Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Whole foods and chucking out of crap

There has been some purging here of late.
With the new year came some new resolutions of health.
The pantry has taken a beating and we are re-stocking (or not) with organic, whole foods.
We have eaten many vegetarian meals but still intend to eat quality meats from time to time. Loving reading Sally Fallon's "Nourishing Traditions" and getting LOTS from it. I need to buy my own copy.

What has changed?

WE are eating way more whole foods.... fruits , veges, nuts.... salad everyday (summer is grand for that and the garden is yielding beautiful lettuces)
I am going gwith a 'help yourself' style at the table so as not to overwhelm the young ones. All dishes are put on the table and everyone helps them self. No pressure... try if you like... enjoy together.
We have always eaten all together in the evening and I believe this is so important when exposing the little ones to foods they may otherwise not try.
Choccy balls are a big part of our diet....
Raw nuts
dates
agave syrup
raw cacao powder
We love them, we have them for snacks, for brekky, for whatever.

We are juicing now. Juice has become a great way to get lots of fruit and veg in to us in a short time and a beautiful and nutrtitious way to take in more whole foods.

Rain water from the tank..... mmmmmmmmmmmm... and no flouride. :(

Also working on getting rid of the chemicals that are in our house and have changed to using soap nuts for our washing with a few drops of essential oil. Loving it!

Oh and how could I forget... raw chocolate from loving earth is a blessing. we love it, we eat it daily... we eat it anytime. It is delicious and SO good for us!

Loving the feeling of 'cleaning up' and 'cleaning out' and taking the family along for the ride.

2 comments:

guam_mummy said...

Sounds great Rach.....have thought about the soap nuts before but uwilling to give up my green mountain HE washing detergent. Maybe one day.

Unknown said...

Sweet...love that you are living what you are learning and convicted of. Not sure I could ever get T to go on the ride with me...and I like the try if you like leave if you don't idea with kiddos.