Happy Mother's Day - May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day to me!!!!

We're moving into week 5.  We've gotten through one month.  I never thought we'd get this far.  It's been a challenging month with many ups and downs.  I've gotten more cognizant while at the grocery store as to what I'm buying.  Now I read the labels on everything, whereas before I didn't care.  I just bought it.  I still buy things every once in a while that I shouldn't, but cut me some slack.  A girl has to have a chip every now an then.  Those dang O's chips!

For breakfast today, my husband made waffles and bacon.  Thanks to my mother-in-law, she found a waffle/pancake mix that is gluten free and appears to be okay for her.  It's called Maple Grove Farms.  I got it at Target.  I was totally psyched! I was also told that syrup would be okay for her in small doses.  I couldn't believe that because it's extremely high in sugar.  But if you buy pure maple syrup, it would be okay.  Again, in small doses.   The mix for Jeannette had a fruity smell to it.  They looked about just as good as our regular/processed waffles that we all had.  She was in heaven.  She ate 3 small waffles, 3 slices of uncured, nitrate free, organic bacon and some strawberries.  This was the breakfast of champions for her!

To celebrate Mother's Day, we had a fantastic meal.  We had flank steak, parmesan potatoes, asparagus, baked green beans, and salad with lettuce from our garden.  Because the kids don't eat steak, we got them some snow crab legs.  I was reading, after-the-fact, in The Candida Cure, that crabs and shrimp should be avoided.  Because they are bottom feeders, they are particularly high in contaminants.  They absorb higher concentrations of chemicals and mercury.  She says that once a month would be okay.  They loved the crab.  For dessert my father made her something special.  He had made an apple pie for the rest of us, so to go along with that theme, he took a granny smith apple, peeled it, and cored it.  He sprinkled cinnamon/truvia down the core and all around it and baked it until it started to bubble.  It looked yummy.  Alas, she tried it and didn't like it.  I tried it and thought it was pretty tasty.  I saved it anyway for her to try again.