Morning of Day 4 - House of Zen Updates

Day 3 brought some insights and thoughtfulness into the House of Zen ... spontaneous eating? Not an option. Grab & go? Nope ... more like pack and then deside how far you want to go. A few road bumps and epiphanies have come up in the House of Zen as the challenge unfolds:

Bump 1 - Brendine continues to feel the effects of a massive headache/migraine (perhaps sparked by a reaction to the pineapple). She has been dreaming about ice cream and yogurt and homemade butternut squash soup ... those feel good foods that really do bring on feelings of mmmmm ...

Bump 2 - Let's get active! Brendine is a very active person ... walking (everywhere), teaching fitness classes, daily yoga practice, swimming ... the list goes on. Eating to fuel her day is a big deal ... she is being very strategic with how she is using her 4 pieces of fresh fruit (2 bananas, 1 apple, 1 orange). She is thankful for the potatoes - some extra potassium for hydration!

Epiphany 1 - When you have to think about how to make your food last, you think about food even more. A simple snack is not so simple. Preparing meals become a task of planning -  how to make that ham last for a few days, how to add the most pizazz and taste to the meal, how to balance the meal with a variety of food, how can the meal make leftovers for tomorrow...

Ok ... down to the eating ...

Day 3

Breakfast

• Brendine (after a swim and yoga): blueberries - heated in a saucepan with 1 cup spinach + 1 scoop peanut butter
• Strange yet delightful
• Ken: muffins, banana

Lunch

• Ken: leftover tuna cakes
• Brendine: 'how are they' Ken: mmm... edible I guess
• Brendine: snack before yoga: scoop of peanut butter, rice crackers

Supper





Blueberry Salad





Pizza!

• Salad: Greens with Blueberry Dressing
• Blueberry dressing: 1/2 cup frozen blueberries (defrosted) + zest of 1/2 orange
• Pizza: pancake/muffin mix + tomato-green pea sauce + sliced mushrooms + shaved ham + greens (spinach) + drizzle of olive oil
• Sauce: 1/2 cup V8 tomato soup + 1/2 can peas (leftover from tuna cake recipe yesterday)

Day 4 ... welcome back rain ... no snow ... sleet?

Breakfast

• Brendine: blueberries + 1/3 banana (rationing the bananas) + scoop peanut butter
• Reviving a childhood favorite ... the scoop of peanut butter ... on the spoon ...

Lunch: currently counting down 2 hours to lunch time ... dreaming about the menu below ...

• Brendine: leftover pizza slice + 2 trees broccoli + spinach + 1/2 cup V8 tomato soup
• Ken: to be determined using the 'you can eat these items whenever you want' foods (not the: 'you can't eat these things whenever you want ... they each have a very special part in the menu plan')

Namaste from the House of Zen.