I read in Oprah, in a glancing view, that 'people say that they love to eat but that is not true, they need love in other ways in their life and it comes out through eating'. Now, I may need more love in my life. I like love. But I argue that I do love food. I love to bake. I love to feed people. When my children refuse to eat it drives me crazy!
My food day:
breakfast two cutie tangeries, yummy
lunch, homemade pizza. An olive oil, wildflower honey white wheat crust with a evoo pesto sauce base (dried herbs from my garden last fall) sun dried tomatoes (from my garden last fall), part skm mozzerella,portabello mushrooms, orange and yellow bell peppers, feta and a little more basil and some fresh cracked black pepper. YUMMY!
dinner, Greek swiss chard pie with the rest of the portabello mushrooms and feta wrapped in layers of phyllo dough touched with evoo.
then we made little rainbow muffins with lembas flour (a fresh ground mixture of wheat, barley, oats, lentils, white beans) colored in six colors and placed in layers with pink sugar on top.
Then the kids helped me make lemon rosemary cake. We stopped and smelled all of the flavors as we put them in. Now I just need to make the lemon glaze.
The sad part is I put too much salt in the muffins and forgot the salt in the cake so... it's not perfect, but oh, it still smells so yummy in here.
I am working on only eating when I am hungry...Kylee is so good at that. I try not to mess with my kids hunger signals. (I have to watch Dylan though. The other two are such good eaters that I forget that he ate NOTHING for lunch and is holding out for something with sugar in it).
I am reading the biography of Hillary Bell and all of the great things that she accomplished in her life and I want to be doing those great things. But I admit that most of the women I can think of that have done those very big things have been denied motherhood or have sacrificed a large part of their motherhood. I believe in the power of mothers. I don't want to give up on other dreams and aspirations but I want to hold strong to the idea that what I am doing right now is just as important (actually more important) than my other goals. I want to be confident in my decisions. I want to be a great mother. I think I will have to earn that. I know I will have to earn that. It is not just given to me.
Good night, another day is won.
Caught Up!
11 years ago
6 comments:
I'm trying to figure out why I gain so much weight when I'm pregnant. Today I decided it's becuase I like to eat more than I like to be hungry. That seems to make sense, doesn't it?
I've always admired your high aspirations. I think you inherited yours and mine both.
It's so fun to hear from you! I love your posts. And you know, I love food, too. I love cooking something and having it turn out perfectly. I love the smells. I love playing with new recipes, flavors, and textures. But I especially love when people eat and enjoy my food. Oh, but I really do love you.
It's so fun to hear from you! I love your posts. And you know, I love food, too. I love cooking something and having it turn out perfectly. I love the smells. I love playing with new recipes, flavors, and textures. But I especially love when people eat and enjoy my food. Oh, but I really do love you.
Oh, sister blogging word hugs. I should post more often.
Your food sounds delicious and gourmet! I am curious about the lembas flour. I have never heard of it, but I like the concept. Do you just use it to add variety, or does it work differently / more effectively for certain recipes?
Lembas flour is what my friend's son calls her mixture of:
1 1/3 cup hard white wheat
2/c cup pinto beans
1/3 cup soy beans
1/3 c barley
2/3 c lentils
1/3 cup rye
1/3 cup rolled oats
Grind in a mill to make Lembas flour (keep unused portion in the freezer to keep fresh)
It is originally for a blueberry muffin recipe but I use it in pancakes, sweet breads, muffins etc. it does not have as much gluten so I don't use it exclusively for yeast breads but I sometimes add a cup. It does have a unique flavor (that my husband does not like).
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