"It's SO Good": Fooding, Cooking, Devouring

My husband always laughs at my lack of adjectives when I taste foods. I would love to have my own "Woman vs. Food" show like ole' Adam, but I would fail at the awesome descriptives. All I can ever get out is...

"It's SOOO Good!"

So a few friends have been asking me lately what all I'm cooking/eating. I've tried really hard to cut out all processed food from our diets. Only real, natural, whole foods up in our house. I don't follow my own advice 100% of the time, but I do my best. All veggies, meats and eggs I buy are organic/grass-fed, and most likely from Homestead Farms. LOVE that place!

I love taking pics of food. I'm weird like that. :)

How pretty is this swiss chard? Fresh swiss chard from a farmers market or co-op will taste MUCH better than any you buy in a store. You can def tell a difference. Heat a pan on medium, add olive oil, garlic and crushed red pepper. Saute for about a min. Add leaves, cover, check after 5 min. If it looks dry, add some water. Flip leaves over, cover again, check in 5...taste for preference. Add salt and butter to taste. Delish and crazy nutritious!

Homestead farm eggs, sauteed shrooms, onions and red bell peppers, pepper jack cheese, sprouted Ezekiel bread. Fresh, organic eggs are much darker yellow than store bought eggs, and taste just slightly different, incase you haven't tried them. I've cut WAY down on even organic, natural grains, but I cheat with my Ezekiel bread.

Justin's maple almond butter on sprouted Ezekiel bread. It's about 200 cals for 2 tbsp but it's great protein, right! :) Uh, YUM.

Central Market cafe spinach salad...always a WIN.

My nemesis.

Grilled chicken w/lime, cauliflower w/garlic, onion and cheese (due to baby mishaps I had no time to mash), and parboiled/grilled sweet potatoes with lime, cayenne, salt, pepper and cilantro. YES.

Homestead Farms haul: all natural chicken, bacon, pork chops, tamales, beets, swiss chard, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, peaches, squash. I'm about to make pickles with the small cucumbers! I love that place.  

Fro-yo is another nemesis. I mean, it's only about 35 calories an ounce, and I get about 5-6 ounces...so that's not terrible for a delish dessert? Or, lunch, as seen in this picture. White chocolate mousse fro yo, coconut and pineapple. Aloha baby!

Carrot chips...throw some sliced, slightly salted carrots in a convection oven for about 45 min...voila! Healthy carrot chips! Mine were a tad thick, but still great! Use a mandolin slicer for making any type of zucchini, carrot, or similar chip...I just cut them into strips this time. Don't add too much salt, because as veggies cook down they shrink/dehydrate and you'll end up with salt sticks if you add too much. These are so much healthier than regular chips. Kyle loves veggie chips!

Delish grilled sandwich: Ezekiel bread, peppered turkey, swiss cheese, colby cheese, sauteed mushrooms, pickles, grilled onions, and romaine lettuce. My hubs is a huge fan of this. YUMAAY.

How fresh is this? Green lettuce straight from the dirt into my bag! LOVE!

Veggie and bone broth stew...fresh zucchini, mushrooms, cauliflower, celery, onion, carrot, garlic, seasonings, and a soup bone from Homestead. The bone marrow and broth that results is FULL of amazing nutrients: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, collagen, and much more. Totally a superfood! Here's more info on bone marrow benefits. I'd like to incorporate some kind of bone marrow soup at least once a week.

Carrot, kale, cucumber and apple juice. Looks and sounds gross, but CRAZY nutritious. I try to juice at least 1-2 times a day, especially in the morning. Anything with citrus and ginger is an amazing energizer!!!

My awesome friend Lisa and I hit up eatZi's the other day. I threw down this amaaazing tomato and mozzarella salad seen in the pic. She grubbed out on some amazing salad and picked up some eggplant goodness for her hubs. We will def be hitting up eatZi's on a regular basis. 

Rosemary dijon mustard grilled chicken, grilled sweet potatoes, and (TADAA) portobello mushroom cap stuffed with spinach and cheese. (I could eat this three times a day, everyday.)

I've always loved some yogurt, but my friend Lisa calls this her "yogurt bomb"...I always love a good name! I threw whatever I had into a bowl: greek yogurt, strawberries, Kashi cereal crumbs, banana, honey, cinnamon, pumpkin and nutmeg. So good!

I'll begin posting about all the healthy meals and treats Kyle' been eating lately. Kyle eats super nutritious, whole foods, and we're having a blast watching him taste so many new veggies and fruits lately with his big boy molars. Yes, yes, he's still super chubby, but hey, it takes a lot of work to slim down those adorable chub rolls, right?

Foodie love,