Week 2 - Day 3

(Apr. 19, 2011)

For breakfast, she had cinnamon/truvia toast with water.  Today I started to put in the U-tract/Mannose medicine in her water.  I wasn't sure if it would dissolve, but it did.  Then I wasn't sure if she would drink it, but she did; with no complaints.   Before she went over, we made a batch of the cinnamon rolls for her.  I found these cinnamon rolls made by Chebe at Wegman's.  It's a pre-made mix and all that needs to be added is applesauce, eggs, oil and milk. I used unsweetened applesauce, an organic egg and soy milk.  Instead of using cinnamon and sugar, I used truvia as the sugar substitute.  After they were baked, she tried them with her non-dairy butter (Earth's Balance) and said they were good.  She also had a couple pieces of uncured bacon.

Today, Jeannette had a playdate with a school mate, so I had to pack a few snacks for her.  I packed her some popcorn, rice cakes and crackers.  When I picked her, she had eaten everything except for the crackers.   For dinner tonight we had leftovers.  The kids had the leftover brown rice pasta with the homemade marinara sauce.  I wasn't sure if they'd eat it, but they did and Jeannette had a second bowl.  I probably shouldn't have had her have the second bowl, but she was starving.  I made her a chocolate smoothie with all her supplements in there.  This is what her smoothie consists of:
   plain almond milk
   scoop of carob powder
   ambrotrose, Vitamin B, Vitamin A, and Iodine.
I added some crushed ice, and a small scoop of coconut milk ice cream.
I mixed it with the magic bullet

Jeannette said she really liked it.  Now if I could only get the protein powder in there to make it taste better.  I'm going to have to figure out how to doctor that up.  The smoothie without the protein powder makes the smoothie better, but once that's added, she's not a big fan.   I just spent $50 on that large protein bucket so she has to use it.  For dessert, she tried the brownies with the fudge on top and she gave me a thumbs up and said it was really good.  As she was eating it, she kept giving the thumbs up and telling me it was so yummy! Yeah! I found something! It's still not green leafy vegetables, but I'm just excited that I found something she likes.  I also know that it shouldn't be something that she eats all the time, but at least it's a dessert to satisfy the "sweet cravings" without the sugar.  I still would like to come up with some other things to try to make for her.  I really need to just start buying more green foods and experiment with them.  I have to admit that I'm the road block when it comes to this diet.  I admit that I don't eat a lot of green vegetables, hence I don't buy them, so I don't cook them.  Now there are vegetables that I do like, but most of them are the starchy ones.  I just have to say I was impressed with myself for even trying the sauteed veggies that my husband made a few nights ago.  That was a stretch for me.  I also bought an artichoke at Wegman's the other day to see what creative things I could make with that.