Getting Healthy

Lately I have been thinking about getting healthy. I feel I owe it my kids to stick around as long as the Good Lord lets me. That means that I need to get serious about what I am eating and how much I am working out, which up until this very moment has been few and very far between.

It's just that I love food. I mean I love good tasting food. I was raised in Texas, after all. We "sop" our biscuits with the left over gravy in the bowl. We lick the spatula when we make cookies. I will admit I'm not a huge fan of fried chicken unless it's my granny Pat's, but I love me some chicken fried steak! I could go on and on, but I will stop because I'm getting hungry!

So now that I've decided to get healthy, everyone in the family is going along for the ride. At least the kids are. They can only get what I make them. Right? So starting with the little one (who is now 7 months!), I am going to start making her baby food. I got these great single serving contains filled them up with Peas, Green Beans, Carrots, Bananas and Apples. We shall see how they turn out, but I'm pretty proud of myself. I have a great magic bullet that purees, but any blender will do.

I went to the website http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/ and found some great tips on what to feed at what age and how to make them. It's really easy and it actually cost me about half of what it costs to buy it in the store. Each little container is about the size of a gerber #1 container. Two of those containers costs about $1.00. I bought one bag of peas for $1.00 and made four containers! It's even more economical for the fruit! So not only am I saving money (which I love) I am also feeling better about what I am feeding the little one.

The real challenge will be the bigger kiddo and the husband. Hayden will eat some things, but mostly he likes chicken. I may have to get sneaky about how I get the veggies to him. Wish me luck!