We ordered Dr. G Book

The book is called Turn Up the heat. by Dr. Philip Goglia
And I plan to share information from the book on my blog. Although Dr. Goglia has helped us along and prepared a personal plan for our family. I had to have the book : )

Spinach chips?

Instead of potato chips for
Patience I  make spinach chips Heat the oven for 375 and place spinach on baking sheet
Slightly drizzel with olive oil. ( not drown)  then season and cook for about 15 minutes.

She loves these, and i dont have any worry . They are crispy. I am sure Popeye would approve. :)

Crock Pot Chicken

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 Whole Fryer chicken, carrots, onions, celery, Cabbage.
Clean rinse chicken, take out the gross parts...LOL  And season. We used parsley, onion powder, chili powder.

And cook on high for 5 hours in crock pot. No it isn't the typical roast beef meal but it is Little more healthy.
I took Reynolds wrap and made a layer of small balls so the chicken would not lay in the chicken liquid.

After the chicken is done you could take off the fatty skin.  This is a meal Patience approves of.
We shred her chicken and put a Little bit of low sugar baraque sauce. She loves cabbage also. :)
And all the veggies :)

Little Red Riding Hood and the Happy meal...

Patience had a outing with her girl scout troop this morning.They went to a play at  to see Little Riding Hood. It was from money they raised with the Cookie sales.

Anyway after the play they were going to eat out at McDonald the cost of the lunch was included. I had sent extra money for her to be able to get a grilled chicken salad instead of a Happy Meal.

Gosh I wonder how it looked to the other moms. I hope it did not look like we were trying to stand out. I mean I could not see her eating a 300 calorie hamburger, fatty fries, and slurping down a coke.

Patience had no problem eating the Salad...I'm doing the right thing. Regardless of how it looks. I mean if  i sit there and let her eat the silly happy meal who would benefit?
Then other's would have a reason to say thats sad, she is overweight. Her parents should do something.

Sometimes its ok to be different and stand up for what you believe.

Tuna and Veggies

Very simple lunch
Can of Tuna, Tomatoe, cucumber slices, celery, and a hard boiled egg.
No mayo was needed. I put seasonsings such as pepper and italian herbs.
More than enough food  Veggie/protein

Starkist Tuna was on sale at Walmart for 60 cent per can. I just hate when i hear people say it cost to much to eat healthy. Eating healthy might mean eating the basic's and may require planning but I promise it can be done.

If your a mom and you think I cannot afford to buy my kids what they want to eat plus "healthy food" for myself. Start now in getting everyone eating healthy.  Kids will adapt. I promise. There has to be some veggies your kids will tolerate.

Roasted Asparagus

1 pound of Asparagus
Ground pepper
Drizzle olive oil

Rinse and clean the Asparaguss and cut the ends, Drizzle the oil, and pepper.
Put on baking sheet and cook for about 20 minutes
Or until crisper. Sometimes we add  lemon.
Since it was March we called them Leprechaun trees and said that is what they build their house with. The girls loved them.

Asparagus is not alot of money. Just another reason to eat healthy and stay away from the pre packaged foods. We had this with carrots, and baked fish.
And the cost of the meal was very little.

Patience loves her Pita's

We always purchase Whole wheat, they are a brand called Joseph's and are only 60 calories. Very low carb.

Today she had spinach and grilled chicken with a sprinkle of feta cheese.
Carrot sticks and about 12 grapes. And about 2 Tablespoons of yogurt made salad dressing. With water.