Our Florida Meals

1. For breakfast every morning, the kids had some variation on cereal, milk, yogurt, and fruit. I had a Kashi GoLean instant oatmeal and a banana every morning.
2. The first night, we stopped at Senor Tequilas on the way from the airport. It was not good. I had bean nachos.
3. On the second night, we ordered Papa John's pizza so that we could just be at the house and let the kids swim. There were also strawberries.
4. Tuesday night, we were driving back from visiting my husband's grandmother, so the kids had a "supper" of peanut butter crackers, apple slices, and animal crackers. I had a late night egg sandwich when we got back to the house.
5. For lunch every day, we packed it and took it to the beach/club pool. It was usually some combination of PBJs, cheese sticks, grapes, egg sandwiches, pretzels, juice boxes, or carrots and peanut butter.
6. Wednesday, we cooked. There was grilled tilapia, baked sweet potatoes, salad, chips and salsa, and the kids had grilled cheese sandwiches.
7. Thursday, we went to Doc's Beach House for overpriced, mediocre dive-bar food. I had an egg salad sandwich and chips. The kids loved picking out an ice cream bar from the cooler for dessert.
8. The last two nights we went to TGIFridays (dorky families alert!) because it is so easy and cheap to eat there. I had a spicy black bean burger both nights. They were delicious. On the second trip there, I got crazy with a Blackberry Long Island Iced Tea.
9. On the last morning, we stopped at Bread Co. for breakfast (Panera for the non-St. Louisians out there). I had an iced chai tea latte and we all shared some cinnamon crunch bagels, which is one of the more coveted treats at our home.
10. Lauren and I had Bella Sera Pinot Grigio each night and there may have been handfuls of pretzel and peanut butter M&Ms involved.

What I've Been Eating A Lot Of Lately

1. Salty chips dipped in greek yogurt
2. THESE Field Roast apple sage "sausages"
3. Luna Peanut Honey Pretzel bars
4. Tacos
5. Kale chips
6. Frozen yogurt (we've been to Chill a lot lately)
7. Chili
8. Spinach, mushroom, and black bean quesadillas
9. Mushrooms
10. Cereal and almond milk as my night snack
11. Smoothies

What's In My Wrap

1. Whole wheat tortilla shell, 365 brand
2. Dijon mustard
3. Baby Spinach
4. Kale
5. Alfalfa sprouts
6. Red pepper flakes
7. Avocado
8. A leftover Gardein strip, cut up into little
9. Orange bell pepper

What My Children Ate Today

1. Breakfast: Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal in milk

2. Lunch: Hard-boiled egg, greek yogurt, Clif kids bar, walnuts, and almond milk

3. Snack: Grapes and mandarin oranges

4. Supper: THIS beautiful farfalline pasta that I bought at the olive oil store in Clayton, sweet potatoes, carrots, and buttered toast

4. Water throughout the day and a few Cat Cookies to snack on 

What's Packed In R's "Orange Day" Lunch For School Tomorrow

1. A little carton of orange juice with a little orange straw attached
2. Goldfish crackers with five little orange M&M's floating around
3. Mandarin oranges
4. Baby carrots
5. Cheddar cheese stick
6. Sweet potato chunks

What I Ate Today

1. A waffle (made out of Kodiak Cakes mix) and a glass of orange juice
2. Guacamole and tortilla chips, water
3. Ciabatta sandwich pressed in our panini maker with pesto, mushrooms, red peppers, spinach, fresh mozzarella, and broccoli sprouts and Baked Lays and a bowl of blackberries, water
4. A glass of dark chocolate almond milk and 2 pieces of Rudy's Organic cinnamon raisin bread with cream cheese in between

The Kids Current Favorite "Trail Mix"

1. Pecans
2. Almonds
3. Cashews
4. Chocolate chips
5. Kashi GoLean Crunch cereal chunks
6. Kashi Heart to Heart cereal
7. Butterscotch chips
8. Raisins

R's Lunch At School That He Gave Two-Thumbs Up For

1. Packed in his little Stephen Joseph blue camo lunch bag
2. Two Gardein strips and a serving of black beans in a LunchBots pico
3. A Sprout Organic Toddler Puree, Acai flavor
4. Vanilla soymilk in the cute little robot Klean Kanteen
5. An Organic Valley string cheese
6. A little LunchBots condiment container with a vegan chocolate chip/chopped walnut & pecan mixture

What I Was Eating This Summer

1. Lots and lots of various fruit crisps- seriously. Made apple, blueberry, blueberry-cherry, strawberry, peach, strawberry-peach, blackberry, blueberry-blackberry...
2. Black bean, sweet potato, cheese, and avocado nachos with salsa verde
3. Salads featuring lentils
4. I was really into spicy veggie burgers
5. These are my new favorite tortilla chips
6. Chia pudding
7. Although I typically do not like peanut butter, I ate a lot of peanut butter and honey sandwiches
8. Whiskey and sodas
9. Salad-kopita from Crushed Red
10. Avocado on toast
11. Egg and sauteed veggie wraps
12. Chickpea salad with Kashi crackers
13. Cream cheese brownies in my freezer

Our Car Snacks

1. Popcorn
2. A little bag of Skinny Cow turtles my small group leader gave me the other night
3. Bananas
4. Coconut water
5. Juice boxes
6. Carrot sticks
7. Peanut M&Ms

What I Ate Yesterday

1. Water and a cheese stick
2. Post-race complimentary sacked breakfast: cinnamon-raisin roll from Breadsmith, orange juice, and a banana. I skipped on the yogurt.
3. A wrap for lunch made with a Flatout tortilla, smushed avocado, mushrooms, sweet potato, onion, Organic Girl Super Greens, and garbanzo beans with some Xochitl chips
4. Farfalle with pesto and sauteed onions, peas, mushrooms, red/orange/&yellow peppers, spinach, and shallots
5. A couple chocolate-banana brownies and a glass of almond milk

My Favorite Picks At The Farmer's Market

1. Strawberries
2. Cherries
3. Greens! (arugula, bibb, spinach, kale, chard...)
4. Beets
5. Honey
6. Brioche
7. New potatoes
8. Mushrooms
9. Green beans
10. Asparagus
11. Broccoli

What We Did With All Those Strawberries

1. The kids ate about 20 on the way home, because I stashed them in the empty seat between their car seats. R's repeated line on the drive back was, "This'll be my LAST one."
2. Sunday after church, we had breakfast for lunch, so I made strawberry syrup on the stovetop.
3. I froze about 2 quarts whole for smoothies, and another quart sliced and diced for recipes and whatnot.
4. I made THIS Sunday night and it's pretty good. I left off the fruit slices on the top and just included them inside the bread, so mine's not as pretty as the one from the recipe.
5. I made THIS for dinner on Monday night, since we were having friends over to eat. (I omitted the white sugar in the topping, added more oats, and used whole wheat flour.)
6. I also made strawberry ice cream in the ice cream maker on Tuesday using half the sugar.
7. Thanks to Amazon Prime, my donut pan arrived in 2 quick days to make THESE for snack today and caused my daughter to squeal with excitement and name me the best momma ever!
8. Strawberries made their appearance sliced on breakfast cereal, whole in lunchbags, as a side for dinner, and rolled up with peanut butter in wraps this week.
9. I had Kashi Go Lean Crunch with sliced strawberries for breakfast almost every day this week.
10. I made a batch of veganized strawberry muffins for the freezer
11. I finished up the stash by taking some over to share with our friends for a playdate.

The Kids Lunch

1. A hard-boiled egg
2. Mashed sweet potatoes
3. Green grapes
4. Raw almonds
5. Water

What I Ate Today

1. A glass of orange juice and an egg sandwich (egg cooked with Penzey's Mural of Flavor and mustard and cheese)
2. A glass of lemon water, guacamole and blue corn chips, a mug of Aaron's quinoa corn chowder, and a small wrap with sweet potato, black beans, and spinach
3. A handful of roasted chickpeas
4. A pizza made with a whole wheat Flatout flatbread and topped with Classico basil pesto, roasted red peppers, roasted mushrooms, caramelized onions, kalamata olives, and spinach. And a few glasses of water.
5. A chocolate chip banana brownie and a mega glass of almond milk

Kitchen Things I Want

1. A microplane zester
2. Donut baking pan
3. Springform pan
4. A pretty casserole pan
5. A garlic press
6. A Vitamix blender
7. Another DoughMakers loaf pan
8. A grain mill attachment for my KitchenAid mixer
9. More cute, cloth napkins
10. More of these
11. A trifle bowl
12. A faucet-mounted water filter
13. A cast-iron skillet
14. More of these because I use them for everything
15. Cute popsicle molds
16. One of those big mesh strainer spoons
17. A new tablecloth
18. A windowsill herb collection
19. A tree of sorts to stand at the end of our counter by the fish tank

What's Cooking This Morning

1. Quinoa (double batch)
2. Chickpea Salad (where I make chicken salad, but sub chickpeas instead of chicken and use Veganaise instead of mayo)
3. "Cheezy" Sauce from Veganomicon
4. No-bake cookies, a childhood favorite
5. Brown lentils in my rice cooker
6. Adzuki beans (a small batch to finish out the Mason jar they were store in)
7. Cinnamon-topped oatmeal muffins (a Penzey's recipe)

The Ridiculous Amount Of Eating Out We Did While My Parents Were In Town

1. Supper at Chevy's- I had black bean and pepper jack nachos with guacamole and a raspberry iced tea
2. Lunch at Fitz's- Fried pickles aplenty (their's are the best I've ever had), a veggie burger and fries, and a root beer
3. Supper at McGurk's (just my husband and I before The Head and The Heart show)- I ate spinach and artichoke toasted ravioli and a Magner's Cider
4. Lunch at California Pizza Kitchen- I had a Pear and Gorgonzola pizza and raspberry lemonade
5. Supper at Farotto's- I had Red Pesto Tortellini and Sprite
6. Lunch at The Cheesecake Factory- We shared fried artichokes and I had water and a pear, caramelized onion, arugula, and pecan flatbread

What $100 Bought Me At Whole Foods

1. A banana bunch
2. Package of whole wheat organic tortillas
3. Package of Daiya cheddar shreds
4. 3 heads of organic broccoli
5. Package of organic white cheddar cheese
6. 2 boxes of Kashi original 7-grain crackers
7. 1 box of Annie's whole wheat bunnies crackers
8. 8 Naked Juice smoothie drinks
9. Bag of Terra chips
10. Large container (89 oz) of orange juice
11. Half-gallon of almond milk
12. 5 small containers of Wallaby flavored yogurt
13. 2 packages of organic whole wheat spaghetti noodles
14. 2 jars of organic tomato sauce
15. 1 quart of organic milk
16. Bag of organic quinoa
17. Bottle of wine
18. Reusable shopping bag
19. 3/4 pound of nutritional yeast
20. Fair trade/Organic (read: kinda expensive) baking cocoa
21. 2 pound bag of vegan cane sugar
22. Bag of organic baby carrots
23. Bag of vegan chocolate chips
24. A bakery white chocolate macadamia nut cookie

Green Food Ideas For St.Patrick's Day Without You Having To Dye Your Scrambled Eggs Green And Post Photos That Make Me Puke In My Mouth

1. Green smoothies
2. Mini pesto pizzas or pesto bruschetta
3. Kale chips
4. Guacamole
5. Spinach quiche
6. Veggies- green beans, peas, asparagus, broccoli, leafy greens, bell peppers (bp horizontal slices look like shamrocks)
7. Fruit- kiwi, honeydew, green apples, grapes
8. Quesadillas made with spinach tortillas
9. Mint chip ice cream, mint chip milkshakes
10. Pea soup
11. Green lentils
12. Green tea frappucinos from Starbucks
13. Pistachios
14. Green olive, spinach, broccoli pizza (a personal favorite of mine)
15. Green pasta
16. Homemade limeade