What we ate today – 09/16/12

This post is part of Homemade Mommy’s ‘what we ate today’ series. I post what both I ate and what I fed my 3 year old daughter to give this community ideas on how to eat real food and that it is possible to feed a child REAL food.

L’Shana Tova!  We are visiting family this weekend to celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) but thankfully we are only a 3 hour drive away so I was able to bring some of my own food (just the basics for breakfast and lunch foods that would have gone bad had I just left them at home).  I am most thankful for how accommodating my MIL has been on this trip – she made all of her foods from scratch for us – including brisket and roast turkey!  No processed food in most items (except for the honey cake – I sent her a grain free recipe which she attempted but it was a huge fail because of an almond flour for coconut flour direct swap – learning curve about grain free cooking!).

What a difference a year makes – we are so blessed to have so much support.  I am amazed at how well my tummy has done on this trip.  Usually by day 2 I am suffering.  I really think the kefir is helping a great deal plus I do have to give myself credit for being pretty strict for the past year and allowing myself to heal.  I think my gut has healed significantly and a few days with food I don’t normally eat (hidden sugars, vegetable oils and grains) seems to affect me less now. I don’t think I could eat it all the time but at least I can have some leeway – hooray!

My daughter is doing well too – it truly amazes me how mature she can be for a 3.5 year old.  There was a supermarket cake tonight and she was happy to eat the homemade honey cake and some fruit instead – no fits or whining involved!  She tried everything including the pickled herring tonight!  My favorite quote from her of the night (upon tasting the challah): Mommy – you need to find this recipe and make it for us at home!’  Yay for traditional South African Jewish food!