Real Food

When I started removing known allergens from Rapunzel's diet, and therefore from my menu plans, I started just looking for anything that fit the bill. Even if it wasn't the healthiest, as long as it didn't contain her allergens. A lot of changes were healthier. No corn syrup meant somewhat healthier alternatives. But now that we've been avoiding corn (and the others) for over a year, I've begun to realize that I can still do better. So, I've been incorporating more real food meals. I'm not a 100% stickler, but its a change in the right direction. So, with that, I thought I'd share our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast:

I still let the kids pick what they want for breakfast from our usual suspects:

Plain yogurt w/ a splash of vanilla and pure maple syrup, sometimes with granola on top

Plain oatmeal with maple syrup

Whole wheat toast with natural jelly or butter

Whole foods cereals

bagels with cream cheese

Lunch:

I don't usually eat the same things as the kids anymore. I will usually eat leftovers from dinner, or make a salad of some sort, sometimes a sandwich on whole wheat bread. You can see more of what I eat by following me on instagram @amberloveseric

But for the kids -

Egg salad, triscuits, cheese stick, raspberries, pineapple, cucumbers

Waffle/cream cheese sandwich, ants on a log, pear

Sliced apple and sunbutter sandwich, hummus and pita chips, carrots

Hummus, cheese, cucumber pita pocket, applesauce, grape tomatoes

Raspberry whole wheat muffins, smoothie pop, plain popcorn (popped sorghum for Rapunzel)

Dinner:

Teriyaki pork tenderloin, sesame noodles, green beans

Taco soup, salad

Stuffed peppers (stuffed with beef, quinoa, beans, veggies)

chicken pesto pasta, black bean soup

Sweet n sour chicken, brown rice, broccoli

Those menus don't really look all that different from past menus. The difference is the ingredients I use.  Real ingredients. Real food.