Its going. The thrill of it all is slowly going and bad habits are returning. Fizz in the fridge, ice creams and slice after tea. Takeaways. I feel so guilty buying it all but just can't resist. We're still having great lunches and teas most days, been having lots of new things, still a good few vegetarian meals and no processed food in the tea I'm cooking apart from sourdough from the farmers market which I'm well and truly addicted too.
We're moving in May, Sam's still working long hours, Barclay's sleep is up the whack so I'm knackered and trying to pack and clean so doing all the extras just isn't happening. No time to bake or experiment with things. Last experimental tea ended up with everyone in tears over the stress, I didn't get to eat much of it and then when a certain husband stole my favourite thing off my plate while I fed Sylvie I lost the plot well and truly!! So we are having a bit of break from it all, we are doing much better than we have been, I shall kick the fizz habit again and our dinners are still good. But I cant promise not to stop my after dinner sanity treats, or takeaways when we spend days in town.
Stay tuned for our new house, the amazing vege garden I have planned and a much less stressful life!! Then we will get back on track. Oh but I have lost 5 kilos since we started this, and last week we ate no potatoes (that is huuuge for us).
Sunday 3 March 2013
Monday 11 February 2013
Adjusting habits and getting motivated
After yesterdays post I got inspired, made homemade flat breads which turned out more like pits. They were so good, Barks helped me make them and they took no time at all and were very easy! Not something I had to plan a day in advance, the dough only had 2 hours to rise and they were still brilliant. I cooked mine in a dry skillet in the oven on about 180 degrees. Waited until it was piping hot and chucked them in one at a time. Here's the recipe I followed http://foodiesarsenal.com/3-ways-to-make-homemade-flatbread/
Since Ive begun this Ive noticed the bad habits I have. No breakfast, bread based lunch, always potatoes with tea, a treat while the kids sleep (or don't sleep) in the afternoon, my ability to skull a litre of fizz the moment it hits the fridge, sweet stuff before bed and I'm sure there are more!! So Ill begin addressing them, but changing gradually so I don't shock my system ;)
No breakfasts - easy fixed I thought. This morning, 2 eggs fried in coconut oil, with a couple of slices of tomato in homemade pita. I skoffed it, went for a walk and felt like being sick. Have felt fairly average since. Will keep it up though! Desperately need a juicer so I can have a glass of that the instant I'm up.
Bread based lunch - no more sandwiches, or cheese toasties. I'm actually pretty stuck, do I have eggs for breakfast aaannndd lunch?? We've been having chickpea stews for lunch quite a bit this past week but we cant eat that for every meal. Corn fritters are great but I rarely have the time to stand and flip them. Will have to do a bit of recipe hunting to find something that appeals.
An afternoon treat - today's choice, a handful of choc chips arghhhh!! I will eat anything bad I can find, if there is nothing I pine and text my husband and have whinge and a moan and am in a terrible mood by the time he comes home from work. Have just whipped up a basic raw slice. Dates, nuts, coconut, honey and coconut oil all whizzed together. Pressed down and chilled. To make it more appealing Ive made choc topping with honey, coconut oil and cocao which tastes like dark choc when set! If it hits the spot Ill continue to make that and make the slices smaller and smaller.
Potatoes with tea - have definitely been making changes, quinoa is our new best friend. And when we do I have potatoes I have way way less.
Fizz issues - easy. DO NOT KEEP FIZZ IN THE HOUSE EVER!!!!
Sweet stuff before bed - well I very guiltily bought a tub of ice cream in the groceries this week as we'd been ducking to the shop to buy an ice cream every night which is not only bad, its pretty spendy. BUT instead of the typical massive bowl I had been having I got a back of cones and will have 1 scoop of icecream on a cone before bed. Gradually weaning off it onto something better. Perhaps a "chocolate smoothie" packed with good stuff.
Cant wait until all this good eating becomes habit and I stop grabbing for the crap stuff..... I say this as I nibble on chocolate chips. Shit.
Since Ive begun this Ive noticed the bad habits I have. No breakfast, bread based lunch, always potatoes with tea, a treat while the kids sleep (or don't sleep) in the afternoon, my ability to skull a litre of fizz the moment it hits the fridge, sweet stuff before bed and I'm sure there are more!! So Ill begin addressing them, but changing gradually so I don't shock my system ;)
No breakfasts - easy fixed I thought. This morning, 2 eggs fried in coconut oil, with a couple of slices of tomato in homemade pita. I skoffed it, went for a walk and felt like being sick. Have felt fairly average since. Will keep it up though! Desperately need a juicer so I can have a glass of that the instant I'm up.
Bread based lunch - no more sandwiches, or cheese toasties. I'm actually pretty stuck, do I have eggs for breakfast aaannndd lunch?? We've been having chickpea stews for lunch quite a bit this past week but we cant eat that for every meal. Corn fritters are great but I rarely have the time to stand and flip them. Will have to do a bit of recipe hunting to find something that appeals.
An afternoon treat - today's choice, a handful of choc chips arghhhh!! I will eat anything bad I can find, if there is nothing I pine and text my husband and have whinge and a moan and am in a terrible mood by the time he comes home from work. Have just whipped up a basic raw slice. Dates, nuts, coconut, honey and coconut oil all whizzed together. Pressed down and chilled. To make it more appealing Ive made choc topping with honey, coconut oil and cocao which tastes like dark choc when set! If it hits the spot Ill continue to make that and make the slices smaller and smaller.
Potatoes with tea - have definitely been making changes, quinoa is our new best friend. And when we do I have potatoes I have way way less.
Fizz issues - easy. DO NOT KEEP FIZZ IN THE HOUSE EVER!!!!
Sweet stuff before bed - well I very guiltily bought a tub of ice cream in the groceries this week as we'd been ducking to the shop to buy an ice cream every night which is not only bad, its pretty spendy. BUT instead of the typical massive bowl I had been having I got a back of cones and will have 1 scoop of icecream on a cone before bed. Gradually weaning off it onto something better. Perhaps a "chocolate smoothie" packed with good stuff.
Cant wait until all this good eating becomes habit and I stop grabbing for the crap stuff..... I say this as I nibble on chocolate chips. Shit.
Sunday 10 February 2013
Fallen off the bandwagon
Ive hit the 3 week hump, this past week has been filled with ice creams, fizz, takeaways. Shite.
I spent up large today at the farmers market to inspire me to sort myself out, I have a bottle of fizz in the fridge and one last after tea treat for today and then thats it!!
Its also become apparent that I dont eat until 1pm every day and then I gorge. So this week, beginning tomorrow comes a daily food check in. Not only do I want to cut the crap, I want to lose weight and be healthy again. So I share with you my thinspiration photo!
I spent up large today at the farmers market to inspire me to sort myself out, I have a bottle of fizz in the fridge and one last after tea treat for today and then thats it!!
Its also become apparent that I dont eat until 1pm every day and then I gorge. So this week, beginning tomorrow comes a daily food check in. Not only do I want to cut the crap, I want to lose weight and be healthy again. So I share with you my thinspiration photo!
Yes that really is me, 8 years ago!!
Wednesday 6 February 2013
The scariest challenge of all
Sometimes I feel insanely immature when it comes to food, I have a small list of foods that frighten me. Yes that's right. Frighten me. I have over come a few past ones - lettuce, spinach which I now have a love for, cabbage and sour cream. Funnily enough, I used to be way to scared to try sour cream and I now eat it with everything.
Ive come a long way from my past habits, until about age 10 I was a chicken nuggets and chips kid. My parents would even send me off to friends places with them in tow so Id have something to eat. Id eat vegetables but just the boring old frozen mixed vege, and some mashed spuds. A roast every now and them but nothing extreme and generally not a lot of green. One day I discovered curry, then I became addicted and wanted it all the time! Since then Ive explored, have fallen in love with so much food and am addicted to pretty much everything.
Except mushrooms, zucchini, offal, fish, seafood, sushi and olives. Its now time to tackle another!
I hate zucchini so much Ive never tasted it. So really I have no clue if I hate it or not, Ive been slowly starting to add it to things. Grated into spag bol, I knew it was in there, ate it but I didn't enjoy it as much as normal. Childish huh. I had a zucchini fritter from a Turkish stall at the farmers market, smothered in hummus and aioli it was good but I couldn't tell mum that. I'm not ready to taste it taste, I swear I will spew. So today Ive added it in big chunks to something I cannot resist. Curry!! Will see how we go.
So far Barks will eat anything, will taste everything and has no obvious food aversions. I need to take a leaf out of his book and try everything. Conquer my food fears so to speak. Another goal for me, tackle a new food every 2 months. I will disguise it in stuff, gradually getting it to more of its natural state eventually eating it plain. Then if I still don't enjoy it, I'll move on. And I promise to admit defeat!!
Ive come a long way from my past habits, until about age 10 I was a chicken nuggets and chips kid. My parents would even send me off to friends places with them in tow so Id have something to eat. Id eat vegetables but just the boring old frozen mixed vege, and some mashed spuds. A roast every now and them but nothing extreme and generally not a lot of green. One day I discovered curry, then I became addicted and wanted it all the time! Since then Ive explored, have fallen in love with so much food and am addicted to pretty much everything.
Except mushrooms, zucchini, offal, fish, seafood, sushi and olives. Its now time to tackle another!
I hate zucchini so much Ive never tasted it. So really I have no clue if I hate it or not, Ive been slowly starting to add it to things. Grated into spag bol, I knew it was in there, ate it but I didn't enjoy it as much as normal. Childish huh. I had a zucchini fritter from a Turkish stall at the farmers market, smothered in hummus and aioli it was good but I couldn't tell mum that. I'm not ready to taste it taste, I swear I will spew. So today Ive added it in big chunks to something I cannot resist. Curry!! Will see how we go.
So far Barks will eat anything, will taste everything and has no obvious food aversions. I need to take a leaf out of his book and try everything. Conquer my food fears so to speak. Another goal for me, tackle a new food every 2 months. I will disguise it in stuff, gradually getting it to more of its natural state eventually eating it plain. Then if I still don't enjoy it, I'll move on. And I promise to admit defeat!!
Monday 28 January 2013
A day of delish
After shopping up a vege storm this past weekend I was filled with loads of inspiration for today's meals!! A middle eastern feast for lunch, and a touch of Mexican for dinner. Along with trying to cut out quite a few things we're also trying to add lots of new stuff to our diet. New foods and new recipes. These are both new recipes for us and the eggplant is a new food! Yesterday I tried my first fig and OH MY GOD I am in love!!
For lunch we had homemade hummus, tomatoes, a flatbready thing, Moroccan spiced zucchini scrambled eggs (failed fritters) and a chickpea and eggplant stew. It was sooo good and will be a definite regular. Easy as too!!
Chickpea and Eggplant Stew
1 medium eggplant
1 large onion
2 cloves garlic
2 tsps cumin
1/2 chilli powder
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 can chickpeas
Chop the eggplant into 1cm cubes and brown quickly in oil, put aside. Remove the eggplant and set aside. Saute finely sliced onion and garlic along with the spices in oil. Add chopped tomatoes and chickpeas along with half a can of water. Put the eggplant back in, cover and cook on low for an hour.
Tea tonight was rump steak, wedges, and baked Mexican eggs on a spicy bean mix. It is my new absolute favourite and I'm gagging to grow some chilli's and peppers so we can have it all the time! Also a super easy slap up tea, could be a takeaway replacer here. Have always loved the look of mexican baked eggs and the chillis and peppers I bought at the farmers market inspired me to whip some up.
Baked eggs on beans
half a large onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 hot chilli
1 medium heat chilli
1 sweet pepper
2 tsps cumin
1 can kidney beans
2 tomatoes
4 eggs
Saute the onion finely sliced and finely chopped garlic along with the cumin. Add the deseeded sliced chilli's and pepper (adjust to your spice level liking). Throw in the kidney beans and chopped tomatoes, cook covered for 10mins. Put the mix into an oven proof dish, the mix needs to be a few cm deep in the dish. Make 4 slight dips in the mix and crack an egg into each. Bake in the oven until the eggs look done to your liking.
For lunch we had homemade hummus, tomatoes, a flatbready thing, Moroccan spiced zucchini scrambled eggs (failed fritters) and a chickpea and eggplant stew. It was sooo good and will be a definite regular. Easy as too!!
Chickpea and Eggplant Stew
1 medium eggplant
1 large onion
2 cloves garlic
2 tsps cumin
1/2 chilli powder
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 can chickpeas
Chop the eggplant into 1cm cubes and brown quickly in oil, put aside. Remove the eggplant and set aside. Saute finely sliced onion and garlic along with the spices in oil. Add chopped tomatoes and chickpeas along with half a can of water. Put the eggplant back in, cover and cook on low for an hour.
Tea tonight was rump steak, wedges, and baked Mexican eggs on a spicy bean mix. It is my new absolute favourite and I'm gagging to grow some chilli's and peppers so we can have it all the time! Also a super easy slap up tea, could be a takeaway replacer here. Have always loved the look of mexican baked eggs and the chillis and peppers I bought at the farmers market inspired me to whip some up.
Baked eggs on beans
half a large onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 hot chilli
1 medium heat chilli
1 sweet pepper
2 tsps cumin
1 can kidney beans
2 tomatoes
4 eggs
Saute the onion finely sliced and finely chopped garlic along with the cumin. Add the deseeded sliced chilli's and pepper (adjust to your spice level liking). Throw in the kidney beans and chopped tomatoes, cook covered for 10mins. Put the mix into an oven proof dish, the mix needs to be a few cm deep in the dish. Make 4 slight dips in the mix and crack an egg into each. Bake in the oven until the eggs look done to your liking.
Takeaways, oh sweet takeaways!
My crutch is takeaways. At the moment I'm addicted to Subway. You know, the "healthy option". We tend to have a full day in town, get groceries too late and then need something to eat on the way home. Stupidly though we always come up with something decent for Barclay to eat, but for ourselves it seems easier to buy something ready to go.
Last night there was no getting Barclay to sleep, he was wired. After numerous attempts we resorted to the old drive in the car trick. One lap around a decent sized block he was still yelling nose from the backseat. Sam and I looked at each other and said Burger King. So we drove 15 mins into town and got a couple of bloody amazing burgers, and fizz even though I've been doing so well off it. Fail...but he did go to sleep!
So the next thing I aim to quit is takeaways. Fish and chips, Subway, BK. The lot. I'm already a bit stressed by it, will have to researching easy freezer meals I can defrost and bung in the oven on those nights where I have no time to prep anything!
My diet is still a major change from my pre kids one, the one that caused a good amount of weight gain too. It involved about one cooked meal a week, a lot of cheap pies, a lot of Indian and Mcdonalds, hungover Sunday KFC, pizza deliveries when there was no car, loads of Thai lunchdates and litres of budget fizz.
Don't even ask how my after dinner sweet quitting has gone, lets just say no tea has been consumed and a lot of the unallowed have :) Ill get there eventually, I still have 11 months, but things are improving slowly!
Last night there was no getting Barclay to sleep, he was wired. After numerous attempts we resorted to the old drive in the car trick. One lap around a decent sized block he was still yelling nose from the backseat. Sam and I looked at each other and said Burger King. So we drove 15 mins into town and got a couple of bloody amazing burgers, and fizz even though I've been doing so well off it. Fail...but he did go to sleep!
So the next thing I aim to quit is takeaways. Fish and chips, Subway, BK. The lot. I'm already a bit stressed by it, will have to researching easy freezer meals I can defrost and bung in the oven on those nights where I have no time to prep anything!
My diet is still a major change from my pre kids one, the one that caused a good amount of weight gain too. It involved about one cooked meal a week, a lot of cheap pies, a lot of Indian and Mcdonalds, hungover Sunday KFC, pizza deliveries when there was no car, loads of Thai lunchdates and litres of budget fizz.
Don't even ask how my after dinner sweet quitting has gone, lets just say no tea has been consumed and a lot of the unallowed have :) Ill get there eventually, I still have 11 months, but things are improving slowly!
Tuesday 22 January 2013
My first recipe worthy creations
This was tonights feast, currently clearing out the pantry of all our unecessary pantry bits so excuse the chilli beans and tortillas. Am loving not having the stuff for whole select meals that we eat all the time and coming up with new stuff each day. We're also aiming for 2 meat free meals a week as our first change.
My lentil dip was so good,. heaps more flavour than hummus! I was dipping in the tortilla chips while feeding Sylvie but it was also awesome in place of a sauce in the "wraps".
Chuck all this in a food processor until almost smooth. Easy as!
2 cups of cooked brown lentils
3/4 cup of greek yoghurt
2tsps of cumin
1tsp of chilli powder
a couple of glugs of olive oil
salt and pepper
and the juice of a lemon
And the for the beetroot and cabbage salad, this makes heaps. Sam ate oodles and we have enough to have with lunch tomorrow.
Shred quarter of a cabbage and one beetroot in the food processor. Drizzle over about 5 tablespoons of red wine vinegar. Then salt, pepper and quarter of a small block of feta (about a matchbox size) and a couple of handfulls of sunflower seeds!
This will be a definite regular and yes its inspired by my beetroot and pear salad I stole off Jamie Oliver but I have a massive cabbage I need used up.
My lentil dip was so good,. heaps more flavour than hummus! I was dipping in the tortilla chips while feeding Sylvie but it was also awesome in place of a sauce in the "wraps".
Chuck all this in a food processor until almost smooth. Easy as!
2 cups of cooked brown lentils
3/4 cup of greek yoghurt
2tsps of cumin
1tsp of chilli powder
a couple of glugs of olive oil
salt and pepper
and the juice of a lemon
And the for the beetroot and cabbage salad, this makes heaps. Sam ate oodles and we have enough to have with lunch tomorrow.
Shred quarter of a cabbage and one beetroot in the food processor. Drizzle over about 5 tablespoons of red wine vinegar. Then salt, pepper and quarter of a small block of feta (about a matchbox size) and a couple of handfulls of sunflower seeds!
This will be a definite regular and yes its inspired by my beetroot and pear salad I stole off Jamie Oliver but I have a massive cabbage I need used up.
Sunday 20 January 2013
Just call me Mrs Glutton
For me the first key to weightloss is to squash the reasons I eat. Boredom and habit. Habit is the first to tackle. Not sure where to start, to quit cold turkey or just pick healthy satisfying snacks I can have!
The lead up to todays crazed after dinner food need.
We did a quick top up groceries today, more vege and breakfast from the farmers market then a few things from the supo. I spotted the ice cream, a post baby staple for me. Had been having about a sixth of a tub of ice cream everynight after tea. Resisted, and thought screw it Ill cut this shit cold turkey. After a hot afternoon with a more than irritating toddler I said to Sam while cooking tea "if I can have him asleep by 8pm (the time when the shop shuts) you can go get me pudding". Well I did it, Barclay was asleep at 7.30 and I felt instantly happy. Husband toodles off to the shop, and returns. She was f***in shut early. Instant irrational anger kicks in while I desperately rack my brain for something to make. Nothing, I'm drawing major blanks and nothing will satisfy me. Then, I click. French toast with maple syrup, will take all 5 mins and such sugary goodness. I mention it to Sam, and he says those words. DO. YOU. REALLY. NEED. IT. Well those words mean I'm not going to make it, just to prove I can resist and instant silent treatment. Still sitting there simmering inside. I am so unreasonable in this need, its been literally an hour since I ate the delish tea I made. Tomato salad, greens, wedges, eggs and glorious amounts of steak.
Sam fell asleep in the chair and headed to bed and I got Sylvie to sleep while scouring whole food blogs, looking for next weeks recipes to try and watching cupcake wars which is totally not helping. Salivating. Desperate. Huzzah, toast. Jam on toast. Its something remotely sweet. I reconsidered, thought ANOTHER plum (would be about number 6) maybe but alas not what I'm after. So I head off to make it. Yes, I risked waking the baby sleeping contently on my chest for toast, I am that food crazed!!
And you know what, I ate that measly piece of toast, and it was shit and totally not the taste I was after. So I have decided, a nice tea will be my new after dinner habit. Wish me luck!
The lead up to todays crazed after dinner food need.
We did a quick top up groceries today, more vege and breakfast from the farmers market then a few things from the supo. I spotted the ice cream, a post baby staple for me. Had been having about a sixth of a tub of ice cream everynight after tea. Resisted, and thought screw it Ill cut this shit cold turkey. After a hot afternoon with a more than irritating toddler I said to Sam while cooking tea "if I can have him asleep by 8pm (the time when the shop shuts) you can go get me pudding". Well I did it, Barclay was asleep at 7.30 and I felt instantly happy. Husband toodles off to the shop, and returns. She was f***in shut early. Instant irrational anger kicks in while I desperately rack my brain for something to make. Nothing, I'm drawing major blanks and nothing will satisfy me. Then, I click. French toast with maple syrup, will take all 5 mins and such sugary goodness. I mention it to Sam, and he says those words. DO. YOU. REALLY. NEED. IT. Well those words mean I'm not going to make it, just to prove I can resist and instant silent treatment. Still sitting there simmering inside. I am so unreasonable in this need, its been literally an hour since I ate the delish tea I made. Tomato salad, greens, wedges, eggs and glorious amounts of steak.
Sam fell asleep in the chair and headed to bed and I got Sylvie to sleep while scouring whole food blogs, looking for next weeks recipes to try and watching cupcake wars which is totally not helping. Salivating. Desperate. Huzzah, toast. Jam on toast. Its something remotely sweet. I reconsidered, thought ANOTHER plum (would be about number 6) maybe but alas not what I'm after. So I head off to make it. Yes, I risked waking the baby sleeping contently on my chest for toast, I am that food crazed!!
And you know what, I ate that measly piece of toast, and it was shit and totally not the taste I was after. So I have decided, a nice tea will be my new after dinner habit. Wish me luck!
Thursday 17 January 2013
Marry me Jamie....
Jamie Oliver is not only my biggest celeb crush he is also my new foodie inspiration, hence revolution in my blog title. Clever huh! I want to acquire all his books and dvds so we can eat him for every meal. Maybe that'll be next years resolution!
I looove his shows and the kitchens he cooks in, and his family, and his food, and his gardens, and his mannerisms and the way he talks. You get the point, I love him!!
This summer I've made this recipe for nearly every occasion and we eat it for days. For the small amount of ingredients it goes a really long way. I change up the dressing and use coconut oil, salt, pepper and quite a good amount of apple cider vinegar.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/crunchy-raw-beetroot-salad-with-feta-and-pear
And this would be my last meal, our absolute favourite. Loooove it, best with nutty brown rice!!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/spicy-pork-and-chilli-pepper-goulash
I looove his shows and the kitchens he cooks in, and his family, and his food, and his gardens, and his mannerisms and the way he talks. You get the point, I love him!!
This summer I've made this recipe for nearly every occasion and we eat it for days. For the small amount of ingredients it goes a really long way. I change up the dressing and use coconut oil, salt, pepper and quite a good amount of apple cider vinegar.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/crunchy-raw-beetroot-salad-with-feta-and-pear
And this would be my last meal, our absolute favourite. Loooove it, best with nutty brown rice!!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/spicy-pork-and-chilli-pepper-goulash
Saturday 12 January 2013
Summer treats!
I am officially a frozen banana ice cream convert!!
We've had a stinking hot day at the beach today, my dad sneakily tried to give Barclay some Mr Whippy and I started to feel guilty he was missing out. Especially on something which I strongly recall from my own childhood being soooo awesome! So when Barks woke from his afternoon nap I set to making him the new craze, frozen banana ice cream and I always have bananas in the freezer ready to go for baking so it took 2 minutes.
I whizzed a frozen banana (microwave it for 20 seconds so the skin removes easily) with a pinch of chia, a couple of teaspoons of LSA and the same of coconut for 30 seconds until smooth. Then mixed a teaspoon of melted coconut oil with a teaspoon of raw cocao and poured it over, finishing it all off with more coconut. The coconut oil sauce sets and turns a treat into something super exciting!! Barclay's a skinny wee dude and we never managed to get him to gain much weight, along our journey I learnt from a group of amazing friends about the wonders of coconut oil and we now use it for everything.
101 uses for coconut oil, you'll be surprised but its not all food related!! http://wellnessmama.com/5734/101-uses-for-coconut-oil/
My husbands on holidays at the moment so after scouring for a fishing spot and failing for an afternoon we stopped and got massive punnet of strawberries from a local berry place. After the kids went to sleep we had cut strawbs topped with coconut cream that had vanilla extract and coconut sugar mixed in. Just pop a can of coconut cream into the fridge for a couple of hours and scoop the top solid white half into a bowl and whip!
I also have this in the freezer as a more adult treat (although Barclay loves it too) ready to go for the nights when I'm craving something sweet after tea. It tastes so good and takes 5 or so minutes to make. Nabbed the link from a friends facebook page! http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2011/06/chocolate-banana-freezer-pie.html
Really need to get some moulds for ice blocks so I freeze the leftovers when I make smoothies and eventually juice when I get my juicer. The tupperware ones look really clever so am saving for those! I am a total tupperwhore, much to my husbands delight ;)
So it turns out my kids will not miss out on summer treats, they get not only a treat but something jam packed with goodness!! Guilt free. Happy kids and a happy mumma!
We've had a stinking hot day at the beach today, my dad sneakily tried to give Barclay some Mr Whippy and I started to feel guilty he was missing out. Especially on something which I strongly recall from my own childhood being soooo awesome! So when Barks woke from his afternoon nap I set to making him the new craze, frozen banana ice cream and I always have bananas in the freezer ready to go for baking so it took 2 minutes.
I whizzed a frozen banana (microwave it for 20 seconds so the skin removes easily) with a pinch of chia, a couple of teaspoons of LSA and the same of coconut for 30 seconds until smooth. Then mixed a teaspoon of melted coconut oil with a teaspoon of raw cocao and poured it over, finishing it all off with more coconut. The coconut oil sauce sets and turns a treat into something super exciting!! Barclay's a skinny wee dude and we never managed to get him to gain much weight, along our journey I learnt from a group of amazing friends about the wonders of coconut oil and we now use it for everything.
101 uses for coconut oil, you'll be surprised but its not all food related!! http://wellnessmama.com/5734/101-uses-for-coconut-oil/
My husbands on holidays at the moment so after scouring for a fishing spot and failing for an afternoon we stopped and got massive punnet of strawberries from a local berry place. After the kids went to sleep we had cut strawbs topped with coconut cream that had vanilla extract and coconut sugar mixed in. Just pop a can of coconut cream into the fridge for a couple of hours and scoop the top solid white half into a bowl and whip!
I also have this in the freezer as a more adult treat (although Barclay loves it too) ready to go for the nights when I'm craving something sweet after tea. It tastes so good and takes 5 or so minutes to make. Nabbed the link from a friends facebook page! http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2011/06/chocolate-banana-freezer-pie.html
Really need to get some moulds for ice blocks so I freeze the leftovers when I make smoothies and eventually juice when I get my juicer. The tupperware ones look really clever so am saving for those! I am a total tupperwhore, much to my husbands delight ;)
So it turns out my kids will not miss out on summer treats, they get not only a treat but something jam packed with goodness!! Guilt free. Happy kids and a happy mumma!
Friday 11 January 2013
The journey begins
Grocery day today
Gathered all of the ingredients for some delicious bread to be made tomorrow, just need to find a new recipe as our last was producing fairly stodgy bread. Jenny gave me a tip on my fb page about citric acid and ginger as a raising aid so will have a bit of an expeeriment with that. Cant believe how cheap our groceries were not buying shitty supo chicken and premade yoghurts and pasta sauces and hopefully once we've built up a good pantry they'll get cheaper!
We have plenty of raw milk on hand so attempted to make yoghurt and sour cream last night but failed. Now sure how we will cope without for the weekend so will try again tomorrow. Pasta is the next on the list, we tend to eat 3 or 4 pasta meals a week so will have a session making a bunch for the freezer. Forgot to buy muslin today to make our own ricotta for ravioli filling, thinking a cheese making kit might be worth getting!! Yes I am a dairy product addict!!
Feeling great about the changes we have made so far, buying herb garden supplies this weekend to plant up and hoping to invest in a dehydrator in the next few weeks to dry and store my own.
Keeping an eye on the scales too, hoping this will help with the post baby weight loss.
Gathered all of the ingredients for some delicious bread to be made tomorrow, just need to find a new recipe as our last was producing fairly stodgy bread. Jenny gave me a tip on my fb page about citric acid and ginger as a raising aid so will have a bit of an expeeriment with that. Cant believe how cheap our groceries were not buying shitty supo chicken and premade yoghurts and pasta sauces and hopefully once we've built up a good pantry they'll get cheaper!
We have plenty of raw milk on hand so attempted to make yoghurt and sour cream last night but failed. Now sure how we will cope without for the weekend so will try again tomorrow. Pasta is the next on the list, we tend to eat 3 or 4 pasta meals a week so will have a session making a bunch for the freezer. Forgot to buy muslin today to make our own ricotta for ravioli filling, thinking a cheese making kit might be worth getting!! Yes I am a dairy product addict!!
Feeling great about the changes we have made so far, buying herb garden supplies this weekend to plant up and hoping to invest in a dehydrator in the next few weeks to dry and store my own.
Keeping an eye on the scales too, hoping this will help with the post baby weight loss.
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Day 1's dinner
I'm a little bit proud but it could be better! Looks feral, tasted amaze.
We have Moroccan salad!! Lettuce, tomatoes and red onions could have been home grown, instead supo bought. Yoghurt for the dressing and feta could have been homemade. Buuuut the chilli and garlic are farmers market beauties, the meat is homekill, the eggs with the meat are from my grandparents chooks, the mint in the yoghurt dressing is from my mums and the quinoa underneath it all is organic :)
We have Moroccan salad!! Lettuce, tomatoes and red onions could have been home grown, instead supo bought. Yoghurt for the dressing and feta could have been homemade. Buuuut the chilli and garlic are farmers market beauties, the meat is homekill, the eggs with the meat are from my grandparents chooks, the mint in the yoghurt dressing is from my mums and the quinoa underneath it all is organic :)
The dirty before pics....
Whats lurking behind my fridge and pantry doors?? Crap, with a touch of "we're getting there"
Mission one, is to eat and donate the last of the junk. And clean my pantry.
Condiments galore, a newfound addiction that must be stopped. As a child tomato sauce was it, the be all and end all. Now I've got a taste for the rest, the dressings, the mayos, the sweet chilli sauce and THE SOUR CREAM!!! The pantry is full of canned chilli beans from winters chilli addiction.... I wonder if the foodbank will appreciate those.
Mission one, is to eat and donate the last of the junk. And clean my pantry.
Condiments galore, a newfound addiction that must be stopped. As a child tomato sauce was it, the be all and end all. Now I've got a taste for the rest, the dressings, the mayos, the sweet chilli sauce and THE SOUR CREAM!!! The pantry is full of canned chilli beans from winters chilli addiction.... I wonder if the foodbank will appreciate those.
Happy New Years
A New Years spent with inspiring friends was just what I need to kick off my 2013!!
I'll paint you a picture....
We pulled up to a paddock with tents pitched, a caravan set up and a sleep out ready to be made up for us for the night. Seven families, all linked by facebook. Some familiar faces and some new. Bliss being surrounded by my fellow hippy mamas. Bonfire burning, spit roast cooking, babies on boobs, kids frolicking and the Noah's ark of animals cleaning up the crumbs they left behind. Perfection. The next day involved a lazy morning, swimming at the river, afternoon naps, rounding up pigs, fish and chips and train rides at the carnival!
Did I mention it was the best NY ever??
I'll paint you a picture....
We pulled up to a paddock with tents pitched, a caravan set up and a sleep out ready to be made up for us for the night. Seven families, all linked by facebook. Some familiar faces and some new. Bliss being surrounded by my fellow hippy mamas. Bonfire burning, spit roast cooking, babies on boobs, kids frolicking and the Noah's ark of animals cleaning up the crumbs they left behind. Perfection. The next day involved a lazy morning, swimming at the river, afternoon naps, rounding up pigs, fish and chips and train rides at the carnival!
Did I mention it was the best NY ever??
A little about us....
Here we are, the Fenwick Family. There's me Dani. I'm 22 and already homemaker extraordinaire ;) Gentle mumma of toddler Barclay and new baby Sylvie. You'll find me in my chair most days, on facebook stuck under a child with a boob in their mouth, and when that's not happening I'm doing housework, dancing with Barclay or EATING RUBBISH!
Then there's Barclay ^^^ in the sweet orange tie die! He's a 20 month old crazy cute kid! Loves kicking, throwing and bouncing balls, being nude, his chickens, cats, ducks, pressing his diddle on things, fun times with dad and booby cuddles with mum.
Our newest family member Sylvie, 3 months old! She is the most placid sweet thing, loves sleeping (long may it continue), being terrorised by her brother, snuggled by her dad and boobs.
And lastly my husband Sam. This picture sums him up! Cows and babies are his life, I tried to write more about him and his personality and how much I love him but it was all far to sappy.
Then there's Barclay ^^^ in the sweet orange tie die! He's a 20 month old crazy cute kid! Loves kicking, throwing and bouncing balls, being nude, his chickens, cats, ducks, pressing his diddle on things, fun times with dad and booby cuddles with mum.
Our newest family member Sylvie, 3 months old! She is the most placid sweet thing, loves sleeping (long may it continue), being terrorised by her brother, snuggled by her dad and boobs.
And lastly my husband Sam. This picture sums him up! Cows and babies are his life, I tried to write more about him and his personality and how much I love him but it was all far to sappy.
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