Power Packed Protein Shake for Picky Eaters

As we have begun this journey of changing our food habits and our way of thinking about food, I have been reminded that I need a level of patience that I do not currently possess.  I love food.  I love yummy food, my kids love the food I have always fed them. This change thing, will happen, but I'm going to need to give and receive a lot of grace.

As I mentioned before, Piper has a milk addiction.  Bless it all, she loves her milk.  She will ask to have her milk over food most days.  And if I'm being honest I'd tell you that most days I just don't want to fight.  My husband gently reminded me this week that I am her parent.  I fix her food.  She can and will learn to eat with the rest of us.  So tonight, after a lengthy meeting with Tristan's nutritionist, Selena, I decided that I would give them a smoothie for a snack.  a yummy berry smoothy with fish oil, vite d, probiotics, spinach, coconut oil, avocado, flax seed chia seed and peanut butter & plant based chocolate protein powder.  I didn't tell them about the ingredients in the small font.  Folks, my kids gobbled them up.  For.  Real.  If you have picky eaters that need to get some good, healthy stuff in them, try this.  Just don't let them see you make it.


Recipe

-  1-2T of ground flax seed (I ground half a bag of it and filled 3 small mason jars.  Freeze the bag and jars of flax seed as it will get rancid really quickly), I just ground mine up in my Ninja.
-  1-2tsp of chia seeds (no grinding needed)
-  1/2 tsp of fish oil
-  1/2 a dropper of vitamin d
-  2 tsp powdered pro-biotic
-  8-10 spinach leaves
-  2T peanut butter
-  1/4 of an avocado
-  1 scoop of protein powder (we are working towards being dairy and gluten free, so we used a plant based chocolate protein powder)
-  1/2 cup of frozen blueberries
-  1/2 a banana
-  1 large tablespoon of melted coconut oil
- 1-2 cups of almond milk
Blend & enjoy the fact that your kids are unknowingly eating food they wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole otherwise.  God bless smoothies.

Organic Flax seeds

Blend these babies really well

Make sure you freeze the left over and jarred flax seeds to prevent them from becoming rancid.

 Chia seeds do not need to be refrigerated or ground up.  Just dump and go.

  

Don't let your kids see you slip these in there or the gig is up

Just a small handful goes a long way

 

Be generous with this.   Bless it all, peanut butter has got to be the perfect food.

 

Just a quarter of an avocado adds a great amount of healthy fat

 

My kids thought this stuff was pure hersheys chocolate.  

 

 

Make sure you melt the coconut oil to prevent chunks.

In addition to the coconut oil, the banana will add to the creamy texture and health of the smoothy

 Fill to the top of your fill line with almond milk (if it's too thick you can always add more)

I love how excited she is.  Sweet kids don't even know how much goodness is in that shake.  

Jokes on you suckas! 

Old Habits Die Hard

Old habits die hard. Isn't that a thing?  Bless it all, it is hard to change the way you've done things for a long time.  I've struggled with my weight and with few exceptions have always been fearful to tell people when I am trying to lose weight, mainly because I've yet to be and remain successful.

Well I'm ready to talk about it.  Lucky you.  Last week I cleaned out my panty, not just organized it but hucked everything that I could possibly use to assault my health.  Darn you powdered sugar.  My pantry was naked, but slowly I am filling it with healthy snacks made by my chubby fingers.

I'll be posting some of my recipes soon.  The kids hate me, they keep asking where their granola bars went and I keep reminding them there are ones I made in the snack box.  I like the new granola snacks, they miss the food I've always let them have.

I've made granola, black bean patties, chicken on a stick, crepes made with spelt flour, folks, I even made oat milk.  Piper is a milk-a-holic and probably needs to be in a group somewhere.  She also struggles with eczema.  Her dr said that milk can play a role is exacerbating eczema.  So we have discontinued dairy at this house.  Let me tell you...World War III.  Seriously.   I made oat milk, added some vanilla and maple syrup to it, but she hates it.  I even tried to hide in it a regular milk container. She is no fool.  ha ha ha.  I just keep reminding myself that in time they will get used to it and maybe even like these new foods.

Last night, Tristan ate 2 bean patties and when I was giving the littles a bath, he helped himself to a 1/2 a cup of almonds.  I almost got frustrated because I was going to use those in my salad, but I was reminded of what a good choice that was and it was not accompanied by any kind of complaining about their being no fritos in the snack bin.  Good boy Tristan, you're keeping mommy sane.

So,
let's go on this crazy journey together, enjoy some new food, laugh at my crazy life and encourage each other along the way.  Here we go!