Breakfast: Oatmeal (ordered by Joseph...he likes to boss me around...he is often polite about it but he does have opinions) Lunch: Lentils and Rice sides: green salad with zucchini and fresh garden cucumbers..yum. The dressing I make for it is so easy and my kids LOVE salad with this dressing. I simply put on about a 1T of veganaise (it's grapeseed oil mayo that is very light and very good for you) and then about 1/4 t of garlic powder. It gives it a ranch dressing type taste for pennies and my kids adore it. They also LOVED the cucumbers. I picked two for the salad and ended up with half of one. They were begging me to cut up more....and I love that. Dinner: Blini..okay...here is a Russian recipe that I healthified. Blini is the Russian word for crepes. There is a cult in Russia that judges a woman by her blini..the thinner the better..she has to be able to flip them just right...and of course they have to be perfectly round. I make this recipe in my family sized rectangle electric skillet. The first time I made them Sasha (who usually is pretty oblivious to what food looks like) laughed and said, "A schto za blini?" Meaning loosely...what in the world did you do to those blini? Ah...well at least my kids can enjoy the joy of blini without mommy standing over a stove for 2 hours...this version cooks up in about 20 minutes..Yay! I'll post the recipe later..gotta go read stories to my kids. |