Thanks to mid-life triathlon and running motivating a shift in my eating, I now find things like this...
....irresistable. Peppers! The former pepper hater now loving peppers! The bag was a full two pounds when I started. (I wish they had been organic.) How beautiful! I sliced them into rings, sprayed them with some olive oil, and roasted them. I've been adding them to everything, including this odd but yummy combo:
It's roasted eggplant slices, roasted peppers, two eggs (nuked) with salsa on a low-carb Flat Out wrap. My kids have enjoyed the peppers too. Fortunately they are open to eating a wider variety of foods than I did growing up. Case in point, today was "graduation" for my 5th grader and we feasted on sushi for his post-grad celebration. Check out his professional chopstick handling!
I will also include this picture of Grant's lunch today (it was park day). Just for fun, I sent him packing in a snowman bag on this 85 degree day. (Yes, Lay's....AND there were chocolate chip cookies too. We upped the junk food for the last week of school.)
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The mohawk started for silly hair day and has been with us now for a year. If you knew him, you'd know it suits him. |
How did your childhood shape what you eat today? Are there foods you avoided then that you enjoy now? Any foods you'd be willing to reconsider?