Category: Budget
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Home sweet home
After traveling for a week, & having very limited options for food, I am so glad to be home!!!! Started my morning with my chocolate drink mix/coffee/cinnamon/ginger/spinach cup of happy! Pooch and I went for a 4 mile walk… and I made myself veggies and eggs for breakfast! Very proud of myself for how well…
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Making the right choice
This last week has been the most frustrating week I can remember in my time on IP. We are told, often, that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. And boy was I tested! I have been away from home most of the week. I had a 5 day business trip and a…
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Why we need to keep a food diary
When I first began IP, Janeva’s cookbook didn’t exist… nor did her web page. I was on Pinterest daily trying to make the diet feel more like food and less like a medically supervised weight loss program. I lost weight… then the I found recipes… and low and behold Janeva paved away for bread to…
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15 minute frittata
I needed something hot, quick, re-heatable, full of veggies… this was adapted from recipes I found on line. I am not a scallions girl so I used peppers instead. I added Chalula to the top… yummy!!!! 2 teaspoons olive oil 2 scallions, thinly sliced 10 ounces fresh baby spinach (or 10 ounce package frozen chopped…
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The smoosher
After thinking through yesterday, it occurred to me that I was more than a little remiss on many things last year. I missed my dental cleaning… which I NEVER miss. I didn’t do my semi-annual blood work (I get it drawn every 3 months and missed the last one.) I also missed my annual grope…
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Prep and Plan
Prep days For the past two weeks (my reboot phase 1) I have used Sunday as my prep day. Thought I would share what this means to me. 1) Making a grocery list. I open every drawer and check every shelf. I make sure all the food in my fridge is current… and see what’s…
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Change in Routine
Today is the first day back into “the real world”. For the past 8 days I have been either off work or working from home. Cooking was easy, prepping was easy, and refrigeration was handy… Yeah… life was easy. This morning I woke up to a household that had little sleep, little energy, and still battling…
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Nada Pasta Salad
I have been very busy and unable to post lately. I was craving something fresh and healthy today and found a recipe for healthy alternative to a pasta salad. Here is a link to the original recipe that has some phase 4 options: http://cleanfoodcrush.com/pastaless-italian-salad/ I made it phase 1 compliant: Dressing Ingredients: 1/2 cup apple cider…