I am really enjoying life right now. I love not sweating everyday, as far as not living in humidity goes. Our church has a family camp this past weekend. We didn't camp, but we went on Saturday and just spent the day out there. It was so nice to be out in the country and enjoy the water and time with friends and family.
I am really just enjoying what God has given me to do; be a wife and homemaker and mama to my boys. I have my days though, last Friday was tough. I was SO tired during the day which made it so hard to do anything. I got angry way too many times and had to repent to my boys multiple times. It's hard when you're tired. No excuse though for a bad attitude. God is gracious and compassionate. He does not treat me that way. It's a good reminder to me of how I need to be toward my children and if not i just try to be quick to repent.
I love my kitchen. I spend a lot of time in it, )when I'm doing all the other things I have to do with two little boys). I enjoy experimenting with new ways to make our food more nutritious. One of the many ways which really doesn't require that much time at all, is by sprouting seeds (sunflower seeds are all I've done so far), lentils, and grains (I've done guinoa so far). Why Sprout? Well, " seeds are packed with nutrients, sprouted seeds are even better. As each grows, proteins, enzymes, vitamins and other nutrients increase whilst becoming more bioavailable. At the same time toxins and enzyme inhibitors are reduced, increasing digestibility." http://www.primalseeds.org/sprouting.htm
And sprouting is wonderful because when you're done you can put your spouts on salads and sandwhiches or anything else that you want. I haven't thought of tossing my lentil spouts into my green smoothies yet, don't know if I will...I just enjoy them on salads fine. Salads are wonderful, I just love them. I'm trying to eat them more often, I'm trying for one a day, but it doesn't always happen. Here are two pictures of my recent salads.
This salad has romaine, lentil sprouts, sliced almonds that have been soaked for 12 hours. "Almonds are usually difficult for most people to digest because of an enzyme-inhibiting substance in their brown coating. Soaking or sprouting removes this inhibitor so that the enzymes secreted during digestion can do their job."(source) I also added apple slices and I think that is it. Salads have endless possibilities.
This Salad below has romaine lettuce, shredded beets, red pepper, shredded zucchini, chicken breast meat, with a red wine vinegrette dressing. Dressing: Red wine vinegar, crushed black pepper, crushed garlic, basil and oil. So good! The bread is whole wheat rye with garlic basil butter.
Among other things I've added coconut oil to my kitchen essentials. (I don't know why it suddenly changed to blue and underlined, I can't figure it out). I encourage you to do some research if you don't know about it, it's really fascinating. http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/index.htm
black is back!
well, i think I'm done for tonight
