Monday calls for food.

Can this snow be done already?! Last night on my way home from Waynedale it started snowing really hard and fast! I laughed thinking "it's going to be snowing still in May I bet!" That would be really funny, right? Wrong! Ha I'd like it to be at least 50 out!

Yesterday was food haul day! And prep day for Cain's week! Nova spent the night at Cain's Sunday because I would be there Monday morning. When I got there Monday Nova greeted me with lots of kisses. Not that she doesn't love Cain, but hey... I'm her mom she misses me more ;)


I decided to make pancakes for breakfast! It was a new recipe using Flax meal

I also fried up some bacon for the my Mr.

As they were cooking I went to go get the Maple Syrup out because Cain just can't eat his pancakes without some kind of syrup!


But I couldn't find it, I swear I bought some the first day we went to the store to get food for the apartment. For the life of me I don't know what happened to it. So Cain braved the pancakes without syrup... and he liked it! Haha!

I made my grocery list out for the week and was off to food land. And there I made sure to pick up Cain's Maple Syrup!

Here is all the I got from Kroger's... 

Green grapes

Strawberries

Pineapple 

Celery 

Onion

Diced Tomato

Maple Syrup

Frank's Hot sauce

Olive Oil Potato Chips

Ground Turkey

Chicken Breast

And the Ezekiel tortillas were already out on the table thawing out.  They last longer if you freeze them and seeing how Cain only eats about two a week I have to let them thaw out every week!

So while I prepare the food, they play. And I stop and adore the sight :)

These two, melt my heart. 

So for lunch I decided on Buffalo Meat Loaf. Using ground turkey! 

Buffalo Meat Loaf:

1 lb Turkey

3 stalks of Celery 

1 Egg

Half of a small Onion

3 T Almond flour

3 T Franks hot sauce

1 t Garlic powder

1/2 t cayenne pepper

salt and pepper to taste!

 And it turned out great! Cain had peas on the side. Yuck. You'd think with all the veggies I eat that I would like peas too... but I don't! And NEVER have. It's the one veggie I can't bring myself to eating. I like avocados raw, I like spinach and kale... but can't do peas. 

 I made this calendar for our apartment over the weekend! It's a countdown to the Wedding! We have 100 days starting tomorrow! Wow, can't wait! Cain will get to mark each day off. But every Monday or any other day I'm there I get to do the marking off!

 I realized I didn't post these pictures from last week, but thought I would now..

Graci and I waiting in line at Walmart. Always so much fun.... not!

Not that you guys care. But I do sometimes take pictures of my food. I don't normally post them though because don't see the point. But I thought how I post Cain's food for the week, but never mine. And I didn't think that was fair :p So here is some stuff I enjoyed last week!

Here is a salad with chicken, cherry tomatoes, avocodo and pecans!

Here is a salad with one salmon patties whole and a half of one chopped on top. There is peppers, tomatoes and avocado mixed in!

This is a greet smoothie I had for a snack! But to be honest I can't remember what I put in it! I will do another this week and tell you!

Salad with tomatoes, 2 boiled eggs, strawberries and apple!

 Well that was fun! Hope you enjoy looking at my favorite things to eat!

 Ruthie sent me this picture of us from Saturday at Derrek and Cat's wedding! Thought I'd share!

This week is looking to be not so busy, I hope I can get a lot done!

And blog more!

Lanette

cooking and nailing in shelves

This weekend I was busy preparing Cain's next weeks meals. I also was going to babysit all day Saturday but due do the weather the parents didn't want to be gone all day/night so decided on just doing a dinner date. Which meant I got a dinner date with the kiddos! 

Saturday was also Cain's first drill day at his new unit. Here is a little story: (Who doesn't love a little story?) 

I haven't heard from Cain all day, which is normal. But come 4:00pm I received a text from him. He asked "when does St. Francis classes end for the summer?" I only knew because I had to check that before making a wedding date! I told him, then he said "Feeling out papers for Air Assault" My mouth dropped. I then giggled for 15 minutes. What a stud, first day there and he is already doing what he can to get the most out of his time there. 

Another 20 minute passes. I receive another text from Cain saying "AIR ASSAULT school Aug 20th-31th" Haha my month dropped, again. "Shut up!" I said, to the phone. Full out laughing now I replied with a lot of "Omg's" "Congrats" "You rock" I was SO EXCITED! This is something he has wanted to do before even joining the Military. 

So how did he get Air Assault dates the first day at his new unit? He told them what he wanted. So many Soldiers just show up, do their PT, fart around and leave. Not wanting to put effort in. Not Cain, that's not him when it comes to life or the Army. He has goals and dreams to get finished so he can move on to the next. I'm so extremely proud of him. 

So yes, you will be hearing more about that coming up! We aren't sure where it's at yet. I asked him that Saturday when he told me and his answer was "I was to excited I forgot to ask" Haha. Stop it Cain, you're to cute I can't handle it sometimes :p

Sunday I took the risks of driving in a winter storm to go see Cain and prepare his meals for the week. And the risk made off, I made it there safe with groceries in hand! 

First new thing for this week for him to try is the cereal I made him. I did that at my parents because I needed to soak the nuts over night. 

January 24th

I got the recipe from Against all Grains. I love her food! Here is the LINK and here is what the recipe called for. 

1/2 cup raw pecans


1/2 cup raw hazelnuts


1 cup raw almonds


1 cup raw walnuts


1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds


1 tablespoon golden flax seeds (omit for SCD)


2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted


1 tablespoon cinnamon


3/4 cup honey, melted


1-1/2 tablespoons vanilla


3/4 teaspoon sea salt (plus 1 teaspoon for soaking water)


1/2 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened


1/2 cup raisins

The reason I thought Cain would like this one is because of the raisins. 

So back to Sunday, I boiled the chicken breast for his favorite CC Burritos. I normally boil two chicken breast to make 4-5 burritos but there were only 2 tortilla and he had plenty of other food options for the week so I down sized the recipe!

What you'll need though to make a bigger batch.

2-3 Chicken breast (Cooked and shredded)

2 blocks of Cream Cheese (Organic)

1/2-1 Cup Salsa (No added sugar)

4-6 Ezekiel Tortilla's

Cheese (Optional for topping)

(I choice not to eat grains but if you are to eat them make sure they are sprouted)

So boil the chicken and shred it.

Add the cream cheese.

Add salsa. 

 And the fun part, mix it all together with your hands! Now you may try and do this with a fork or spoon but it just doesn't work as well, and you're taking the fun out of it! This would be great for letting the kids help out!

Thanks Cain for helping me out by taking over as photographer. LOVE YOU!

Roll 'em up!

 You could now add shredded cheese to the tops and then bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 or until cheese is melted and you can't wait any longer! I freeze these for Cain so all he has to do is set it out that morning and bake them when he is ready!

Next up was lunch time, I made some Jalapeño burgers for us to eat!

I used:

 1Lb organic beef

3-4 T of jalapeno's

1/2 onion 

That made enough for us to both have two, and I froze two more for Cain.

That red saucy mess in the crock pot was the Taco soup cooking! And oh my, it was good! And so darn easy! I'd like to say I'm a great cook but honestly I do the easy part. Throwing everything in! The crock put is the true chef.

Avocado's are my favorite! I mash these up and put on a rice cake and... oh my. So good! That was just a side note! Haha.

Cain's little helper. This way he doesn't have to think "What's there to eat?"

 In between the cooking I wanted to add some more things to our lovely white walls. You might be thinking "Are you going to paint those very white walls?" That would require money. And we rather eat. Sooooooo.... white walls are staying for now! But we can add a whole lot of color with pictures! And of course the American Flag. Every house we will be in will be a hanging flag! It's so beautiful to me. It's perfect...

Along with his backside ;) WHAT?! You can't tell me you've never stopped to take a picture of your man's backside before?!

This shelf came from my parents. I was so happy! It's one of my favorites. We hung it high to make the walls look taller. I think it worked too! I'm not sure yet what I want to put on it... but, I've got time.

That was our weekend! A very exciting one! Next weekend is Super Bowl, can not wait!

Lanette

Welcome to the Grogg's

I could not be any happier about how our weekend went! It was so fun! Friday was the first move in day! As you could see in the last post we were loving the whole "setting up" part. We still had lots to add though to the little apartment, I was so excited I didn't sleep Friday night lol Saturday morning came and we left my parents home early to deliver the second big load, which included our first couch! Thanks Jodi!! We were getting company that day so we made sure everything that could be set up, was set up!

While I went dress shopping with Cat and her fan club, Cain went with his dad to get his uniform fitted. Which I can't wait to see how it looks at Derrek and Cat's wedding! I love my man in uniform ;) Cat ended up finding her dress so after that I headed back to the apartment where Cain was with his Dad, Derrek and Isiah. Following me there was Toni, Christine, Ruthie and Alexis.

It was fun giving the small tour of the place! Hopefully by the next time they all see it again I will have been able to dress it up a little bit more and add some more art work! Aka pictures of us :p

Sunday we relaxed at my parents house until Cain had to go to work. While he was gone I packed up the last big load to go over to the apartment. This included some of his clothes, bathroom things, my TV, his PS3 and any household items my mom wasn't using! I also got together Cain's menu for the week! He won't go hungry that's for sure! He won't have to go get any "fast food" items. I will ALWAYS make sure he has fresh, healthy homemade meals there. Thanks to the Plan to Eat app I got from my Mom it makes it so much easier for me to plan things out! It makes up the grocery list for me! Side Note: Did that sound like a sells pitch? Did it work? Haha

Yet AGAIN I did not sleep Monday night. I was just SO EXCITED! I love the apartment and couldn't wait to go grocery shopping for MY kitchen for the first time! I was up at like 3:00am. We didn't need to leave until 8:00am. I'm a crazy person.


Monday was so amazing. Nova got to come with us this time. This was her first trip. I will slowly start bringing her more the closer I get to moving in come May. We want her to feel like she has two homes, one with Lorri (grandma) and us ... Her actual parents! We know she rather be with Lorri over us any day. This is no surprise to us or anyone who is around Nova with my mom.

We set up the TV and went shopping for food! Which was fun, but why is every Kroger set up different?! It took some time to find out where all the good stuff was!

Once we were back it was cooking time! Here is a list of food I prepared for Cain.

Breakfast:
Organic Bacon/Eggs
Homemade Cinnamon Nut Cereal > LINK

Lunch:
Vegetable Beef Soup
Cream Cheese Burritos using Ezekiel Tortilla and Organic cream cheese ( I will post recipe soon!)
P+J Sandwich using Ezekiel Bread and my homemade Peanut Butter > LINK

Dinner:
Grilled Chicken/Sweet Potato/Peas
Vegetable Beef Soup
Fruit Salad
Slopping Joe's (That my mom brought over)

Snacks:
Green Grapes
Peanut Butter
Strawberries
Carrots
Celery
Chips
Pecans

We will see how this goes and if he needs more/less of something then I can change it for the next week. And of course add new items! Might do a taco soup next week!

That reminds me. We have no bowls yet. It's funny the things I'm so used to having when in the kitchen that I didn't realize I would forget about when packing up things from my moms. Like a can opener. I go to open the can of tomatoes for the soup and stop and think "Oh crap" and say "Caaaaiiinnnn" hahaha laughing I go to him saying "I need help" He gladly got out his leatherman knife and started at the can. Rolling my eyes the whole time. It worked, for now. And knives, that's something else we need. We don't have kitchen knives we have plenty of leatherman knives that Cain carries with him. But slicing up Strawberries with a leatherman is a hideous site. Cain loved it. LOL

So while I was cooking Cain was doing some school work. He is the best! We were REALLY excited about Graci coming to the place so should could give it the "thumps up" Which she did! She liked all the closet space to play hide and go seek with Nova I think :)

Next my parents came over and brought us dinner! Healthy sloppy joes! Yay! I eat mine with a rice cake.... so good!

My dad and Cain hung a shelf and then we said our good nights to Cain, making sure he knew if he got lonely he would come back "Home" haha I'm happy that I have such amazing parents who are my best friends. It would be much harder leaving Cain and my little apartment if it weren't for the fact I am happy to still be at home with them. All in good time (Like once we are married) I will be more then happy to say the goodbyes to my parents and not Cain. And when that happens, I'll probably write about it and say how wonderful married life is :)

Until then, I'm going to get ready to go babysit! Hopefully I don't get stuck in the snow, I hear it's bad at there!!!

Lanette