Today I googled some recipes to get me back in the swing. In my refrigerator - FINALLY - sit a zuccini and a cucumber. There are apples and oranges and plantains, and chickpeas, pintos, split peas and I could go on, but you get the idea.
We are having turkey chili tonight. This is to get the beans into the hollow bellies I call my children. Tomorrow, I plan chickpea patties. My darling crockpot is going into overdrive. Today it was the pintos, tonight when I get home, the chickpeas.
Then maybe I will see what's going to happen with the split peas. The weather can't make up its doggone mind, so I guess a soup won't be happening. I have cabbage and carrots and vinegar, so my darling daughter can go on her cole slaw kick again. I also got tomatoes. My new list, I sat and painstakingly made also had tofu on it, but I had to juggle some things around and that along with other things got left out. But - I have made a damn start and that's all that matters.
He's mentioned he wants to drop some weight as well, he's got a beautiful "married belly" and he's concerned about my weight. So we're about to embark on a journey of feeling better and getting lighter. I wonder if this lap will be a bit more successful because he understands where I am coming from...
I am excited again about changing the food we are eating. I always welcome it and hope I notice this time when the grocery list gets encumbered with ridiculously processed garbage and other things...sometimes I even have the raw debate in my head for some things...but then I say no.
One baby step at a time... :)
