Week 2, Day 2: Done with the kitchen

I feel like I live in the kitchen, with breaks to get to the grocery store. So, I decided to spend Sunday in the kitchen prepping foods for the week in hope of spending less time there during the week. We'll see if that pans out.

For lunch, I pureed up some remaining butternut squash, added some soup broth, cumin and garlic. The result was pretty simple, but I'm a bit of a connoisseur of plain foods. However, I then put a few spoonfuls into a bowl and added a spoonful of coconut milk. The result was really delicious! I kept the ingredients separate and gave my 6 yr old the taste test. She also preferred it with the coconut milk and ate a bowl of it. Hooray for one more thing she will eat!  Also helpful to add the extra calories, as her Dr. had mentioned that I might want to add coconut oil or other oils to her food, because she might not get enough calories on this diet.



What to do about dinner? My 6 yr old loves breakfasts, likes lunch, but dinner is the most difficult meal. I made spaghetti using just tomatoes, olive oil, basil and garlic. She doesn't like tomatoes in any form, so I knew she wouldn't like it, but I did. She ate her pasta primavera, broccoli and her smoothie, but she didn't love it.