Today, was a slow start in our house, the Littlie's were off for their first day at Holiday care. We were supposed to be gearing up for a big day cooking. We like to stay proactive in all of our cooking, cleaning, planning and organisation, because so much happens so quickly here. Better 2 steps ahead than behind. My idea is to get the Lunches, Breads, Treats and some meals for the first couple of weeks of term prepared with little pressure, while we aren't tied to a schedule.
Mine and Kate's body weren't in on the program, they didn't want to get to it and cook. Some days cooking seems to flow easily and today just didn't seem to be one of those. Kate, did a great job with Vanilla Cupcakes and then measuring and sorting things for me - Read Hugemongeous Help :) We started with CSD Monster Cookies (Page 132 BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE). This is the families favourite CSD recipe, they are very tasting cooked and uncooked. Because of pain and frugality, I measure each cookie to either 1 or 11/2tablespoon of mixture. A double batch mixed, it took me a while to make all the cookies.
Vanilla Cupcakes and Monster Cookies
Kate, took on the task of measuring the ingredients for 6 loaves of bread. This sounds all very boring and usual, except we were both so lethargic we were in fits of giggles. Neither of us seemed to get far without a pun, bad joke or just in stitches laughing. Children really are a gift from God, to make life fun. These days are fantastic because they bring around some very successful recipes, the problem is that we forget to document what we do and how to get this great result again. ooops.
The families favourite bread recipe would be the Cheese Bread recipe (Page 122 BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE). This recipe is so versatile because we make them in batches of 2 or 3. It makes great Garlic or Herb bread and incredible pizza bases. Today we were trying a substitution to try and find "Our elusive Unicorn" aka Dad's Bread for Crispy Toast. The substitution of half of the almond meal for Sunflour. Kate ground the Sunflour for me from sunflower seeds. I will let you know that it got an "Alright " from Dad, which is better than we have had in a while. Most people comment that they miss the crispiness of a normal diet when they embark on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
Almond Sunflour Cheese Bread
You will see in the Vanilla Cupcake and Monster Cookie photo above, that they are packaged and frozen in the amounts needed. We do this with all regularly consumed foods, eg Diced Chicken breast for Breakfast, Lunches etc. Also ready to through in the frypan with diced onions and various vegies instead of takeaway. This quick go to rescue meal is prepared, cooked and on the table before either of us could get back from some unhealthy takeaway.Not only does it work for our bodies, it works for our budget. All lunch snacks, treats and breads are cooked, divided/sliced and in single serves. So if there was an emergency the Lovelie's could make their own lunches, just by pulling a few packages out and putting them in their lunch boxes. Bread would be defrosted and topped with cold meat, or any of the other homemade spreads. You will also note that the homemade mince is packed in snaplock bags, these are weighed, sealed and frozen flat, then neatened in containers. The chicken breast packages are a bit messy at the moment, Ross prepared them on the weekend for us, the container is missing in action.lol. These are in the side by side fridge freezer, for every day use anything that is for more than a fortnight ahead, is kept in the Chest freezer. The chest freezer has all bulk cooking supplies, bulk baking, nuts, etc.
Although we didn't get a lot of food preparation we did get a lot of Love, fun, giggles and some food preparation done. I find sitting at the bench doing while we are talking, joking or remembering very rewarding. We are very proud of Kate and all that she is and has achieved, in her last months of High School this Mum doesn't want to admit her little Girl is growing up. I would love to hope that we will be sitting at the bench for many more years talking, remembering, laughing and loving. It is these interactions that takes so much pain out of my day and lightens the load. Laughter is the best medicine.
K.
K.
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