Mango, Pineapple, Banana smoothies (everyone but D and E)
Steel Cut Oats (mom)
Cheerios, again...dry
Lunch:
Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Apples
Snack:
Vegan Cookies
Carrots
Strawberries
Fruit Leather
Dinner:
Pasta with Olive Oil and Garlic
Breaded Eggplant
Salad
Grapes
Dessert:
Popcorn with Earth Balance
Today was hard for E. He went to a birthday party at Jump Street (we all stayed and played). We had talked about lunch and cake plans but when it all came down, he was really sad. He said he was sad he couldn't have the food and that he was really hungry. Luckily, we were a few doors down from a Sunflower Market so I ran over and grabbed us some snacks and that worked really well. I felt like offering him carrot sticks in exchange for pizza and cake would be a disaster, this early in the challenge especially. So I got some vegan cookies that were low in sugar and also some fruits and veggies and fruit leather. We all devoured them and realized that we get hungry jumping on trampolines for 2 hour stretches. I was happy that the kids not only ate the cookies, but mowed the carrots and strawberries too!
I think we learned today that we need to be over-prepared. 8-year olds cannot just sit at a birthday party and watch everyone else eat cake without having something for themselves. We were not sure where we stood with the "sugar" issue since it is vegan but not part of a "whole foods" diet and we know it is really bad for us to have so much refined sugars. After discussing it, mom and dad concluded that we can be discriminating about our treats, home-make them whenever possible without white sugars, and try not to have sweets every day but that a vegan cookie can really be a lifesaver!
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