New foods

I was going to do a Foodie Friday post every Friday or as many Fridays as I could remember but I see that I have succeeded once, so I will just post new food as I think of it :)  During this last 9 months, I have searched and searched for new foods and new recipes because of 2 reasons, I don't want my body to get used to anything AND I don't want to be bored with what I am eating.  I figure when people get bored of their food and don't have other healthy options, they will then make bad decisions.  Anyway, so what I tried this week was pumpkin over night oats and chocolate peanut butter overnight oats.  Overnight oats is when you combine everything the night before in a jar and in the morning you grab it and go.  The oats are softened by the liquid you add and flavored by everything else.  I eat them cold, I think some people microwave them later,  whatever you prefer!

Pumpkin, almond milk, raisins, chia seeds, oats, vanilla, maple syrup,  and cinnamon

Oats, SF chocolate pudding mix or cocoa powder, almond milk, vanilla greek yogurt,  peanut butter of your choice (PB, nut butter, PB2), vanilla, and sweetener of your choice (I used Monkfruit sweetener)

The last thing I made new this week was beef stew.  I originally planned to only use beef and veggies but because I have a family who I knew wouldn't dig that, I added some noodles for them.  The hack here was radishes instead of potatoes! I cut up radishes in place of potatoes and they cooked in the slow cooker all day with everything else and in the end, they were my favorite part!  I don't like radishes any other time, but like this they not only were healthier but they were a win in general.  PLUS, my family had no idea what they were eating but they didn't say no!  I made myself some mashed cauliflower and then covered them with beef, veggies, and broth.  

CHEERS TO 3 POUNDS LIGHTER THIS WEEK! 84 down! :)

**We are STILL waiting on the state's investigation for child abuse at the day care.  We were told it could take some time and it has.  I have done what was asked of me to help, I know one of the children had to talk to a child investigator which is really sad, I know the abuser tried to reach out to the parents, which mystifies me, and I know there are rumors around town about the parents which is AWFUL!  In a time where hands have been put on their children, people are treating it like a soap opera (he said you called this person, he said blah blah, etc) when in reality, those parents shouldn't  have to deal with anymore,  I have thanked the ladies at the daycare who did the right thing and I almost vomit everyday knowing that the director is still there.

In the mean time, I have had a serious talk with Gracie about not allowing anything like this to happen to her and how to report it if it does or if she sees it happening to anybody else.  Gracie did hear about it at school and unfortunately, S did babysit her in the summer while she was at her mom's house, so her response about that was "I bet S isn't going to babysit us anymore" YOU ARE RIGHT KID!  She has been directed to be nowhere near her, ever, and she agrees.  Again, if you are reading this, and you were any part of not respecting or listening in regards to my plea for help to keep kids safe at the daycare, I hope you are kicking your own ass, because you should be.