![]() We’ve been enjoying testing out some of their breakfast recipes. My husband and daughters can’t get enough of these whole-grain waffles (I make a large batch over the weekend and freeze for the upcoming week). ![]() I often resort to oatmeal (which isn’t so bad) or frozen waffles (even though they’re “organic” they wouldn’t pass Leake’s less-than-5-indredients rule) along with fruit. Since dairy and egg are out of the picture, I get stumped on what to feed my two girls. The hardest meal for me to avoid processed foods is breakfast. While I’ve been following this blog for well over a year, I’ve just recently started testing out some of their recipes. I think I would need to join a support group in order to go an entire 100 days without these two items. (However, I completely ignore this sentiment when it comes to Kettle Chips and tater tots. I think there’s truth behind the saying, “we are what we eat.” I love that the whole premise of focusing on “real food” raises awareness about what is actually in the food we eat. Since my oldest daughter has life-threatening food allergies to dairy, egg and soy milk, we already avoid processed baked goods and fast food because of their ingredient lists. I find myself always perusing posts looking for ideas on how to feed my family a more whole-foods based diet. That meant no white flour or sugar people, for an entire 100 days! It’s penned by Lisa Leake, a mom whose family (including her hubby and 3 and 5 year-old daughters) pledged to go 100 days without any highly processed or refined foods in 2010. It takes just 10-15 minutes to prep and less than 30 minutes to cook.Have you had a chance to check out the 100 Days of Real Food Blog yet? Here’s a recipe from 100 Days of Real Food Fast & Fabulous for White Chicken Chili. I was also lucky enough to work with Lisa on the Applegate Sandwich Board and can say that she’s as lovely in person as she seems on her blog and in her books. Many of Lisa’s recipes have become staples in my kitchen, like her granola (which my husband was so obsessed with that he made a batch every week for more than a year) and her Overnight Chicken Stock in the Crock Pot, which couldn’t be easier. I like that, because that’s exactly how I like to cook too. Instead, she relies on simple, healthy ingredients and lets the natural flavors of food shine through. You don’t have to go searching for ingredients at specialty stores, and there’s nothing fussy and complicated about the way she cooks. And while I aim for a diet of mostly whole foods, I’m also okay with processed foods–and we likely have a lot more packaged food in our pantry than Lisa does.īut I truly love Lisa’s recipes because she makes healthy meals easy and doable. I don’t specifically recommend organic food. Regular readers of my blog know that my approach and philosophy are a little different from Lisa’s. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch (and lunch boxes), dinner, dessert, appetizers, and snacks. Now she’s out with a second cookbook, 100 Days of Real Food Fast & Fabulous, which has 100 quick and easy recipes designed for busy families. She also became a New York Times bestselling author with her cookbook 100 Days of Real Food. ![]() The woman behind the blog, Lisa Leake, has inspired millions of readers to eat fewer processed foods and make more food from scratch. Well, we all know how that turned out, right? Since then, 100 Days of Real Food has become an incredibly popular blog with a massive following. Several years ago, I started following a blog called 100 Days of Real Food, about a family who was cutting out processed food for 100 days and encouraging others to do the same.
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