Sarah's Recipe Blog

I feel kind of sheepish doing this but I think it will be helpful to alot of people.

The kids and I eat a little bit differently from Sasha. For now I'm going to just put what the kids and I eat because Sasha usually just eats oats, dates and nuts twice a day without much variation besides what I fix for snacks or lunch.

Breakfast:

Oats, Milk/soymilk, Homemade Granola(I don't think I have this recipe up but it's a very basic granola recipe with oats, agave, cinnamon, sunflower seeds, coconut and raisins.

Lunch:

Sloppy Joes (ground turkey, kidney beans) on Fresh Homemade Bread

sides: Buckwheat and organic baby carrots

Dinner: Freedom Fries (pan fried potatoes...this recipe is on Healthy Recipes) with organic ketchup (can't remember the brand right now but it is from our local Health Food Store) I have made my own ketchup and have a recipe posted for it but it doesn't taste the same as store bought and I really do prefer that taste.

sides: sliced apples (Frugal note: I bought a box of these apples at a store called NPS in Salt Lake City that sells about to go past their date food for cheap. I got 40 pounds of apples for $10)  

In the summer I will go and pick fruit from my neighbors trees that they aren't eating and serve this to my kids with meals or for snacks.  We have a garden and eat out of there in the summer too. This year the garden may not be as fruitful because of crazy weather. I don't plant a huge garden but I do a little bit of gardening.  

Breakfast: Oats w/ soymilk or milk (the girls and I do milk, the boys are lactose intolerant and drink soymilk) topped with homemade granola.

Lunch:

Whole wheat angel hair pasta (I buy Heartland brand from Wal-mart...much cheaper than the health food store brand and satisfactory quality) Homemade spaghetti sauce with sauteed mushrooms. The kids and I top this with Parmesean cheese

sides: homemade bread with butter/honey/jam/garlic (sasha likes his with honey and garlic...yuck) organic baby carrots

Dinner: Homemade Pizza (it must be Italian day) Sasha likes his without cheese. I put plenty of cheese on top for me and the kids. Sometimes I buy chicken sausage from Costco for a yummy pizza topping.

sides: cucumber, carrots and watermelon

Even though we eat the same breakfast day after day I guess I just want people to see that that's really what we do. I vary our breakfast sometimes but if I make granola we definitely enjoy eating that. That is one way to keep things cheaper. Keeping your recipes simpler gives me more time to have a little bit of a life outside the kitchen and things are a bit cheaper that way. I do, however, try to provide variety for the health benefits I think it brings.

Breakfast: Rolled raw oats with soymilk/milk and homemade granola.

sides: Cantelope

Lunch: Revisted Homemade Cheese Pizza

sides: grapes/baby carrots

We almost always just drink water with our meals. I'll let my kids have milk if they ask for it but I'm into simple. Sometimes I make homemade rootbeer with rootbeer flavor and agave to sweeten. I love rootbeer....I also make it into popsicles for later. I also often buy fresh limes and squeeze some into some water with a bit of agave. Mostly I push water because it's free.

Dinner: Steamed Salmon w/ Red potatoes ( I'll add dill and olive oil to the steamed potatoes and some dill and braggs liquid aminos-similar to soy sauce- to the salmon)

sides: cucumbers/watermelon

Dessert: Fresh homemade cinnamon rolls (I've been using my Bosch alot this week. I make these rolls with my same basic bread recipe only add butter and fructose and cinammon)

I thought I'd make note of the groceries I bought this week. This is partly for me to see what we buy and how often.

Costco:

2 pounds Salmon, 10 pounds red potatoes, 2 gallons milk, 1 bag tortilla chips, 1 bag rice chips(for the barbeque), 1 pound blackberries, 1 pound blueberries, 2 cases soymilk, 2 loaves whole wheat bread, 1 box of organic raisin bran, 1 carton natural omega eggs, 1 case pull-ups.

Reams: 1 watermelon, 1 cantelope, 1 honedew melon, 2 cucumbers, 4 small cartons cottage cheese.

Good Earth: 5 pounds fructose

Breakfast: Raw rolled oats and granola with soymilk/milk

sides: honeydew melon

Lunch: Creamy Split Pea Soup ( I put the typical carrots, onions, celery jazz in and then blend it in the blender to make a very delightful soup on a cold June day)

Sides: baby carrots/ salsa fresca rice chips

Dinner: Creamy Pea Soup...five hours old....

sides: rice chips/grapes
 

A couple of my kids only got one of the cinnamon rolls I made yesterday so I woke up and made a fresh batch this morning....the magic of a Bosch...awww... They still ate the soup after stuffing their little faces on sweet rolls. Joseph who rarely eats thirds asked for thirds of soup. He loves green and I guess that's why he wanted more green soup. :)

Breakfast: Granola , granola, granola...we are almost out of it and I actually am getting tired and had a bowl of raisin bran this morning. I think I'll try cooking oatmeal next week if I can get organized. The kids wake up right when I'm done running and want to eat right away.

Lunch: Mashed Potatoes

I boil red potatoes whole. I leave the skins on partly because I'm lazy and partly because I like them. I leave a bit of potato water in them for mashing and add olive oil and salt to taste. Sometimes I get fancy and sprinkle some parsley on top. The kids eat it with organic ketchup and Sasha sprinkles flaxseed crackers on top.

sides: green salad

I put a spoonful of veganaise and a dash of garlic powder on the salad and my kids gobble the salad up. Don't tell them about the garlic.

Dinner: Turkey Sandwiches

sides: grapes, rice chips, cookies (from good earth they were on a sale for an amazing price....I should go back and get a case!)

We are going to eat it picnic style at the Stake Bar B-Q.They don't usually serve super healthy food at these functions and we try to just bring our own "cool" stuff so the kids don't feel bad. I like hamburgers but am happy not to eat them most of the time.  

Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ blackberries and blueberries on top.

Lunch: We are getting free sack lunches at a BYU play my kids got tickets too at the library. I'll take out the cookies and give them the sandwiches, fruit and water...I'll probably bring some more of those cookies I got from Good Earth.  

Dinner: TBA 

Breakfast: Waffles w/ pure maple syrup

Lunch:  Tortilla chips and salsa 

Carob Banana Ice Cream (frozen bananas, carob powder and soymilk in my champ blender...came out thick like ice cream)

This meal was kind of a snack

Dinner: Whole wheat angel hair pasta w/ sauce

sides: sliced cucumbers

Dessert: Carob Chip Cookies

Breakfast: Oats w/ milk

Jenny puts peanut butter in hers sometimes

Lunch: Shrimp Jambayala

sides: cucumbers and apples

We always use brown rice in all of our rice dishes. The kind I bought for my food storage is called Basmati and it smells like buttery popcorn when it cooks.

Dinner: Freedom Fries w/ Organic ketchup

Dessert: Carob Banana Ice Cream

Breakfast: The granola is gone. My 3 year old demanded that I produce more granola that instant...he is usually pretty good with his demands but I guess didn't quite understand this time. So, we had raw rolled oats with milk and agave. My kids adore this combination and I'm pretty happy with it too.

Lunch: Tuna Casserole (veganaise mayo, pickles, cucumbers, tomatoes and sunflower seeds)

sides; watermelon and a very few sugar snap peas from our garden :)

Dinner: Rhubarb Crisp

I didn't have any shopping to do this afternoon and felt ambitious so we picked the rhubarb in our backyard and made a delicious dessert...for dinner. I will feed my kids apple crisp or peach cobbler for dinner sometimes too.

Breakfast: Oatmeal (agave, cinammon on top)

sides: homemade whole wheat bread w/ all fruit jam (I buy smuckers all fruit jam at Wal-mart for the best price I've found for sugar-free jam)

Ask me sometime to tell you about the failed jam experiments I've done. One batch in particular still sits on my shelf and bears the title "Texas Barbeque Jam"

Lunch: Baked Chicken ( I marinated the chicken legs last night w/ braggs, coriander and sage. I'll probably add some more braggs and then bake them for an hour. I've started always covering the chicken I bake so it's more tender and doesn't dry out)

sides:  barley ( I added this to the chicken to let it soak up all the juices..yum) cucumbers , watermelon, fresh garden peas (I leave these out of the salad because Sasha doesn't like them in)

Dinner : TBA

Brk: Oatmeal

Lunch; Mexican Cornbread Casserole (adzuki beans, barley, salt free tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder with layer of cornbread on top)

sides: green salad w/ homemade ranch dressing 

Dinner: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

sides: strawberries, cucumbers

Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries

sides: whole wheat toast w/ all fruit jam

Lunch: Sloppy Joes on homemade whole wheat buns

I am going to use the adzuki beans from yesterday and barley from the day before as a base for the sloppy joes, add some mustard, ketchup, worchestshire (sp?) sauce, garlic powder dehydrated onions...yum..should be good)  Sasha goes in and out of his admiration for beans. I personaly think they are wonderful all by themselves. He needs them dressed up a bit. We'll see if he likes lunch today or not.... 

sides: green salad w/ homemade ranch dressing  

Dinner: TBA...I'm toying with the idea of making a breakfast casserole for dinner. We got this new kind of chicken sausage from Costco yesterday that tastes like the most delicious hot dog you've never had.....I mean I shouldn't really compare it with a hot dog. It's sausage..just has a light delicate and lovely taste.  

Breakfast: Homemade Banana Muffins

Lunch: Various snacks at race filled us up....

Dinner: Homemade Whole Wheat Pancakes w/ pure maple syrup

sides: fruit salad (oranges, apples, bananas, pineapple, and a sprinkling of coconut), strawberry yogurt sweetened with fructose

Breakfast: Oats w/ yogurt, raspberries and blueberries on top

 Lunch: To each his own (after church on Sunday we all just kind of grab what we can...we get back after 2 and are all starving) I think some of us had cheese and chicken sausage sandwiches. Joseph had an all pickle sandwich. yum yum....that kid ;)

Dinner: Mashed potatoes

sides:fresh garden peas, fresh cherries (got the cherries for 1. 19 a pound at my new favorite store-Market Square -Redwood and 1700 South in Salt Lake
 

Breakfast: Oats and strawberry yogurt

Lunch: Buckwheat and potstickers (bought at Costco ...all natural)

sides: orange slices, baby carrots

Dinner: cold cereal (we buy organic raisin bran at Costco and eat it on nights I don't feel like cooking)

Breakfast: oats and strawberry yogurt

Lunch: Tuna Casserole (would have made Salmon today but Sasha wasn't in the mood for anything but tuna)

Dinner: French Toast (with homemade whole wheat bread) topped with fresh raspberries and agave syrup(we ran out of maple syrup..we'll have to wait until I go to Costco next week)

Dessert: Kids bought themselves all sorts of treats at Good Earth with their compensation packet for Heart of Holladay. 

Breakfast: oats and yogurt

Lunch: Lentils (I just boiled them and added some olive oil and braggs...I love them that way..oh and a dash of dehydrated onions)

sides: baby carrots, homemade bread with jam, orange slices

Dinner: Homemade Pizza( put some of the chicken sausage from Costco on top...yum)

fresh strawberries, baby carrots

Dessert: my favorite!!! Strawberry Shortcake

I made a recipe of vanilla pound cake (cut down on the eggs and put in half olive oil half butter...Sasha still won't eat it because of the eggs) Made muffins and used those for the shortcake part. I whipped up about a year's supply of whipping cream in my Bosch. Used some of that on top of the shortcake with cut up strawberries..heaven. I'm putting the leftovers of the whipping cream in my freezer to use over the next few months or so for anything that could use some cream....I love cream.

Breakfast: Fruity Breakfast Cereal (bought at good earth can't remember the name and I'm too tired from my run to go all the way upstairs and look) Julia talked me into buying it when we were on a date yesterday.

Lunch: Leftover Homemade Pizza (at the park after my midwife appointment)

sides: baby carrots, juice boxes

Dinner: Steamed Salmon and red potatoes ( i steam them in my two story steamer...it's great and then add dried parsley, garlic, dill, olive oil and salt)

sides: garden peas

Breakfast: Oats and Yogurt w/ sliced strawberries

 Mid morning snack (we had friends coming over and needed to do lunch later)-strawberries and cream, natural cheetos, yogurt triple berry smoothies.

Lunch: Mashed Potatoes and chicken sausage

baby carrots  

Dinner: Leftover mashed potatoes (we had a lot leftover because Daddy wasn't around to eat most of them and I just so darn used to cooking for him) 

and....whatever else the kids felt like...bread and jam, oats and milk.....smoothie popsicles I made this morning. Then we went to the park after dinner and brought along our huge bag of baby carrots from Costco and they had millions of them. I always used to bring fresh veggies to the park. My kids will munch on anything when they are happily playing..so I sneak in more veggies that way.

I didn't have much of an appetite tonight but was hungry...perfect recipe for a blood sugar crash and no husband around......so sorry for myself. ....I know that they are having a time and I wouldn't interfere for the world....enough chatter....night y'all

Breakfast: Oatmeal with triple berries (frozen from Costco..marionberries, blueberries and raspberries) 

Lunch: Potstickers (also from costco) and Rice

sides: orange slices, watermelon and baby carrots

Dinner:  TBA
 

Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ raspberries and blueberries

Lunch: Turkey wraps (I buy the natural deli version without nitrates) and whole wheat tortillas at Walmart. I love these tortillas because they are a good price 2.04 and they actually stay together. I've bought ones at the health food store that crumble as soon as you bite into them.

sides: cantelope/organic sesame street crackers ( also from Wal-mart...a treat to get the kids to behave for the grueling Wal-mart shopping trip)

Dinner: Green salad, avocado wraps, leftover pancakes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  We kind of all did our own thing tonight. Sasha and the little boys had avocado wraps. I had leftover pancakes and salad. Benjamin had cereal and the girls ate pb and j.

Breakfast: Raisin Bran (some of the kids had oats still but I was in the mood for something else)

Lunch: Tacos w/ ground turkey and buckwheat. I always stretch the meat by mixing the turkey and buckwheat. I add my own spices to the meat and never use those packet thingys...they are bound to have sugar in them...just look and see for yourself.

sides: grapes, watermelon, plums, cucumbers....i love this time of year :)

Dinner: Avocado Wraps

Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ berries

Lunch: Turkey wraps

sides: grapes

Snack: Homemade Cinnamon Ice Cream ( i love making this flavor..not one you usually find anywhere ..that I know of....but very very yummy and easy)

Dinner: Homemade Whole wheat pancakes with butter cream sauce

Sasha had avocado wraps..I bought a bunch of tortillas and we are living off of them this week.

Breakfast: Breakfast Burritos (scrambled eggs, salsa, monterey jack cheese)

sides: watermelon, V-8 fruit/veggie juice

Lunch: Spilt Pea Soup,

sides: cucumbers, garlic toast

Dinner: Freedom Fries 

Breakfast: Raw oats w/ macademia nuts, almonds, sunflower seeds and berries (well at least that's what I put in mine...feeling like I needed a bit more protein this morning)

Lunch: Annie's Cheesy Ravoli

(it's a brand of canned ravoli's from good earth...I was away all morning scrapbooking with my friend and got home late) note...half of my children didn't really liked the canned taste..which is actually a good thing. I hardly ever feed them canned anything and they have good little taste buds that know the difference between canned and fresh.

Dinner:  Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

sides: green salad (Julia has been begging me for salad..I bought some vegan ceasar dressing and she and Joseph love it) 

Sasha does not eat cheese so this wasn't appealing to him. I've decided that if he's had his typical lunch already which is nuts, berries, dates and soymilk and I make something for the other meal (be that dinner or lunch) that he doesn't eat..then I'll make him an avocado wrap. It's quick for me to do and I feel good about it. He's perfectly willing to make himself something else but I do like to help him out if I can.

Breakfast: Oats w/ bananas and macademia nuts

Lunch: Free lunch at Macey's grocery store. They did this promotion that if you did some healthy activities and ate a healthy meal then you could come to the store for a free lunch.

They served: Barbeque chicken, mashed potatoes, corn and salad.

It humored me a little bit what their idea of healthy was...they even served soda and dessert at the meal...I guess I figured they could have just had fruit and juice.

It was so nice to sit down and be served....all for being healthy...fun!

Dinner: Different types of wraps (can you tell I'm on a food lag with the wraps......hey it's summer...who wants a hot kitchen...) I had a Barbeque Chicken Wrap and the boys had the ol standby Avocado Wrap.

Breakfast: oatmeal w/ berries and macademia nuts

 Lunch: Aduzui beans and barley

sides: baby carrots/green salad

Dinner: Freedom fries

sides: baby carrots...time to get to the store again

Dessert: Homemade rainbow cupcakes (made by Jenny almost entirely with her little cupcake kit that she bought with her own money)