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The 365 Day Cooking Challenge and Your Shape Challenge I’m participating in have fallen by the wayside a bit these last few weeks. I have been pretty sick, and the kids were as well for awhile, so it was tough to cook. We ended up eating a lot of sandwiches, brinner, and odds and ends for dinner. I was also away twice in New York City, and my husband had the kids out once each day for a meal. Partly this was my lack of planning ahead, and partly it was due to everyone being stuck inside for 2 weeks straight.

My doctor told me not to exercise while I was having breathing issue, but now that I’m starting to feel better (thanks to a round of antibiotics), I will be slowly reintroducing exercise into my day. I’m starting today with some yoga.

My challenge this week along with the 10 other Your Shape challengers is to create healthy snacks for myself, and family. Since I’m all about whole foods, I found the challenge of going to Walmart to shop a little difficult. I tend to eat fresh foods for snacktime.

Snacks in our house are usually:

fresh fruit, or frozen fruit-the kids love frozen blueberries
carrots and celery with hummus, dressing or plain
cheese- I love cheese, sometimes with whole grain crackers
nuts-a handful of nuts is really filling, and healthy
bars-more for the kids than me, they love a good cereal bar
yogurt-another favorite whether plain with blueberries, or pink yogurt
occasionally pretzels, or potato chips-while not super healthy, they aren’t terrible either
stovetop popcorn-yum
leftovers-if we’re really hungry we will eat leftovers for snacktime
GUACAMOLE!-my favorite snack, avocado with sea salt and lime-perfection

I did find some good things, and you can see more about what I picked out in my whrrl below.

More check-ins at walmart

What are some of your favorite healthy snacks?

Kelly

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I have been a lax in updating about our 365 day homecooking challenge. We are doing really well with it, so here’s my update from January 11th-24th.

1/11/10 Chicken, noodles, salad, raw veggies.

1/12/10 Leftovers

1/13/10 I was in NYC, so I ate out. Family had dinner with my mom.

1/14/10 I came home from NYC feeling sick, and didn’t eat. The kids had sandwiches.

1/15/10 Hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, salad, fruit.

1/16/10 Nachos: spicy beef, grated cheese, salad, tortilla chips, etc.

1/17/10 Grilled cheese and tomato soup, salad, raw veggies.

1/18/10 Noodles and leftovers.

1/19/10 Sandwiches (very little time to eat this night)

1/20/10 Nachos: spicy beef, grated cheese, salad, tortilla chips, etc.

1/21/10 Takeout Pizza from Wegman’s (cheaper than frozen pizza at $10!)

1/22/10 Leftovers

1/23/10 Waffles

1/24/10 Sirloin steak, frugal fries, salad, green beans, garlic bread.

I need to come up with a plan for nights I am exhausted, rather than sandwiches. I’m thinking I need to rely on some kind of frozen food just in case I am not home, or feeling bad. It’s cheaper than takeout, and while I would love to be able to make casseroles or stews, things that freeze well, my family won’t eat them.

What do you do for dinner when you are in a rush, or exhausted?

Kelly