Breakfast was nothing special and I didn’t even bother taking any photos of it.  Emma had a banana mini-muffin that I made yesterday, some strawberry banana coconut yogurt and some fruit.  She ate it all, except for the yogurt which she only ate a few bites of.

Lunch was a bit more exciting, but not much.

Mac & Chreese; white beans; edamame

Emma’s favorite food lately has been edamame.  She likes squeezing out the beans (I pop them open slightly to make it easier).  Today, we tried something that I’ve had in my pantry forever, but have never made: Road’s End Organics Mac & Chreese.  The nicest thing that I can say about this product is that it tastes better than it smells, which is like concentrated nutritional yeast.  I really don’t care for nutritional yeast, but Emma didn’t seem to mind.  She ate two helpings, even after eating all of her beans.  Yep, she has to be hitting a growth spurt.

While on the topic of nutritional yeast, I nearly missed out on this super great snack because I was scared to try it.  I picked it up, read the ingredients, saw that it had nutritional yeast in it, put it in my cart, had second thoughts, took it back out, had third thoughts, then put it back in.  I’m glad I forced myself to buy these because they are awesome:

These taste eerily similar to Cheetos, but don’t coat your fingers in toxic-colored orange goo.  Oh yeah, and these are vegan!  I highly recommend.

And lastly, let’s move on to the topic of my freezer.  Jennifer has inspired me to do a freezer cleanse before buying more groceries.  Now, I did go to the store today to pick up some juice, snacky things and a few fresh veggies, but the main component of our meals this week will be from my freezer.  I’m embarrassed to share these photos with you, but extra motivation will really help keep me on track, so here goes.

The Door: flax seeds, bananas, more bananas, strawberries, spinach & ricotta ravioli's, some tomato product of some sort, bay leaves, ground flax seeds, nuts, ice packs

My Freezer: ice tray, popsicles galore, waffles, beans, edamame, cashews, and who-knows-what-else shoved in the back

Really, can anything else fit in there?  Probably not without falling out.  A lot of this stuff is destined for my parents house when Matt and I go on vacation, but all of the stuff shoved in the back could be used up and/or properly organized.  Whatta mess!

I can’t promise that any dazzling dishes will come from this, but we have to do it.  I’ll take photos at the end of the week when (hopefully) this mess is gone.  I’ll also keep a list of what I find when I excavate and how I used it.

P.S. My fridge isn’t much better.  Yes, I have the pack rat gene.