So breakfast today was clean out the fridge day. I was running low on smoothie ingredients, so I just used the last of several ingredients I had in my fridge. Since my smoothies follow very little rhyme or reason, I just tossed all this into my blender:

-greek yogurt

-splash of orange juice

-left over Bolthouse Green Goodness juice

-last 3 cups of spinach

-half a left over apple

-final 2-3 frozen strawberries

-frozen cherries

Despite it's yucko color, it turned out really good! It was really sweet and I couldn't even taste the 3 cups of spinach. I think I am ready to move back into kale next week. I go off and on the green smoothie bandwagon, but usually I start with a small amount of spinach, add more each smoothie, and when I can't even discern it's there anymore, it means I can move onto stronger greens like kale.

For dinner, I cooked up some organic chicken and made some awesome spicy, crunchy sweet potato bites (thanks Pinterest). But since I had skipped lunch today, I didn't even consider taking pics before I just started eating. :)

Smoothie

Since currently I am sick with a little cold, so I have been eating plenty of things on my bad list like hawaiian rolls, pre-packaged potato soup, and ginger ale.

But tonight, I made a green smoothie and it was awesome. Organic greek yogurt, spinach, banana, and frozen berries. Totally what I needed to get my immune system up and running. Yay for some good food in the midst of the plague.

A little green

So my food plans have been slightly derailed as I have been sick the last few days, but yesterday I did try a new salad idea I got from Pinterest. The idea is the keeping your greens in a mason jar helps keep them fresher for a longer period of time. So yesterday I took my mason jar of organic spinach, dried cranberries, dry roasted almonds and homemade balsamic dressing to work. The spinach was a week old and still going strong! Made for a yummy, and nutritious lunch.

The Beginning

To help you understand why I am a lost foodie, I think it would be good to start with a little background on myself. I was born and raised in Texas, to a very carnivorous family. We like our meat. Be it steak, chicken, pot roasts, burgers, you name it, we probably eat it. My mother is a fantastic cook, she always had something yummy cooking in the kitchen, classic southe
rn food in particular is her speciality. I am sitting her drooling a tad when I think about her fried chicken, pies, cake...yum. But I digress from my story. I have struggled with my weight for years, and since being diagnosed
with PCOS, I understand why a little more. I have yo-yo dieted for years and over recent months, I have been considering a bigger change. Thanks to many friends, and several blogs I have decided to start cutting out any processed foods, flours, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), and even a lot of meat from my diet. I have been off and on HFCS for a couple of years now, but I think I am at a point where I can cut it completely out. I am going to try and cut all processed flours out completely as well. Now for meat, I have been reading a lot about the hormones in regular grocery store meat and it makes sense that I am affecting my body by consuming so much of those. But, since I am on a limited budget, I cannot afford to buy all organic/free range meats. So I am going to be buying what I can in the organic, local, and free-range categories, and then supplementing with veggies, beans, etc for the rest.

So, on this blog, my goal is to document what it looks like for a 20-something girl to cut the processed crap, avoid the normal grocery store meat, and add more organic to the diet. I learned to cook at a young age. I own tons of cook books, I am a pro in Central Market, but this is going to be uncharted territory. So here I am, a lost foodie, just trying to find a better way.