October 2 - Day 2

Today's a crazy day in my kitchen! Apples, apples everywhere! We're making as much applesauce as possible in one day with one mom, three big helper-kids, and two noisy babies (one of whom is teething right now, poor little bug.).

Last night I started some carrot sticks fermenting for future snacking! Hoping Julian will like these - he can't stand sauerkraut... Poor guy. He's having a tough time with the diet change. He lives for bread, and it's pretty rough on him to not be able to have it. Pretty much all he ate yesterday was apples and some sausage. Hopefully as we get his gut healthier he'll be more comfortable with all these healthy foods! He does seem to be doing better this morning; he LOVED the pancakes. "Can we PLEASE have these again tomorrow?!?" So Hooray for that! :D

I've decided to spend time in my kitchen each night before bed (after the kids are in bed) working on all my projects. :) Changing kefir grains as needed, starting new foods fermenting, making yogurt, etc. It's a great time for me to unwind from the day and get all that healthy food going. Last night Barry did dishes while I made the carrots. We had a wonderful time chatting. So much better than just vegging in front of a movie! <3

Breakfast:

• Banana Egg Pancakes (Banancakes) with Apple Honey Syrup
• Yogurt/Kefir Smoothies (yogurt, kefir cheese, honey, vanilla, strawberries, cocoa powder, frozen peaches, frozen bananas)   

 Lunch:

• Leftover Squash/Beet Soup with Sauerkraut
• Freshly made applesauce with honey and cinnamon (Yum!)
• Barry's lunch - an extra Kefir Smoothie from breakfast and lots of apples to snack on.  

Dinner:

• Soup made from short ribs (in crockpot all day with onions and celery), frozen roasted beets, and home-canned soup base (potatoes, carrots, onions, green beans and celery). 

Dessert & Snacks:

• Leftover healthy chocolate
• Apples, apples, apples!