Tahini and Carrots

O is for Oatmeal

This morning, and most mornings, my girls chose oatmeal.

We have been buying the bulk quick oats. I make the oatmeal with one part water and one part almond milk. Mark makes with just water and adds cinnamon and flaxseed to it. The almond milk takes away the clumps and sticky texture. The girls could care less which way it's made. They LOVE oatmeal.

Honey is one of HBug's faves. Local honey is also good for potential allergies.
"A spoonful of honey keeps the sneezies away".

They also had a sippy cup of almond milk, and Hope had a "nannie" (banana).

"Crackers"

 

We used to get regular crackers that were wheat, oil and salt. Good that they were only three ingredients, but 2 of the 3 weren't ideal...not terrible, but not ideal.

So a few weeks ago, I figured out that shredded wheat looks a lot like "mini crackers". We call them that, the girls call them that, so that's what they are in our house.

You can see on the ingredients list just two: wheat and vitamin E. So we cut out the oil and salt, the girls love them, and they last a heck of a lot longer than the other kind!!

We use these as a snack between meals or before bed.

Dinner at ACU

We cooked black beans in crock pot all day. Nothing else in pot except a little Mrs. Dash seasoning.
They love beans when they're mixed with spinach and avocado (food processor).
Then we had grapes, Ezekial pita pockets, and cooked broccoli (frozen, organic, boiled).
Jenn also made homemade salsa.

They had blue corn chips, salsa, apple sauce and grapes for snack before bed, too.

Crazy Hope