Day 4 of 10

You've found our family in the middle of a 10 Day Pledge to whole food eating. I'm recording our journey here.

There's a ton to learn about whole grain - and supposedly whole grain - products.  Especially, how MANY products will say "whole grain" on the package, and while there are SOME whole grains in the product, the list of other ingredients often includes products that are NOT whole grain.  For example, check out this "Whole Grain Barilla Pasta."  51% of the pasta is made of whole wheat -- the other 49% isn't.  Yes, it's "better" than usual pasta, but it's still not the WHOLE GRAIN product that it seems to represent..

Thankfully, Lisa, at 100daysofrealfood.com has compiled a marvelous & informative post that I'm using as a "cheat sheet."  

It's a good thing we're doing this over the summer -- my kitchen is pretty messy and/or full right now.  Alfala seeds are sprouting, yogurt is making, almonds are waiting to be "buttered", extra dirty dishes due to more homemade options, and a bit of extra clutter, too.

Thursday's Menu:
Breakfast:

• Homemade yogurt & frozen berry smoothies

Lunch:

• Egg salad
• Homemade mayonnaise (couldn't find recipe online that used 'on hand' ingredients, so I adapted and it turned out all right!)
• 1 egg
• 1/3 t. dry mustard
• 1 T. lemon juice
• 1/2 t. minced garlic
• 3/4 c. grapeseed oil
• Triscuits (Actually meets the 10 Day Pledge Rules - 100% whole grain and less than 5 ingredients!)

Snacks:

• Fresh strawberries
• Homemade chocolate syrup - decrease the cocoa powder to 3/4 cup.  So YUM!!

Dinner:

• Stuffed Zuchinni
• Green salad w/ leftover homemade dressing