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WhatIEat#13

 I've been eating a lot of soup this week. I made two soups, a chicken noodle with white beans and spinach and my sweet potato, squash, spinach, sausage, romano cheese soup...Lol I need a better (shorter)name for it.
This is a sampling of the treats I made for Christmas parties. Any treats I make are gluten free, and almost always corn and soy too. I have several that are dairy and egg free as well. Even though I don't have to so strictly avoid of all those myself anymore, I have a lot of family members that do avoid one or more of them, and also, I developed the recipes for a lot of my healthier treats when I was on a strict avoidance diet and I actually prefer the results when made that way. I made Butter cookies, caramel corn, peanut butter balls, double chocolate chunk cookies, banana bread, almond flour chocolate chip bars, and no bake peanut butter squares. So far. Four parties down, two to go!
Christmas Eve morning breakfast! Brian was home, yay! He usually has to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and we usually have a party (or two) to go to as well, but this year he had off both days (since it was Saturday and Sunday) and we didn't have any other party to go to. It was soooo wonderful. That has never happened in the history of our relationship! And especially since the kids our getting bigger, it was really great to have him all to ourselves those two days, and also nice to be able to just sit and recover from the previous parties (4 in 3 days!).
Anyway, about the breakfast :) Scrambled eggs, breakfast sausage and GF cornbread with honey and butter. And fruit for those who that eat it.
Recovery breakfast. Fried egg on GF toast with avocado, my smoothie of wild blueberries, celery, spinach, green apple, and ginger, and some nice hot raspberry leaf tea. I've been trying to eat eggs and/or my smoothie for breakfast and homemade soup for lunch to help balance out the sweets and treats I've been enjoying at all our Christmas parties. I don't really feel too guilty about eating the goodies that I make, since they are mostly healthy ingredients and usually contain a lot less sugar than the traditional version. But as I've mentioned before, it's really important to start your day right, as it affects how your blood sugar will function the rest of the day, and also putting something healthy into your empty tummy is a good way to get your body going in the morning.
This dish isn't very photogenic, but it is delicious and good for you! I made my version of Zuurkool, a traditional Dutch casserole of potatoes and sauerkraut and apples, pineapple and bacon. My version is adapted to the Paleo diet, and uses white sweet potatoes, ham/bacon, and sauerkraut. I love that it uses less ingredients but still gives your the same flavor profile. Make sure to buy the refrigerated sauerkraut, and add about two thirds of it to the dish while heating and save the last third for stirring in after heating to keep those good tummy bugs alive!

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