Keep it Simple

One thing I have found on getting my family to eat nutritarian is that we have to keep it simple; but creative. Making things that are familiar from our S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) is always interesting.

Last night we had tacos...yes you heard me right. I found this recipe from the site of whole food mommies http://www.wholefoodmommies.com/ which has been good for me to find recipes for my girls. I did make some adjustments.

Here's my version

Blue taco shells (I like these better since I can read all the ingredients on the box)
Black beans (cooked these up and actually added some rolled oats and ground flaxseed then mashed it up with a potato masher. This helped absorb the juices and it adds some texture)
*It's important to get flaxseed every day. I buy golden flaxseeds at Sprouts then grind them up in my coffee grinder, not using it for coffee anymore, but have found a use for it after all :)
From there it is simple, beans on the bottom, salsa (we used mild for the girls), spinach leaves, tomato and sliced avocado.

In addition to our tacos last night I made a salad to be our main dish...Remember, salad is the main dish.

Our salad was simple again:

Spring Mix
Fresh Blueberries
Oranges
Walnuts
 We didn't use any dressing since the oranges add juice to the salad, but you can always juice and orange slice atop each one.

Keep it simple!

Also check out the site, there is a wonderful snack of peanut butter coconut balls that I keep in the freezer constantly. My girls and Peter love them. Make sure if you do this that you get the unsweetened coconut.