plant based day of eating
Today was far busier then yesterday. And in my mind when I make up the meals I’m going to have throughout the week, I think I have delusional moments where it would just be me in my kitchen for a few hours getting everything prepped and then cleaned so that when the after school rush happens, I can be ahead of the game and have everything so prepared my kids can’t even make it to the snack cabinet in time. My goal was to prep some zucchini bread for upcoming breakfasts and the dinner for me and my husband, some enchiladas. The kids, I already knew, would probably opt for mac and cheese, but that is easy to whip up last minute.
However, I forget every time that I am usually standing at the stove with toys strewn about the kitchen floor to entertain the almost toddler in hopes to prevent him from gripping the two of my legs so I have no choice but to pick him up. IF I do get the prepping done, there is no time left for his attention span to be waiting around for me to clean up the sink/counters so that usually gets put off until later.
Anyway, I DID get it done. ( the suspense, right?!) I had my son’s kindergarten’s graduation, went to get my sister a birthday gift, and then back to the school for my daughter’s end of school picnic, but I. Got. It. Done.
Since this heat wave is still going strong, I took advantage of the time the kids wanted to spend inside making comic books (ugh, my heart) and the littlest guy was actually wanting to chill after me bringing him around everywhere today. So, I got the dinner done and it’s cooking away while I put the baby to sleep and wait for my husband to get home from work.
I know one day remembering these moments will stop me in my tracks and I will actually be sitting there with a kitchen to myself and all the time in the world. And I hope in that moment that I know I enjoyed every bit of the craziness, the juggling, the unplanned pauses to tend to a need thats so big for them. It’s funny because even with the stress, I don’t think I want that piece to be over just yet.
Ok, on to todays meals :
Breakfast: 9:30 Macadamia coconut oats w/ nectarine and salted caramel protein powder
*I ended up not really having a lunch because I expected to touch base at home for some part of the afternoon. Rookie mistake, but got through it.
And since I went to get my sister her birthday gift at one of her favorite coffee shops, I got one of my favorite coffee’s there. An iced maple latte with oat milk. They use real maple syrup not ‘coffee syrup’ maple syrup. And the espresso there is amazing.
When we got home after all of the school stuff, we all had some smoothies. I have been making smoothies for all of them after school with this heat and its awesome! My two sons split a vanilla blueberry one and me and my daughter usually split the chocolatey one.
For dinner I made these AMAZING plant based enchiladas and I actually ate 2 full servings since I skipped out on lunch. Definitely will be making that one again!
Gonna finish with a Kombucha and call it a night. Sometimes I put it in a fancy glass to pretend like I’m out with a cocktail or something 🙂
Have a wonderful and peaceful night where ever you are in the world. I appreciate you reading. Thank you ,
Talk soon
-Kerri
