While I was emptying our pantry last week, I was bracing myself for a difficult week. I'm happy to report that this week was super easy! Sunday I made homemade whole wheat graham crackers, granola, berry sauce for the plain yogurt, popcorn balls, cheddar crackers (yuck!), zucchini muffins, and banana pancakes. We were prepared to eat foods that consisted of 5 ingredients or less, no processed food, and no processed sugar. Eating like this makes me cook a WHOLE lot more, but having the luxury of being at home makes this process much easier.
Brady and Juliette didn't even seem to notice a change. Juliette will eat anything, so I wasn't worried in the least about her. Brady gobbled down everything I made and never asked for any of his old treats. I don't want to go into too much detail, so I'll just say some potty issues were resolved by day 4. Greg really only participates with dinner, so his life didn't change very much. I have lost a pound (secretly hoping another will drop off when I weigh in tomorrow) and have had a significant change in my sweet tooth. I haven't craved anything sweet since knocking the sugar out of my diet. The only sweeteners I used were honey and 100% maple syrup.
In preparation for next week I made some popcorn treats (they were a big hit), breakfast cookies, hummus, prepared sweet potatoes to make sweet potato pancakes, more berry sauce, and made an attempt at homemade butternut squash ravioli. The kids weren't fond of the ravioli and it took too much effort to make if only 2 of us were going to eat them. This has been a good change for us and I think will continue to be good as long as I stay ahead of the game.
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