Eat better

Ok, so am not quite managing to post up everyday, but am doing enough to be able to see a rough pattern, and am quite happy so far. SO much better than 6 months ago.

Breakfast:
Me – Cup of tea
Kids – Pineapple, Grapes, Toast & Jam

Morning snack
Me – none
Kids – none

Lunch
Me – Brie, Redcurrent & Rocket Panini
Kids – As above with an ice pop for pudding

Afternoon snack
Me – couple of biscuits
Kids – as above

Dinner
Kids – Homemade Salmon fishcakes with baked eggs and spinach
Me – as above, cup of coffee

Evening snacks
Me – 4 biscuits, cup of tea

Daily Exercise
Yoga Class x1

Breakfast:
Me – Cup of tea & Porridge
Kids – At nursery – pancakes and banana

Morning snack
Me – none
Kids – ate at nursery

Lunch
Me – none
Kids – ate at nursery

Afternoon snack
Me – coffee and carrot cake
Kids – ate at nursery

Dinner
Kids – Ate at nursery
Me – Salmon pasta

Evening snacks
Me – Two alcopops, cup of tea, 4 fig biscuits!

Daily Exercise
Yoga Classes x3

Breakfast:
Me – Cup of tea
Kids – Toast & Jam

Morning snack
Me – tea
Kids – vitamin jellies, a biscuit

Lunch
Me – Brie, Rocket and Cranberry Paninis
Kids – as above minus rocket

Afternoon snack
Me – several cups of tea (bad day!) and a fondant fancy
Kids – several biscuits

Dinner
Kids – Chicken Fajitas
Me – as above

Evening snacks
Me – Two bottles of alcopop

Daily Exercise
Just around the house and shops, playing in garden with kids

Breakfast:
Me – Cup of tea
Kids – Toast & Jam, Fruit Salad (Fresh pineapple, melon & grapes)

Morning snack
Me – coffee
Kids – vitamin jellies, a biscuit

Lunch
Me – Homemade cheese and tomato paninis
Kids – as above, O ate loads of extra tomatoes

Afternoon snack
Me – several cups of tea (bad day!) and a fondant fancy
Kids – several biscuits

Dinner
Kids – Spaghetti and Meatballs, Icecream & Jelly
Me – as above (minus the pudding!)

Evening snacks
Me – Cup of tea, twol fig biscuits

Daily Exercise
Yoga class x1

Breakfast:
Me – Cup of tea & Porridge
Kids – Toast & Jam, Fruit Salad (Fresh pineapple, melon & grapes)

Morning snack
Me – coffee
Kids – vitamin jellies, a biscuit

Lunch
Me – homemade squash soup, with butterbeans and fresh bread
Kids – as above

Afternoon snack
Me – several cups of tea (bad day!) and a fondant fancy
Kids – several biscuits

Dinner
Kids – Chicken Carribean Curry with rice (not great as sauce out of jar)
Me – as above

Evening snacks
Me – Cup of tea, several fig biscuits

Daily Exercise
Yoga Class x1

Breakfast:
Me – Cup of tea
Kids – Toast & Jam, Fruit Salad (Fresh pineapple, melon & grapes)

Morning snack
Me – coffee
Kids – vitamin jellies, a biscuit

Lunch
Me – homemade brie, redcurrent and rocket panini
Kids – as above minus the rocket

Afternoon snack
Me – cup of tea
Kids – none

Dinner
Kids – Sausages and pasta
Me – Pasta with chorizo and halloumi

Evening snacks
Me – Cup of tea

Daily Exercise
Yoga class x1

I know we are definitely eating better, but am finding it difficult to look back and see it in tangible terms, so am going to keep a little bit of a food log here to just help me keep track on our eating habits as a family and continue to improve them.

still eating better…

had home made curry last night, which was ok – could have been better but realised half way through recipe i was following that it didnt tell you when to add key ingredients, and the meat it had suggested I used really wasnt the best for the dish… still edible though!

Home made soup on the agenda for tomorrow night, roast pork and veggies sometime this weekend, and have a toad in the hole coming up… then its monday and meal planning for the next fortnight again!

Wierdly, after a month of cutting out most processed food, feeling generally a lot better in mood and health wise I think.

Could do with a little more appreciation from the man of the house for the effort going into cooking, but not much forthcoming :( Im really putting a lot of energies and efforts to meal planning (both to eat better but also to keep us on a budget) and into cooking healthy meals from scratch, and feeling a little like the only person appreciating those efforts is me, which is a bit of a shame.

Made a delicious chicken in mushroom sauce thing last night, it was so yum, sadly oren decided to eat most of mine, but what I had was the yummiest thing I had eaten in weeks!

Moroocan lamb tagine tonight with sweet potato mash. Not bad – not a hugelover of stew type dishes but this one isnt too bad!! Kids ate it all up too so that was good :)

This continues to go well…

Sticky honey roasted chicken fillets
Stilton crushed new potatoes with steak went down a treat
Salmon with pak choi and broccoli last night, all marinated in chilli and ginger
Made a wonderful chocolate marble cake on monday, which is huge and so lasted us all week (kids love it for dessert/snack!)

Tending to have bagels with humous or cheese for lunch, so all in all, am quite pleased with progress of this goal. The kids tend to enjoy the salads which I am making for them on a lunchtime too.

All good, very happy with this!