We ran out of eggs before the end of the week but I refuse to ruin the budget by going to the store. I gave P the last two, scrambled with spinach, just like he likes them. Luckily I had one hard boiled egg left for me. I layered the slices atop avocado toast. We both had blueberries on the side.
P had an entire zucchini muffin (cut into small bite sized pieces) with his eggs and blueberries.
I used the same recipe as I did here only I bumped up the coconut aminos to 2 tbsp and decreased the olive oil to 3 tbsp. I taste tested one to make sure it was edible (it was!) and so they are both hippie and hippie junior approved.
For lunch I made a massive salad which completely hit the spot. The sweet potato I had cooked the day before was perfectly soft which mashed so well into the salad. It almost acted like a thickener, coating the spinach along with the nooch and avocado. And it was awesome. Nutritional yeast and Bragg’s aminos are the best duo when it comes to salads anything.
P and I were meant to split the avocado, but he ended up eating nearly 2/3 of it himself. His portion combined with my breakfast and lunch portions…we split three whole avocados in under four hours. I wish I could say that’s an anomaly but the reality is, like mother like son, we both enjoy the ‘cado. Good thing Costco sells them in bulk.
My afternoon snack was a green smoothie. Standard.
Dinner was a Bon Appétit recipe I bookmarked from the Food Lover’s Cleanse – chicken, mango, and black rice salad.
The sesame miso dressing is a keeper. I could slurp it plain. Kyle said the dish would be perfect for a potluck – summer or winter – and I agree! Crowd pleaser, fasho.
I used frozen mango but I wish I’d gotten fresh ones (I’d already done the weekly grocery shopping when I saw that fresh ones were on sale at WF – 3/$5 – oh well). We had zero leftovers. You’d think I’d learn by now that Bon Appétit recipes that “serve 4” really only serve 2 (when the 2 are me and Kyle). [For the record, I omitted the sesame seeds on my serving in order to avoid P’s allergens]
For dessert I had several squares of TJ’s pound plus chocolate and some candied ginger. It’s the same dessert I have pretty much every night. Along with decaf chai tea with coconut milk. I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have chocolate after dinner. I basically refuse to skip dessert.
YUM! That looks like a delicious day of eats 🙂 I love massive salads!
I am trying to be better about running to the grocery store for something I “want”. It’s definitely making me reach into the black holes of my cupboard + freezer to use every last thing I have!
I’m curious if you are doing/did baby-led weaning with P. I never really saw you post pics of pureed food for him. I am very intrigued by BLW and I would love to try it with my babies when I have them. It seems so natural and it looks like P took to it well…at least that’s the impression I get from the blog. Oh, and thanks for writing about how you stick to your budget. I know I spend way too much at the store and I need to start budgeting as well…even if that means running low on eggs or other things 🙂
Avocado & egg on toast is by far my favorite breakfast in recent history. Nom Nom Nom!!!
Gosh, the lunch salad looks awesome! And candied ginger for dessert… perfection.
I was/am doing BLW. Texture seems to be a big deal for him and he doesnt really like smooth pureed things (he ate them when he was really little but not much now). He has eaten twice from those pre-made pouches when we have been traveling but otherwise he prefers things he can chew. From a very early age he wanted to grab the food himself – so I think that’s why spoonfeeding rice cereal was never really something I bothered trying. Also, it’s way easier and cheaper to just soften the fruits and veggies we already buy and eat ourselves to feed to him.
BLW is great! I started with purees with my first because it was so fun to make food, woohoo! And she took it off the spoon just fine. But after a while it’s boring so I started just giving her things to eat that I was comfortable with. With my second – zero time to make additional food for one person and zero time to sit around spooning it out. He was fully BLW and that started later, around 8-ish months we really kicked into gear (that’s when he was ready for grabbing, chewing, etc). Same way as Elise – just taking the food we were eating and softening it up a bit.
PS – chicken mango salad is on the menu for this weekend! Thanks!
I love avocado toast with egg—one of my favorite breakfasts lately!
I.Love.black.rice. ESPECIALLY with avocado & mango.
I like you & P. You guys make me feel like my avocado consumption is totes fine :).
I also wondered if you have a good , non protein powder containing smoothie recipe? I’m trying to get into green smoothies but mine never turn out nice! And , I trust your taste.
Xxx
I admire you sticking to the budget. You have given me incentive not to grocery shopping next week and using what. I always go over budget at the store even though I spend hours planning the menu. Thanks for the extra push I needed!!
What a delicious day! More avocados = more delicious food. Thank you for mentioning the wonky recipe “serving size”, somehow I’m convinced I am a greedy pig when i don’t adhere to their tiny serving suggestions…..!