Wowzers!!

After all that poor eating, I'm DOWN another pound! 

Yesterday was a great day with great choices.  I met a friend in the afternoon and we did a short hike with the children. Then we headed over to the apple orchard for some fun time.  While our friends munched on ice cream, we sampled apples and cider and then the girls munched on their Kashi cereal while I sipped my herbal tea.

Then we zoomed home so I could fix dinner. We had friends over for a meal and they eat ETL!!! It was WONDERFUL cooking for people that know and WANT to eat this way. No explaining, no defending, no need to feel *weird*.

I made a giant stir-fry with veggies from the garden, fridge, and cabinet.  Green beans, cabbage, peppers, onions, mushrooms, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, bean sprouts, Asian corn, and water chestnuts.  I mixed it with a sauce made of pineapple juice, ginger, red pepper flakes, a tiny bit of bragg's aminos, water, and arrowroot powder. 

On the table we also had brown rice, pineapple, and a melon salad.

Then came dessert. :)

My husband brought home a bag of freshly picked apples from my mother-in-law.  I just knew something creative could be done with those.  I peeked around at baked apple recipes on allrecipes.com and then went to work nutritizing one.

So, we cored the apples then sliced them in half.  Mixed some frozen blueberries with cinnamon and vanilla.  Fill the middle of the apples with the berry mixture. Bake at 350 for about 40-50 minutes.  They were amazing!!!! Everyone loved them.  The berries made this beautiful syrup that would be lovely over pancakes. :)

The best part, though, was having time to talk with someone using ETL and seeing her life change and feel better. We talked about how we see our physical bodies improving.  We shared ideas for recipes. We made a plan to get together to build our meal binders.  It is just so great to have a friend I can see face to face that embraces this lifestyle and *gets it*.