he doesn't want cereal every day of his life(I just don't understand why...heh). So we had mixed results. I think I'll have to work on breakfast a bit longer.
Next month, meal planning and label reading. So excited! If your curious, I've gotten some great ideas from a blog called wordofwisdomliving.com and the "get real" from by onceamonthmom.com. I would also love any other resources you can give me.
Let me know of you have any ideas for future month goals or any of your successes. So far I want to: make my own bulk mixes(muffin, pancake, etc), shop at a farmer's market, can food from the garden, freeze veggies/fruits while in season, make jams/jelly, find healthy snacks or make them, and eat less meat(sorry Bryce).
