Day Nine

My Food:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins, bowl of fruit (melon, grapes, pineapple); David had his veggie omelet, hold the cheese and eggs. ;)

Lunch: Bean balls on a romaine salad topped with carrots and broccoli topped with Dijon mustard

  

 

Dinner:  Veggie burger with mushroom & fries, (ate only the bottom of the bun) green apple dipped in peanut butter chocolate date frosting

 

 

My Thoughts:

 

I'm so very done.  We were up at 5am this morning, grabbed breakfast out, did some shopping and got back home by 8am to hit the packing HARD.  While David was heading up packing the van and camper, I busied up the kitchen prepping more food and sending out what needed putting away in the camper. 

 

A few creations:

Granola

Breakfast Cookies

 

 

Done List:

Granola

Breakfast Cookies (my oldest made those)

Black Bean Burgers (they turned out massive and look so great. I wish I had taken a photo)

Vanilla Milk (new creation!!)

Vanilla Milkshake (special treat for the kiddos)

MAJOR harvesting, cleaning, chopping, and bagging of greens from the garden (all thanks to the kids)

 

So, that vanilla milk I made is pretty awesome. I wanted a flavored creamer for my coffee on the trip. I'm really excited about this. I soaked about 6 dates in 2 cups of almond milk. Added a bit of vanilla (you know, a squirt or so) and blended.  It's so sweet and creamy. All the children said it tastes like ice cream. That's how I got the idea to add ice to the next batch and serve them vanilla milk shakes. They loved me. :)

 

So, let's talk about that sorry looking dinner.  We got to supper time and just couldn't bear to make ANOTHER mess in the kitchen after the piles of dishes we've been washing the last two days. We ordered take out from a local place where we know they have veggie burgers. They aren't the best, that's for sure. The fries are certainly not loaded with nutrition either.   So, while I know we could have done better had we eaten at home, we really just needed to find an option that allowed us to eat something with substance while allowing us to keep getting our work done.  We enjoyed a little break while picking up food and then got home and hit it hard again.  So, I wouldn't say we stuck with the 6 Week ETL plan since that bun was processed, so was the burger, even though it was a veggie burger, and the fries were, you know, fried. I'm going to bed not feeling guilty about it, though. We made a best choice and moved on to the next thing. 

 

It looks like we have just the odds and ends to pack up in the morning and we will be hitting the road!  I'm so excited to be enjoying a big ol' breakfast salad while cruising along on the first day of our journey. Oh, and enjoying my decaf with my yummy vanilla creamer!!

 

I'm not sure how we'll do for internet access while we are on the road.  I'm committed to writing daily, but I can't be sure I'll be able to post what I'm writing each day on the blog. I'll do my best, though!! I can't wait to share all about our adventures and the good eats along the way!

 

I also can't wait to put my feet up and take it easy for a while.