real food meal plan ideas and my sources of food inspiration

veggie lasanga

raw snacks

TJ's veggie burger, onion, raw cheese and blanched asparagus with sea salt

quinoa with roasted veggies and raw spinach and cherry tomatoes

YJ's lentil soup, sliced apples, and lentil chips

raw lunch add rig, cheese, and good turkey

TJ's Curry over quinoa add raw kale and cashews

I've been getting emails asking about what we eat. Several have been curious to how and what we eat and some have wondered if my kids really do eat all this "healthy stuff" and they do! 

I've had several readers ask to share my meal plans or a list of ideas to help them get more creative with healthy food. So here's a very small, rough list of some meal and snack ideas to maybe help when meal planning! You can easily google recipes to some of these things or I'd be happy to share some more of mine!

This is just our meal plan for the week( and a few from last). I could add so much more to it, but at least this is a little launching place. I hope this helps with some ideas!

Breakfast:

raw green smoothie

oatmeal with raw honey and fresh sliced strawberries

oatmeal with chopped raw apple, cinnamon, honey, and dried berries

raw fruit and veggie slices with hard boiled egg

gorilla munch cereal with coconut or almond milk or raw cow’s milk add sliced banana 

homemade granola with coconut or almond milk or raw cow’s milk add fresh berries

egg and veggie scramble with peppers, spinach, and tomato

gf bread with almond butter or peanut butter, raw honey and sliced bananas
soaked grain or quinoa pancakes
heavenly gf french toast

Snacks:

raw organic fruit: apple, orange, banana, strawberries, blueberries, etc.

dried fruit (sugar and sulfate free....just dried fruit on ingredient label)
celery sticks with peanut or almond butter (raw nut butter :)
apple slices with peanut or almond butter (raw nut butter :)

raw veggies sliced: cucumber, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli, celery (add pinch of sea salt and pepper or greek seasoning)

raw nuts: cashews, almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds

sliced peppers and homemade hummus

TJ’s black bean and quinoa chips with salsa

half avocado (or guacamole)with gf corn chips
greek tomato and cucumber dip with rice chips

fruit leather (homemade/ TJ’s All Fruit bit’s and pieces/ Archer Farms Organic)

Lunch:

greens with raw veggie salad (olive oil and balsamic) add olives and org.hard boiled egg

hummus,avocado, raw cheese melts

TJ’s curry over quinoa, add raw kale and raw cashews

TJ’s lentil or split pea soup with rice chips and salad

sliced raw veggies, raw cheese, and small salad

veggie burger with salad

black bean burger with salad
lori's baby greens or spinach, avocado, artichoke hearts, toasted walnuts , tomato and feta cheese salad
cauliflour crust veggie pizza

Dinner:

veggie lassanga with baby greens salad

homemade lentil soup with salad

black bean burgers with raw milk cheddar over baby greens and roasted red peppers 

stuffed peppers with quinoa and roasted veggies

homemade veggie burgers(topped w/onion,garlic,raw cheese) with blanched asparagus and sea salt

herb baked wild salmon with roasted cauliflour and goat cheese

brown rice pasta with sautaeed veggies and marinara sauce, salad with strawberries/walnuts

lori’s wild salmon patties/cakes over quinoa raw veggies chopped and baby greens
black bean soup

vegitarian chili add kale

TJ’s 17 bean soup add kale, squash, garlic, serve with salad

Deserts:

coconut milk fudge pops
bomb.com GF chocolate chip cookies

lori's carrot cake muffins
Brannon Peep's Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies

You may already know about these but if you haven't and you're interested in learning more about food... These are a few things that have really inspired me to eat better for myself and my family, I'm not endorsing every detail of them but defiantly found them insightful and quite informative! 

Forks Over Knives and Food Matters if you or anyone you know is sick or suffers from chronic illness (cancer, ms, diabetes...) watch these!

Food, Inc. made a huge impact in my view on the food industry and a big part of why I shop Farmers Markets when I can and try to buy local organic.

 Weston A Price Foundation- great information on traditional diet

The book Nourishing Traditions was one of my favorite wedding gifts and taught me so much about good food. (Thank you Erin :)

I hope this helps!

Enjoy,

Cj