Prunes (dried plums)
Sauerkraut
Sweet Potatoes
Avocado
Coconut Oil
Sprouted Bread
Brown Eggs
Raw Milk
Kefir
Kombucha
Garlic
Sunflower seed butter
Raw almonds
Hummus
Blue tortilla chips
Kale
Homemade Vegetable juice
Red beets
Squash
Grass-fed organic beef
Flax seed oil
Raw honey
Oat Flour
Buckwheat Flour
Rice Flour
Cilantro
I have been thinking about this lately. Over the past 6 years our eating habits have changed a lot at our house. It started really small with things like buying Natural Peanut Butter instead of the kind with sugar in it. And each month things changed a little more. The time it takes to research, plan ahead and actually find good quality food is CRAZY. I remember going into 3 different stores looking for Tahini when I was trying to make hummus for the first time. I didn't even know where to look. When I realized how much better sweet potatoes were for you than white potatoes I would buy them more often, but still bought white potatoes too. And I didn't really eat the sweet potatoes (only Justin and Cameron liked them at first). But, now I won't even buy white potatoes! We are blessed to have a local, organic, Amish farmer to buy all of our dairy, meat, and eggs from. And in the summer months we get our fruit and vegges from him too.
A few years ago I didn't like sauerkraut or squash (Yuck!) Now I eat sauerkraut daily and I love spaghetti squash!!!
Four years ago, I had no idea what hummus was. People would talk about it, and I was completely clueless. Now I make my own, and we love it!
Almost all of the foods listed above were foreign to me at one time. Things like prunes, kefir, and raw milk, I was sure I wouldn't like them. I had never tried them in my life, but I was somehow convinced that they would be gross! But, believe me, they are not gross at all. They are really, really good!
So for all of you on a journey to better health, better eating habits, don't give up!! When we add up all the small steps we take, it makes a BIG difference. And years down the road you and your body will thank you for taking the time.
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Great post Jenny! Thank you for taking the time to give encouragement. As I was reading the list, I thought, "Oh, yeah...I forgot about that or I should try that." Thank you for being such an encourager!
i have a yummy quinoa muffin recipie. try this one.
-2 cups cooked and cooled quinoa
-1/4 cup gently melted coconut oil or butter (i use coconut oil)
-2 cups whole wheat flour (i use whole wheat white)
-3/4 cup sucanant or rapadura (i use organic cane sugar but have used sucanant and it's good too)
-1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
-1 tsp fine sea salt
1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries (i use oceanspray blueberry infused cranberries)
-3/4 cup whole milk, buttermilk or keifer (i use vanilla flavored almond milk)
-1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
Yield 1 dozen muffins
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12 cup muffin tin.
In medium bowl, whisk together flour, sucanant, baking powder, salt, raisins and cooked quinoa.
In small bowl, whisk together oil, milk, egg and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients, stir just until combined.
Divide batter evenly among muffin cups and bake until toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Store in airtight container up to 5 days or freeze for up to one month.
if you don't mind me asking, how much is your grocery budget?
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