What do you eat??

 I've had a lot of people ask me what food we actually eat.  Here are a list of staples at our house:

• Berries (blue berries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries)
• Hard boiled eggs
• Assorted fruits (melons, grapes, bananas, kiwi, etc) 
• Nuts (almonds, walnuts)
• Oatmeal
• Meat (Grass feed beef, chicken, pork, fish)
• Veggies

I think it's important to remember that eating healthy, unprocessed food is not complicated...in fact, it's easy.  For example, we eat fish regularly in our house.  This dish is SUPER easy!  All you need is Cod, olive oil, and Tony's and you have a main dish.  With chicken, I just saute veggies and throw in the chicken.  For beef I make a lot of roasts...beef, potatoes and carrots. Remember, the right seasoning can do wonders for meat. It is so easy to over complicate the idea of NOT using processed foods.  Sometimes for lunch all we have are berries, nuts and veggies...simple.

Another way to keep it simple is to remember you don't have to have a different meal every day of the month.  My family eats a lot of the same meals every week and there's nothing wrong with that!  I make my fish the same way every week and my hubby likes it.  For me, personally, that was something I had to get past for whatever reason.

Well, I'll let that be that for now!  The Bear family still has a long way to go and there's still so much I want to touch base on.  For example, there is food in our house that I question if it should be in there (bagels, pretzels, etc).  Also, I have terrible impulse control when I go over to my mother's house because she has all the "stuff" that I love (diet pop, cheese, chips, 100 calorie packs of chocolate goodness...).  I don't want anyone to think that we have it together, because we are a work in progress!!


Recommended Read:

If you haven't read the book "Food Rules" I would definitely recommend reading it.  It's a short read that gives you guidelines when eating food.  I think Americans view on food is so warped.  Just the other day I was in Wal-mart and as I was shopping an advertisement for Eggo waffles came on.  Basically, the ad was telling us (the consumers) how HEALTHY Eggo waffles are...and then I heard something about whole grain...yadda, yadda.  As a mom, you think, "I want whole grain and my family needs whole grain"!  Sounds great, right?  The truth is, there is a lot of other "stuff" in Eggo Waffles besides whole grain.  Look at the ingredients.  This brings us to a Food Rule I was talking about.  If a 3rd grader can't pronounce it, you shouldn't eat it.