Day: 4

Breakfast: Herbal Tea

After dropping off my older son to school this morning, I decided to run a few errands.  This didn't leave me much time for a good breakfast! The chaos of getting lunch packed, breakfast made for the two boys and looking presentable enough to walk my son into school (I love those drop off days when I can stay in my car, give him a kiss, wave goodbye and stay in my pj's!), it's always a mad dash! To add running errands afterwards, it was slim pickings!

Lunch: I loved eating my leftovers from last night. So nice not to have to prepare anything but just warm it up! Love my curry!! My future recipes will definitely involve more curry dishes.

Snacks: Pistachios, pickles, tortilla chips, broccoli

Dinner: Buckwheat Pancakes (My camera takes horrible inside shots, you can't even tell the topping was a blueberry plum jam!) 

http://cookieandkate.com/2013/buckwheat-pancakes/

(These pancakes look a little more scrumptious in her pictures! Loved the idea of her strawberry sauce, but I already had jam opened that needed to be used up. I really like her site and would like to try more recipes from it.)

 Contrary to it's name, buckwheat has no gluten and is not a 'true wheat'. Here's a link to Wikipedia that discusses it more in depth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat.  

In a bind, breakfast for dinner always works! Right?! I actually had big plans to make veggie patties tonight with some homemade sauerkraut. Trader Joe's was out of cauliflower, one of the staple ingredients, so I had to scrap that plan and come up with a new one. Rather than defrosting the fish in the freezer, I decided to do something simple tonight, pancakes it was! My husband thought they tasted just okay, but with homemade (sugar free) plum/blueberry jam, I thought they were wonderful! Whenever you do a complete overhaul with your food, it takes time to develop new tastes and like the new food you are eating. I think I heard somewhere that a baby needs to be introduced to a food at least 5-10 times to see if they like it.  I think it's true! You really do adapt and let your taste buds evolve. There is a list of food I NEVER thought I'd be eating if you asked me 5 years ago, today I happily want to, my tastes truly are and have started to change. Not because I have been eating clean for 4 days now, but because I've been doing this elimination diet off and on for almost two years now. By blogging, I'm hoping to document my progress, recipes, help anyone else seeking support and find a lasting change that brings full health and vitality back into my life.

Today I learned something new, how to substitute a 'flax egg' for a real egg. It worked beautifully! I love to eat eggs, but with my food test showing a high reaction to all eggs, I'm trying to eliminate them. I'm excited to try this substitute in other recipes and see if it works.  

1 Tbsp. ground flax seed, mixed with 3 Tbsp. water  = 1 Egg
(Let mixture sit 15 minutes before you use in your recipe)

Dessert: Blueberry Coconut Yogurt

I bought the yogurt from Trader Joes. It was pretty good... I bought it primarily for the probiotics.  I'll talk later about probiotics, but I believe and buy in totally with the idea of gut flora being a huge contributor to overall health . With the added sugar in the yogurt,  I had only a spoonful and gave the rest to my husband. I will hold out for coconut yogurt without the sugar! Trader Joes only had the one option to choose from today.  

Tomorrow promises to be a better dinner!