What about blogging and a AWESOME Resource on Nut Free Classroom Snacks...

Blogging...I don't know. I have felt like this little blog has an identity problem. But, I realized it was more of a me problem. You see the reason I started it was to share things with people. But, unless your blog is huge or you have made it that way by publishing it all over the place, it's not helping the masses. To do that you have to go to the masses so, the discussion started to stop blogging and start pinning.

What I do here is share items with you that I have found and are cool and my take on some of them. Sure I share things that I have made or my sweet Little Man has said. But, things can be shared in various ways over there. Then, I am going to the masses. I can have all of my categories neatly labeled and the time I take to do all the searching for the blog can be spent there. I will have a pinning problem to start, I know it. But, with time management and restrictions, it can be a good thing. I can post organization things, cooking, real food, etc.  So, this blogs days are numbered, but my sharing is not. I am just changing it to keep up with the times.

OK, so over at 100 Days of Real Food, she uploaded and posted an awesome snack list for the Nut Free Classroom to have. I figure, that there are plenty of you that have nut allergies or know of someone with a nut allergy that could use this list.
You can find it by going here. LINK
Enjoy!

I smell a challenge coming on...

OK, so you all know I went Vegan for lent. So, that's enough of a challenge right now. But, I can tell you that doing that has made me dig deeper into things, but more on that another time.

A website that I came across a while back that I would like to bring up on here is 100 Days of Real Food. After you are done reading I want you to go and explore her blog. She shares a lot of great information on this blog. She also offers you a few challenges. Now, as I am typing this, I have not even consulted by husband on it, but I am think that I can blackmail convince him into the 10 Day challenge. I mean really, it is only 10 Days. Although we do eat healthy foods in our house, there are processed foods here right along with sugar. So, this challenge will be a great adventure.

This isn't something that is going to happen right away, but it will happen within the next month or so--at least in my mind it will. I am going to talk this over with him, develop a menu for 10 days and figure it all out. Then, we will get started. I'll let you know when and invite you to join me on my journey.

Chocolate Cupcakes - Vegan Style

Sorry for the bad photo, but it was quick and I wasn't going to set up a whole shoot for it--maybe next time. Think those look Vegan? I didn't think you would. So, here is the deal, some Oreo's are vegan--not healthy--but vegan. To my credit, I said this was a vegan cupcake not a healthy cupcake. Although, if you leave off the frosting and the Oreos, it could be a healthy cupcake. The regular without the Oreos and frosting are yummy and so soft!

Now, as far as the recipe is concerned, I got it from here. You see when vegan baking is concerned, I head on over to Chocolate Covered Katie. Her recipes have not failed me yet. :) I tweaked this one a bit, as I used a different soy yogurt and my nondairy milk was vanilla almond milk. I also only used 1 tbsp of corn starch--I wasn't sure why it was in there. But, instead of leaving it all out, I just reduced it.

Then, I decided to add Oreos to the batter and make some homemade frosting to top it off. Little Man and my darling husband gave these thumbs up. I have to laugh because these days I am asked: " Are they vegan or regular?" Honestly, sometimes you really can't tell....

If you make them, let me know what you think.

Happy Chocolate Eating!

A lunchbox idea, a link to an article you need to read and upcoming post ideas...

LUNCHBOX:
First the lunchbox, without a picture (yes, I know you all want one).
Here is what Little Man took in his lunch Thursday...
Strawberries, a salad w/ a side of dressing, a small amount of goldfish,  peanut butter (natural) and jelly (natural) on a whole wheat wrap and water to drink. For snack he took his favorite a fresh cup up pear.

With that said, let me link you up to an article on school lunches. What in the world are they thinking???
Pink slime headed to schools (To make it clear, it doesn't say what schools will get this--could it be a school near you?!)

WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT WEEK?

• More healthy eating posts and recipes
• Organization Tips
• Not a Fan Study-Intro and Chapter 1
• I may even try and start adding website links on the sidebar of some of my favorite places to visit.

Have a super weekend everyone!

Coming soon!

Ok, I am getting a lot of requests via email and in talking with people over healthy eating, eating for this allergy, eating for that problem, yummy lunches, feeding toddlers, etc. It all falls under Healthy Eating. While I am not a dietician or certified in any way. (If it counts for anything did take some college courses on this.) Anyway,  I will share what I know from lots of reading. I will share links for recipes. I will follow up and through on this. I will lead you to resources, teach what I know, and hopefully inspire you to try new things. Since this is something that the followers really want and honestly, who couldn't use a new recipe or two that is healthy. :) Plus, I am in the process of organizing and changing over my recipes and how I will store things, so this will help me as well. :)

I am tasking myself to cover this once a week on the blog. So, be on the lookout and if you have a request, leave it.  I am happy to help.

For today, let me share this with all of you....
How do I pack Little Man's lunches?

Ok, so I need to get images off my camera and a few personal pictures taken care of before I can post pictures of Lunchboxes. But, that is in the works. Until then, I will just be listing Little Man's lunchbox menu for you. So, without the visual. I'll try to do lunchbox wrap ups every now and then in with Healthy Eating.
Let me take you through my lunchbox process.
1. I think of it like this, what is he eating for breakfast and dinner.
2. Now, what do I need to feed him for lunch to be sure that his lunch balances out the rest of things for the day.
3. He always has a fruit or Veggie (Usually he has both, but not everyday so I would be a liar if I said that, but about 90% of the time he does.)
4. He has a grain of some sort.
5. He has a protein of some sort (sometimes his protein and dairy are one in the same)
6. He almost always takes water. (98% of the time he does--occasionally he will have a juice box as a special treat.)
7. Sometimes he gets a little treat in his lunch. But, honestly sometimes he considers a veggie that he loves a treat. The other day, his treat was a cinnamon cake that was made with chickpeas. Yes, he LOVED it.

Now, the other thought I leave you with today, I promised another one of these before, so here it is.

This is from here...check it out!