Clean Eating - Grocery ADVENTURE!

Starting out can get expensive.... like $149.20 expensive.... for one week.

OH, let's be honest - this is for snacks, and sides, and stuff that will carry over to NEXT week...but this first trip out to find Clean foods was tiring!

Miss V enjoyed herself though. :)

She "helped" organize.

So!  What did I learn???

Marketing experts are SNEAKY BASTARDS.

Lesson 1:  Pure Evaporated Cane Juice (Instead of the regular, refined, white sugar.)  What's that you say?  OH!  This TOO is refined sugar??

Well crap.

Lesson 2:  I'm VERY glad to have planned out a week's worth of food menu and made a list AHEAD of time!  This is KEY to the future success of this lifestyle change!!!

I'm excited to be trying out these recipes, some new, some old and "cleaned up!"

Many recipe postings and my weekly menu coming soon!

RECIPE - Overnight Oatmeal (Freeze Your Way Fit)

SOURCE

Ingredients:
1 cup rolled oats (Original recipe calls for steel cut oats or other whole grains)
1 cup of fat free milk (Or any type of milk you prefer)
1 tsp of almond extract (optional)
Cinnamon to taste (Or other seasoning optional)
Honey

Instructions:
In a small baking dish, add all ingredients except honey.  Cover and place in Crock-Pot in a water bath.  Cover Crock-Pot and cook overnight.  (About 8-9 hours)

In the morning, stir well, (Will have a "filmy" layer on top where it has cooled.)  Add Honey to taste or another sweetener replacement or fruit.

Makes 4 servings, about a cup each. 

So it was AWESOME to have breakfast ready and waiting for me in the morning!  I was disappointed in the lack of flavour, so I HIGHLY recommend adding some fruit or any other clean sweetener.  I added about a couple of Tbs of honey and stirred it in.  Miss V loved it! :)

RECIPE: Tuna Verde

Ingredients:

2 Handfuls of Fresh Baby Spinach

Celery Stalk; cut into chunks; add as much as you like

Dill Pickle; cut into chunks; add as much as you like

2 Cans of Albacore Tuna in Water; drained

2 Hard boiled Eggs

Greek Yogurt; added to moisten as needed (Like Mayo)

Spicy or Dijon Mustard to taste

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

*Sliced or Shredded Low fat Cheese (If desired.)

Whole Wheat or Whole Grain: Bread, Pita, Wrap, Crackers

Instructions:

Place in food processor: Veg, tuna, eggs

Blend until desired consistency; longer for smoother, shorter for chunkier (Or skip the processor completely and just chop by hand!)

Place in a bowl, add yogurt, mustard, and spices to "taste."

Enjoy as a sandwich, pita, dip; whatever you fancy!

Makes 4 sandwiches

Ok, so I did this and it seemed a little dry and bland.

I may do this again with Spicy Mustard instead of Dijon

and maybe add some low fat cheese.

But for following a recipe and "cleaning it up," I think it turned out pretty good!