Day 25, a sleepy kind of day

It really has been a sleepy kind of day all day. And cold. Welcome back winter. For me, the temptation when it's a sleepy, cold kind of day is to eat sugary, carb laden foods to 'boost' my mood and energy levels. I did eat carb foods- but the good kind- unprocessed. Unless you call a smoothy processed.

Bubby was a sleepy girl today. She slept reasonably well last night, though did end up in her mumma's bed at 3am. She didn't seem interested in food after her 2:30am feed until around 10:30am as she was sleepy. After lunch, she was, you guessed it, sleepy again. So, I settled her on my bed with a cuddle, and proceeded to sleep for an hour and a half myself. I guess we both needed a zzzzzzz catch up today. 

Remember that breaky parfait I made yesterday? Well, here it is as a smoothy. I just felt like blitzing my first meal of the day, so I simply emptied the glass into the magic bullet, added water, and hey presto, a simple , nutritious and filling breakfast.

For lunch, I was feeling the cold a bit, so I made a mushroom and cheese 2 egg omelette and added it to a Mountain Bread wrap with some red capsicum, red onion, parsley and a thin line of whole egg mayo and some pepper. So good!

Monday night, as regular readers will know, is family dinner night. The challenge is to make healthy, appealing food that everyone loves, but doesn't leave me feeling as though I have blown a weeks worth of good eating. We did have one teen less tonight- she had a special dinner with a friend who is relocating, so I considered that was a worthy exit from a family ritual. 

Dinner was an easy, quick meal. I simply cut up 4 chicken thigh fillets and fried them off in minimal olive oil, as the chicken has a little fat that renders down to help cook the meat anyway.

Once the chicken has been sealed on each side, I added half a chopped red onion, some frozen broccoli/ peas/ beans and 1 chopped fresh carrot.

To this, I added some salt, pepper, paprika and soy sauce. 

Then I added half of the rice I had just cooked by absorption method. I stirred it carefully until all the rice was coated. Sample and season as needed. I added some more soy sauce.

The remaining rice I stored in a sealed container and froze for another night. I'm almost tempted to make crumbed, cheesy rice balls- a personal fave. You will have to see :)

For my dinner portion, I added a truck load of shredded iceberg lettuce to my bowl as a filler.

Then I put a small serve of the rice dish on top, and covered that with chopped red capsicum, parsley and a little olive oil.

Everyone else got this portion. Well, except hubby- he did get a little bit more.

Now, the bit we all love, my daily eating....

On waking: a strong, less milk coffee at 6:30am

Breaky: Parfait smoothy at 7am

Morning tea: Strawberry protein smoothy- dairy free at 9am

Lunch: Mountain Bread wrap at noon

Afternoon tea: Cuppa

Dinner: Salad and rice dish followed by a milky decaff at 5:30pm

Before I finish for the day, I should share my good news. When my 30 days is done, hubby wants me to blog his 21 day challenge- 21 days being how long it takes to make or break a habit. I personally think he likes the fact that I will be cooking him all the meals he needs. Hmmm, smart man. But, if that is what it takes to help him get healthy, then I am all for it. Challenge accepted! 

Until tomorrow, thanks for reading.