After a few weeks of no sugar (except for the occasional piece of fruit) I’d say we’ve started sort of adding sugar back in. Still just in the form of fruit, but there’s a little more fruit going on now. The crazy thing is, I swear grapes tasted sweeter than I remember. Maybe it’s in my head? I don’t know. But anyway, I wanted to do a quick recap of meals for What I Ate Wednesday (or in this case, Saturday).
We woke up weirdly early. I’m talking like 6:15am early. That’s not unusual for a weekday but we typically sleep in until around 7:30 on the weekends. It was kind of awesome being up early though because we got so much stuff done. I started cleaning the house and got the lawn mowed before I finally sat down to some breakfast and coffee!
Typical plain Greek yogurt and berries. I also added some coco nutty granola on top. The recipe is from the I Quit Sugar cookbook and it is fantastic! It’s “sweetened” with a bit of brown rice syrup but sweet might be a stretch ๐ Still, it’s delicious and I love the crunch it adds to my breakfast! If you love coconut, definitely give it a try.
After breakfast I hit the grocery store. I think early morning Saturday grocery shopping might be my new thing. I usually just order groceries from Relay Foods online but if I have to go to the grocery store, early morning is where it’s at. No lines, no crowds, just a quiet peaceful store. YES.
Once we finished up our to-do list, my brother, sister in law, and nephews came over for lunch. It was SO fun having them over and I was glad I got to cook for them! I made channa masala with rice and naan and I finally didn’t make it too spicy for Alex ๐ #iheartcayenne
After lunch, we did the last bit of cleaning and got our TV mounted over the fireplace. Soon after, I was back in the kitchen, playing around with some homemade Larabars. Larabars are actually one of the few snack bars that don’t have a laundry list of ingredients so I have no problem eating them, but it’s a little cheaper to make them at home and I like being able to make mini bars.
I made these with just almonds and dates! Doesn’t get much simpler than that. It seems like most recipes online recommend a 1:1 ratio of nuts to dates but it tasted too sweet to me so I added slightly more almonds. I wrapped each of these individually so we can grab them on the go! Obviously, I had to taste test one of these…
Once dinner rolled around, I wasn’t in the mood to do much more cooking since we were having people over later so I didn’t want to dirty up the kitchen again. We decided on a pretty easy dinner of kale salad and Trader Joe’s macaroni and cheese. I made this spicy kale salad recipe which is so easy and delicious. (Kale cancels out the macaroni and cheese, right?)
After dinner, we had some friends over to play games which resulted in a hilarious round of Heads Up. If you haven’t played it, it’s worth downloading the app! I snacked on some chips and salsa between games with a little white wine. Not a bad way to end the day!
For more sugar free posts, check out these:
- The documentary that inspired our sugar free experiment
- Our sugar free grocery list
- Traveling sugar free
- A day of sugar free meals part 1
- A day of sugar free meals part 2
- Sugar free chocolate truffles
Faith VanderMolen
Yay for productivity in the morning!! I hadn’t mowed the lawn in FOREVER until just this past week. We were visiting my brother and I asked him if I could mow his lawn:) Living in a city made me miss being outside in a yard doing yard work:) All your food sounds delicious!
Sam @ PancakeWarriors
Homemade lara bars – that’s where it’s at! I love when I can make something at home, you get to be so creative in the flavors!! Looks like you had quite an awesome day of eats – swooning over that channa masala with rice though – looks amazing
Maureen
I like sweet AND salty – the best of both worlds! I try to sleep in on Saturday mornings as well. Sunday I get up early to get things done around the house before everyone else wakes up!
Miss Polkadot
Now I’m super curious to look up Heads up as I’ve never heard of it before. I clearly am not well versed when it comes to apps.
Your meals all sound really good – especially that chana masala. It’s been a while since I last had some. I think spice tolerance is a very loose definition and can’t say where I range :).
GiGi Eats
Mmmm I totally miss Mac & Cheese – that was definitely my FAVORITE dish ever, when I could eat anything!
Jayne
AHHH I’m so excited you read and commented on my blog awesome! I have been reading yours for quite awhile! I love love love sweet treats, my sweet tooth is crazy, and I probably should do a sugar fast….haha Lord help me ;). That website where you order all your stuff from is crazy awesome! I can’t believe it, I didn’t even know that was a thing…
Ashley @ A Lady Goes West
Hi Liz! I’m a sweet eater all the way. So many comments here — first of all — I LOVE to play Heads Up and that’s a game I’ve often done with friends out at restaurants or bars, because it’s so portable. Second of all — I have a stash of Larabars right now that I got at the IDEA conference, and I don’t want them to ever be gone. I’d love to make some at home. Great work on that! Love your eats!! ๐
Liz
Thanks so much, Ashley! Isn’t heads up hilarious?! I’m not sure if I’ll always make Larabars myself, but I do like being able to customize the size!