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A Day in the Life: Shepherd's Pie
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Thursday, February 3, 2011. The February Food Challenge *is* underway. I'm keeping track of how things are going but I think I'll wait a while to publish those posts. Last night I made Shepherd's Pie. It was so good, and really pretty easy and I wanted to share how I made it. Now, hardcore primal eaters won't eat white potatoes (too high in carbs), nor would they eat peas (legumes) but I see them both as more of a vegetable, and I'm not a hardcore primal eater, so therefore this meal counts! 1 Put 1 pound.
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A Day in the Life: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Updating and Exercising and Procrastinating. It's been a long time since I posted on this blog! It's raining, gently, really more of a drizzle. Which really, is good because we had such a bad drought all summer and fall that we really do need to catch up before the growing season in 2011. But it's presenting me with a bit of a problem. I feel fine today, and had thought that with the cold front coming through later tonight I would go ahead and run with the kids in the stroller...
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A Day in the Life: Food Challenge Summary
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011. For the month of February, my family challenged ourselves to eat no sugar, no grains, plenty of healthy fats, vegetables, fruits, meats, and drink unsweetened beverages. It went quite well. We tried a lot of new recipes, which for the most part were very tasty. We gained a new appreciation of what it means to have "dessert" - as an occasional treat, not a daily occurance, and even then, being super-sweetened isn't necessary. Fruit salad tastes sweet without sugar. There are probab...
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A Day in the Life: February 2010
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Monday, February 22, 2010. Tools of the Trade. When you are a full-time mom, you spend a lot of time with cleaners of various kinds. Yes, it's true. Maybe not one of the most exciting parts of the job.but it's got to be done. Washing dishes, wiping countertops, mopping floors, scrubbing toilets and showers, and we can't forget the LAUNDRY! Possibly the most amazing thing is how it's significantly decreased the amount of time I spend on laundering the diapers. I used to have to run them through two wa...
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A Day in the Life: Salt, anyone?
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Friday, February 11, 2011. So I think it's a given to take another person's words with a grain of salt, right? Meaning, listen carefully, realizing that you can't always take what someone says as absolute truth - whether this is in conversation with a friend, or when reading blog posts on the internet, or yes, even when reading published books! Right now I have checked out from the library 3 books on nutrition:. Mark Sisson's The Primal Blueprint Cookbook -. Laurette Willis's BASIC Steps to Godly Fitness.
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A Day in the Life: January 2011
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Monday, January 17, 2011. What are the Rules? So I've introduced that my family is going to do a February Food Challenge, where we primarily will follow the primal diet. I'm having some difficulties however in formulating our "rules" for this, especially considering I don't wholesale buy in to the philosophy behind the primal diet. And if I don't completely buy in to it, why on earth are we going to try it at all? We will eat primarily vegetables, and a variety of them. Something about healthy fat here&#...
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A Day in the Life: December 2010
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010. A Child Changes Everything. A few mornings ago, I had just rocked my son to sleep to his nap, when one of the songs in my CD changer really really jumped out at me. I've listened to the same 3 CDs since the day after Thanksgiving, when we started listening to our Christmas music, but I'd never heard this song the same way before. The particular lyrics that moved me so:. Tender brow prepared for thorns. Tiny heart, whose blood will save us. Unto us is born.". Certainly I'm no...
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A Day in the Life: Food Challenge Menus Posted in February
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Thursday, March 3, 2011. Food Challenge Menus Posted in February. For reasons not quite understood by me, when I posted the week-by-week recount of what we actually ate during February, rather than posting in March, it dropped the posts in February. But, I do recommend giving this a try. I'd say it was a very healthy way to lose some extra weight, we noticed great alertness and energy levels, and greater intestinal comfort. Food Challenge Menus Posted in February. View my complete profile. For me, I pers...
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A Day in the Life: March 2010
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Sunday, March 21, 2010. It had been a busy Sunday morning, neither Matt nor myself were dressed for church, and both Cora and Luke were still sleeping, and we had less than 10 minutes before it was time to go. It was crazy.rush, rush, rush, get in the car, and go! I left the house at 7:38, and was almost sure I'd be late for church. On a normal morning, I'd be stressed and tense after rushing around like that, but I found my heart just. It was a GREAT feeling. That afternoon.and I was too late! Was cruci...
