Discouraging day

Well, our day got off to a good start. I had a banana with peanut butter and everyone else had cereal with almond milk. The fact that there's no complaining from almond milk is a miracle!

Lunch was more of the same. Thank God the minestrone soup is now GONE! Normally I'd freeze that much leftover soup, but I don't feel like beans really freeze well.

When I picked Isaac up from school, he asked, "What's for dinner?" I said stir fry, and Esther broke into tears. Seriously? I'm so horrible for feeding you healthy food, I KNOW!! Isaac then said, as soon as he was a teenager, he was getting in his car and going to fast food. It must be one of those things where you know you can't have something and suddenly want it more than anything in the world. Normally, I'd say we have fast food maybe 2-3 times a month...not too often. But, hey...I understand. In-n-Out is pretty fantastic.

I made an Asian stir fry, which was probably my favorite meal this week. It was onions, garlic, carrots, orange bell peppers, and broccoli, with some celery and oranges added at the very end. Then we topped that with sesame seeds, almond slices, and a bit of sesame seed oil and GF peanut sauce, all over rice. So good!!

I've been trying to have a "daily lesson" and I guess mine for today is that I really don't love cooking all this food from scratch. Sorry. I'd love to just order a pizza. Or even boil some spaghetti and add some jarred sauce! But, I'm really, really trying to keep this up. It's not a super burden...it's just a little hard when people are like, "eeewww, disgusting" when you've worked so hard. Maybe we'll get a date night soon and I can bust out that box of mac n cheese!