Adventures in Eating: Crepe Practice

The image above is not mine in the slightest. It was from Google Image Search. You will understand why in a minute.

I attempted making crepes for the first time today. They were super tasty, but a little thick. And slightly off in shape (more like they were oblong rather than circular). And they didn't fold very neatly when off the griddle... But did I mention they were super tasty. =\

I got a quick easy recipe off allrecipes.com and slathered them in Nutella and blueberries. YUM! Nutella makes alot of things better, especially the fact that I did not have beautiful crepes like you would have in a restaurant. Oh well, practice makes perfect.

Our new Christmas tradition starting this year will be Christmas Crepes... So that means I have a whole 6 months to practice.

On another note, some other things we have coming up this next week... VBS at church. So much fun! At the end of that we will be heading to Lake Whitney to one part of my side of the family's reunion. It's every year during Father's Day weekend. I'm so looking forward to it! It's been a few years since I attended. The hubster has never met this side of the family either and we will have our Zoe with us too. I will take pics of the ridiculous amount of food there is every year and of the dishes I make and share them!

Other updates: Our storage room is coming along nicely, hope to finish and have pics up by the end of the week. Zoe is up to 3 meals a day. We are going to start her on sweet potato this week so expect pictures of that as well. Currently Zoe and I are sick with a summer cold (Zoe's first ever illness) =(.

Man that's a lot of randomness for one post, but that's what happens when you have to catch everyone up on a few weeks worth of stuff. Have a great weekend!

Adventures in Eating: The Joy of Juicing

Hello again. Just wanted to update you on the liquid diet.

The last two days were not so good. I had lots of food. I mean LOTS of food. We had Zoe dedicated at church on Sunday and we had a fellowship lunch after the service. I ate alot there. Then of course yesterday was Memorial Day and we had some friends over for BBQ. So I ate alot yesterday too. Who can pass up BBQ on a holiday? Come on...

Well needless to say I was very sick last night and it just reaffirmed why I have to continue on this path.

A sweet friend of ours let us borrow her juicer and I juiced for the first time today. It was DELICIOUS! I juiced 2 apples, a few handfuls of spinach and about ten baby carrots. It didn't look pretty but it was so good!

No pics for this one though, sorry maybe next time. I can't wait to try to juice more! If I keep this up, I may want to invest in a juicer for our household. The benefits are great!

Adventures in Eating: No Ice Smoothie

Since this liquid diet is in effect that means smoothies for breakfast.

We had a small bag of tropical fruit blend in our freezer and I thought I would give it a whirl. Har har.

Easy No Ice Smoothie Recipe
1 small bag fruit (I used mango, papaya, strawberry mix)
1/2 cup almond milk (for the lactose intolerant)
3/4 cup orange juice (I'm technically not supposed to have this on my new diet but we did not have apple juice)
1 1/2 cups of water
A pinch of raw sugar or applesauce for a little extra sweetness

Turned out really great! I have to make a store run tomorrow for more ingredients and produce for the juicer.

Adventures in Eating: Gastroparesis and Reflux

Yesterday I had an endoscopy. I have had digestive issues my whole life. A few years ago I went to countless doctors for answers and after about a year of testing and no answers, I quit. No more doctors I said! I was tired of being a pin cushion with nothing to show for it.

Well with a recent diagnosis one of my friends received, I decided to try one more time. I talked to a new doctor and he scheduled me for an endoscopy.

After all was said and done, I have an answer! I have gastroparesis and reflux. Gastroparesis is when the smooth muscle of the stomach does not move your food through to your intestines the way it should. Basically what I ate yesterday could still be in my stomach today. GROSS!!!! and most of the time painful. Coupled with that is severe chronic reflux. Basically heartburn 80-90% of the time. Hooray!!! (Hooray for diagnosis, not actually having it.)

So now I have put myself on a liquid diet for two weeks to see if I can get those muscles moving more efficiently and the doctor prescribed a high dose Zantac twice a day. And there is a LOOOONNNNG list of foods I have to avoid from now on. BUMMER! I love food =(

A sweet friend of ours loaned us their juicer while I'm doing this. So that means I will post some pics and recipes of different juices I'm trying.

Here's hoping this works.

Adventures in Eating: Outtakes Pt. 1

I thought I would share some random pics with you from Zoe's adventures in eating. These are the pictures that are not quite main post worthy, but too cute to get rid of.
The "Really?" face. She is so expressive.
Oh the unfortunate-ness of this picture. I love it cause it's so sleepy and weird. Hahahah! Of course this was caught in mid blink or she was about to sneeze, I can't remember which. But it's too funny to delete!
And this one is just preciousness. Love this little girl. Check back later today for another post regarding my adventures in eating.

Adventures in Eating: Avocado Yumminess

So we started avocado yesterday. We were too busy to take pics, but we got some today. Zoe is ready!
Ummmm, what's this? She made a sour face at first that I didn't get to get a photo of =(
Avocado dribble on the face. Hey give that back! It's mine! She was a fan of the avocado. We decided to just be in the diaper so that it would make it easier to clean up afterwards. She gets super messy. It's adorable, but lots of laundry after. She has her rice cereal feeding at night now that we know she isn't allergic. It fills her up for the night and she sleeps beautifully! It's pretty wonderful.

Have a great week!

Adventures in Eating: Two Feedings a Day

Daddy got in the rice cereal adventure yesterday and got to feed Zoe with a spoon for the first time. I just love how they love each other! Zoe get's this look in her eye when she sees her Daddy and it melts my heart.

She is so cute covered in food!
She keeps trying to "help" when we are feeding her by grabbing the spoon and "guiding" it to her mouth.
Then she grabbed the spoon away from Daddy. And fed HERSELF!!! WHAT???? She is only 4.5 months!!!!

And then looked at Daddy for approval.

She is now up to two rice cereal feedings today. I am going to make avocado puree today and freeze it, so in a few days we can add avocado to the mix. I hope she likes it... Oh and if anyone is curious, she is eating Gerbers Organic Brown Rice Cereal. Have a great day!