Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
healthy.
A month ago I cut almost all dairy out of my diet. Not a true vegan, I'm still eating butter on occasion and foods with milk ingredients in them. I thought it may help Sofie with her colicky days and sensitive tummy. I've always been a healthy eater, being a vegetarian now for 19 years (!) and really enjoying cooking and trying new recipes. I read cookbooks like they're novels.
A month in, and I've never been eating healthier. Until recently I had never eaten kale, I tried it two or three times but was completely intimidated by it and turned off. It has quickly become a staple in our home and I'm eager to try new recipes with it. I've also always wanted to be drinking 'green' smoothies with crazy ingredients like spinach and garlic and swiss chard, but again, have been completely intimidated. But I've just taken stock of what I've eaten in the last 24 hours and am kind of amazed and impressed with myself. I'm also shocked at how relatively easy it is to incorporate vegan recipes into our lives. I have two great cookbooks that I would recommend to anyone, 'Vive Le Vegan' and 'Get it Ripe', my husband is a superstar at whipping up some of the recipes in there. Having a newborn has kept me from cooking.. a big adjustment for me. But I sit and feed her while M. makes us dinner and that's pretty nice too. So I just wanted to share some of the yummy stuff we've been snacking on:
last night's dinner: soba kale noodles from Get it Ripe and a thai cucumber salad from my friend Alexis' blog (not vegan, but you could omit the fish sauce. also we don't have dulse powder or arame so we omit that)
breakfast: 12 grain bread from Juliens with almond butter
snack: leftover soba noodles from last night & a ' green monster' smoothie
lunch: vegan protein burrito (I added 2 handfuls of kale)
snack: black bean dip & nachos
dinner: sweet potato & black bean burritos with cumin brown rice. this is my recipe that I've adapted and fine tuned. They are one of my favourite things to eat.
I feel like my body is sucking up every ounce of goodness and nutrition and I feel great putting all of these healthy and whole foods into not only my body, but Sofie's as well. Because I'm not sure if you've noticed, but breastfeeding is going very well for her. She's a beefcake. A delicious one.
Happy Eating!
A month in, and I've never been eating healthier. Until recently I had never eaten kale, I tried it two or three times but was completely intimidated by it and turned off. It has quickly become a staple in our home and I'm eager to try new recipes with it. I've also always wanted to be drinking 'green' smoothies with crazy ingredients like spinach and garlic and swiss chard, but again, have been completely intimidated. But I've just taken stock of what I've eaten in the last 24 hours and am kind of amazed and impressed with myself. I'm also shocked at how relatively easy it is to incorporate vegan recipes into our lives. I have two great cookbooks that I would recommend to anyone, 'Vive Le Vegan' and 'Get it Ripe', my husband is a superstar at whipping up some of the recipes in there. Having a newborn has kept me from cooking.. a big adjustment for me. But I sit and feed her while M. makes us dinner and that's pretty nice too. So I just wanted to share some of the yummy stuff we've been snacking on:
last night's dinner: soba kale noodles from Get it Ripe and a thai cucumber salad from my friend Alexis' blog (not vegan, but you could omit the fish sauce. also we don't have dulse powder or arame so we omit that)
breakfast: 12 grain bread from Juliens with almond butter
snack: leftover soba noodles from last night & a ' green monster' smoothie
lunch: vegan protein burrito (I added 2 handfuls of kale)
snack: black bean dip & nachos
dinner: sweet potato & black bean burritos with cumin brown rice. this is my recipe that I've adapted and fine tuned. They are one of my favourite things to eat.
I feel like my body is sucking up every ounce of goodness and nutrition and I feel great putting all of these healthy and whole foods into not only my body, but Sofie's as well. Because I'm not sure if you've noticed, but breastfeeding is going very well for her. She's a beefcake. A delicious one.
Happy Eating!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
saturday.
right now, i am:
smelling: spring in the air!
loving: sofie falling asleep on my chest under a hand knit blanket made by her momma
thinking: new furniture, planting gardens, growing babies
listening: new shins!
eating: carbs, grains, carbs, protein, did i mention carbs?
watching: sofie change and grow every day
feeling: more and more like a momma everyday, not just a caregiver. this one is ours!
grateful: healthy baby. loving family. wonderful friends. beautiful home. so much.
smelling: spring in the air!
loving: sofie falling asleep on my chest under a hand knit blanket made by her momma
thinking: new furniture, planting gardens, growing babies
listening: new shins!
eating: carbs, grains, carbs, protein, did i mention carbs?
watching: sofie change and grow every day
feeling: more and more like a momma everyday, not just a caregiver. this one is ours!
grateful: healthy baby. loving family. wonderful friends. beautiful home. so much.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
healthy.
Dear Sofie,
Today you celebrate your one month anniversary! You've been ours for one whole month. You are teaching us so much. We are slowly starting to get it right, hopefully.
You are a wonderful baby. You are so alert and over the last few days we are amazed that you seem to respond to what's around you. You focus your gaze for longer, you smile and laugh. You make funny faces. You make all kinds of noises. You love to stare at things. But Sofie, you still cry so often. It breaks my heart. Yesterday you cried for 12 hours. There was nothing I could do to calm you. We walked, we rocked, we bounced. I could only get you to sleep for a half hour at a time and you would wake up screaming. You may have slept 3 hours over the course of the day. By the time last night rolled around we were both exhausted. I cried and cried that we were having another day like this. You screamed like someone was torturing you. I wasn't expecting days like that. Not at all.
But today, thankfully, we had your second doctors appointment. You are a healthy healthy girl he tells us. He called you a *star*. You are doing wonderfully well. Do you know what a relief that was for me to hear? You will some day. Because you've only been my daughter for a month but I worry constantly about everything I'm doing for you. Yesterday I started to question breastfeeding again, convinced that you weren't getting enough milk and that you were actually starving. Despite the fact that you are very obviously gaining weight. Because as of right now, you weigh 12 pounds! 12! You've almost doubled your weight since birth. Apparently you are getting all that you need and more from my milk. Because you are growing so well and so damn fast, you are not passing regular growth spurt milestones... he said you've had one long growthspurt, which may be why you have some terrible days. You're uncomfortable and fussy and all around pissed off. And your tummy hurts. Your little body is telling you to eat and eat. But your tummy isn't necessarily there yet.
So we're figuring this out little girl. Be patient with us. Because we love you so much.
Love,
Mama.
Today you celebrate your one month anniversary! You've been ours for one whole month. You are teaching us so much. We are slowly starting to get it right, hopefully.
You are a wonderful baby. You are so alert and over the last few days we are amazed that you seem to respond to what's around you. You focus your gaze for longer, you smile and laugh. You make funny faces. You make all kinds of noises. You love to stare at things. But Sofie, you still cry so often. It breaks my heart. Yesterday you cried for 12 hours. There was nothing I could do to calm you. We walked, we rocked, we bounced. I could only get you to sleep for a half hour at a time and you would wake up screaming. You may have slept 3 hours over the course of the day. By the time last night rolled around we were both exhausted. I cried and cried that we were having another day like this. You screamed like someone was torturing you. I wasn't expecting days like that. Not at all.
But today, thankfully, we had your second doctors appointment. You are a healthy healthy girl he tells us. He called you a *star*. You are doing wonderfully well. Do you know what a relief that was for me to hear? You will some day. Because you've only been my daughter for a month but I worry constantly about everything I'm doing for you. Yesterday I started to question breastfeeding again, convinced that you weren't getting enough milk and that you were actually starving. Despite the fact that you are very obviously gaining weight. Because as of right now, you weigh 12 pounds! 12! You've almost doubled your weight since birth. Apparently you are getting all that you need and more from my milk. Because you are growing so well and so damn fast, you are not passing regular growth spurt milestones... he said you've had one long growthspurt, which may be why you have some terrible days. You're uncomfortable and fussy and all around pissed off. And your tummy hurts. Your little body is telling you to eat and eat. But your tummy isn't necessarily there yet.
So we're figuring this out little girl. Be patient with us. Because we love you so much.
Love,
Mama.
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