Almost No Sickness!

We're almost better here, so finally getting back into the swing of things. I've still been making meals at home, thankfully, but definitely not working with my budget. I need to review the spending on food over the last month and adjust accordingly. Polyface is getting so popular that if you don't hit your shopping cart the day they update their stock you're SOL. I only was able to order breakfast sausage and Freedom Roaster chickens for delivery this weekend. This means I really have to be on top of things for the next delivery since it's the last one for 3 months. I'm blessed to have many other options for grassfed meats but Polyface is a very well known "brand" and the price is best.

I'll continue purchasing my sirloin steak weekly from my dairy farmer and whatever other veggies I can get (lately it's beets and cabbage - yum!). I'll add a roast in every other week maybe. I'm going to try a roast from the grocery store this week in the crock pot. I just need to find a good recipe. I also need to find my Grassfed Gourmet and look up good recipes there, too. I understand there's an excellent Beef Bourgignon in there.

We are more or less off the GFDF diet. DH and I have had several very good (and intense!) discussions about the myriad of possibilities. The improvements we've seen thus far may have been due to eating better in general because not eating dairy or gluten meant no fast food. We've instituted a few rules for this, though. Just because we're eating dairy and gluten does not mean we'll eat just ANY dairy or gluten. Raw dairy preferably, organic pasteurized if we've got no other option. Whole wheat flour, not refined white flour, unless it's a special occasion (like the Panera trip for a Mom's Night Out last night). I'm still maintaining a relatively GFDF household, though, just because I'm used to doing it at this point and I don't want to set up any bad habits. I know how eating bread makes me want more bread so I'm trying to keep the reins tight on that one.

My next blog post should be a financial one as I get the opportunity to review everything.