I’m breakfast. I’m a big, flaky waffle just asking for someone to douse me in something sugary. Tonight, as I was in tears bemoaning this allergy elimination, Hubby said – “Look..this is about how you feel.” The implications aren’t anything I haven’t processed yet. If this is about how I feel, then can’t I just [...]
Yeah, I’ve been putting this off again. That’s probably got a lot to do with the last three weeks being ridiculously impossible as far as the elimination diet goes. I got through two trials- mozzarella cheese and white beans. I sort of did a trial with wheat/gluten, but not accurately, so I likely need to [...]
First, I have to apologize for not posting my meal plan during the first two weeks of the elimination diet. People ask frequently what I actually can eat, and I wish I had posted it real-time to show you. Honestly, I wish I actually had meal planned at all. It would have made those two [...]
Despite what the scale (interpreted by my warped sense of body image) says, now is not the time to cut calories. I know, I know. I’m working on it, okay? But I’m starting to feel like I’m getting into our new “normal,” so I’m ready for my body to catch up. Right. While I thought [...]
Meal planning solidifies my return to reality. That’s probably why this post wasn’t written yesterday and has sat open on my browser all morning. As good as it felt to have real food without dishes to return (sorry, guys! I’ll get them back to you eventually!), it feels better to not have to think about [...]
I keep stalling on these, thinking that baby will get me out of making at least one meal plan. So far, that is backfiring. Not only do I still have to make a meal plan, it is way late in the week and I’m still pregnant anyway. Geesh. I think we will be revisiting a [...]
I have been stalling on typing this up (surprise surprise). You all know at this point that this is not one of my favorite tasks. Part of me was hoping, against all odds, that I would just go into labor and no have to meal plan or cook. I haven’t cooked since last Wednesday, thanks [...]
As we inch closer and closer to the baby coming (most of the inches showing on my belly..a few on my thighs), I’m beginning to think about this whole cookbook journey and how far we’ve come. I’ve gotten through about 1/3rd of the recipes, which is very close to on target, considering I still have [...]
The case of the missing meal plan…has been tossed out unclosed. Gr. That’s the last time I write it on a tiny notebook. Tiny notebooks are idea for tiny hands to take or to get lost in tiny crevices in between tiny people’s clothes/toys/snot. Of course, as soon as I rewrite this thing, it’ll turn [...]
After my first baby was born, I remember feeling panicked at the thought of getting up to cook. I would look at the baby, look at the kitchen, look at the baby…and stay in the chair. When I did venture off of my perch, it never failed- he’d want to nurse. I’d later learn that [...]
