Where God leads

Hello!

Not too much new in the world of the Reeves. We attended church Wednesday night and His little Feet Children Choir came and sang. All of the kids were from India. They were so so cute. Taylor and I have always considered adoption and hearing some of the statistics is just heart breaking. We aren't there yet, but one day if God calls us to adopt we will be on board! His Little Feet is a great Christian Organization that helps orphaned children in many ways like providing food, clothing, clean water, Bible study, education, mission trips, and also teaming up with other organizations to get children sponsored and adopted.

Taylor and I are looking right now and praying to see if God leads us to sponsor a child. We looked at some profiles on Compassion International to see some of the kids. We have done a couple of mission trips for Nicaragua so we are thinking about sponsoring a kid from there. If you are interested you should check is out!

On Wednesday night we had a great dinner so I wanted to share it with you. I got it from Vegan Yack Attack and it is a deconstructed falafel bowl. I like falafels but you know sometimes you just don't want to roll out a million little balls of falafels. So instead you just roast chickpeas and throw it together with other ingredients. We used Bulgar and thought it was great. We made ate it with hummus but added some extra tahini and lemon juice. Then we topped it with cucumber, tomato, lettuce, yogurt, and avocado. It was better than we expected.

We don't have too much going on this weekend so it should be nice to relax. Hope your weekend is great as well!

Blogging downer

It has been quite awhile since I have blogged. I haven't really been wanting to blog...so I haven't. After Christmas Taylor and I felt so gross from eating so much desserts and sweets that we decided to not eat any junk for the month of January. I can say we successfully went, pretty much, 5 weeks with no ICE CREAM, candy, cakes, cookies, chocolate chips etc etc. It really wasn't that bad. And we still did have sugar like a few clif bars, sugary cereal like cheerios but overall we both felt better and realized that by us not eating it we didn't want it nearly as much. Obviously we can't live our whole lives without sweets but since then we have had ice cream a couple of times and that's about it. So hopefully we can stay on the path of only eating sweets once in awhile.

That being said we have cooked a few good things since then. I made a frittata the other day which was really good, especially since I am still trying to come around to eggs. The frittata had 4 eggs mixed with a little bit of milk. Then I sauteed potatoes until browned then added onion, garlic, bell pepper, greens, zucchini, squash, bacon and basil and oregano. After those were cooked I added them to the whisked eggs and milk and also added cheese. I did bleu cheese, feta, and cheddar. Just a little bit of each. Mixed it all together and put it in a sprayed pie pan. Then topped it with tomato. I baked it at 350...or 375 I can't remember. For about 35 minutes. We ate it for dinner. It was really good.

I also made a massaged kale salad with spinach, carrot, pepper, celery, garbanzo beans, grapes, pomegranate seeds, avocado, and cashew. The dressing was made with lemon, oil, poppy-seeds, agave, and mustard. I was pleasantly surprised with how good it turned out.

Today we are at home cooking and preparing for the week and watching some olympics online. On our ageda this week for meals is pumpkin enchiladas, parmesan eggplant rolls, potato nachos, and a special Valentines meal! Hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Delicious Salad

I know I haven't posted in awhile but I had to share a salad we had for lunch today. I love the superfood salad at whole foods. I made a similar version of that.

Greens (I used the green mix from sprouts)
Carrots cut into small sticks
Fresh blueberries
Pomegranate seeds
Cashews
Pepitas
Sunflower seeds
Avocado
Onion
Celery
Bell pepper
Blue cheese

Then I made a dressing with apple cider vinegar, oil, lemon, agave, dijon mustard, salt and pepper.

The salad was amazing. I plan on making it again very soon.

Then Taylor wanted me to share our pre-Christmas Christmas dinner. We got a charcoal grill as a gift so we made a whole chicken on the grill. Taylor butterflied it, added oil, salt, and pepper to the skin. We cooked it on the cool side of the grill for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Then you put it on the hot side for about another 10-15 minutes to get the skin crispy. We served it with a grilled vegetable pack with brussel sprouts, butternut squash, onion, asparagus, and bell pepper.

We have to eat good because delicious sweets are EVERYWHERE. Do all of you feel it to? I am surrounded all of the time by chocolate, cookies, candy, pie. It is everywhere. Not to mention my addiction to ice cream.....Tis the Season I guess. Have a great Christmas~!

Struggling

Lately has been emotional!

We haven't been home at all and when we are not at home both Taylor and I eat horrible. We both eat so much that we feel gross. I hate that feeling yet do it all of the time. As we were driving home the other night I realized that I was so focused on calories and not giving my body enough attention. I have learned all of the things that I "shouldn't do" but I have fallen into those habits. I want to start changing my idea of health and eating and body weight and focus on being healthy and eating what my body needs and not looking at calories. It is really hard and I still have that mentality but hopefully by working to change my habits I can be freed of this food addiction.

I took a nutrition class and one book we read is called Intuitive Eating. I really want to focus on that and eat when my body is hungry and stop when it is full. I want to be able to eat a hamburger and not feel guilty. I want to be able to eat a handful of candy and stop instead of eating so much more that I make myself sick.

The journey will be hard but I pray that God can get me away from the addiction so that I have more time to spend with Him. If there are others out there that have these same issues; pray God will help you through. We can help and encourage each other to overcome addiction.

On the bright side Taylor and I went on a run this morning. It is always so hard to get going but it feels good afterward. It is getting cold here and we had to wear gloves and ear coverings today. Then I have the problem my hands either being really hot or really cold....what to do?!

Time for bed! Nothing too exciting for food this week. Nothing is sounding so great. I feel like I am in a bit of a food rut. Any ideas?

The Binge

So...I am not really a "binge" eater but when we go out of town I eat so much! We were away this weekend and Friday was ok but Saturday was worse and by Sunday I was eating so much junk food. Do you ever have that problem or is it just me? I eat fine at our house but as soon as I go somewhere, all walls are broken down and I eat and eat and eat.

Any tips on how to avoid that? I feel so gross afterward and then when I get home I just want more sweets. It is awful!

On the bright side, it is nice being home and getting back to a normal eating schedule. I was looking for some recipes tonight and I found a few that I can't wait to try. Here they are

Club Reuben
Taquito
Protein Bars

We are also trying some new recipes this week so I will let you know if I find anything really good.

Now I am ready for bed!

Do you ever just wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Well that's what happened to me this morning. I woke up and was instantly grumpy. It stayed with me through out our workout at the gym. As we were walking home I heard God tell me that even when our life isn't perfect or what we wanted we still have His salvation that we can be joyful about.

No matter how bad our life gets or what circumstances we face, God is with us and we still have his face to look to and His promise of heaven for believers. It calmed me when I remembered this and after some relaxation with Taylor I was much better.

Today at the gym consisted of 7-21's, planks with leg extension, squat with side kick, dips, rows, lunges, and sit ups on the Swiss Ball. I am already feeling the lunges this evening!

Last night we tried tempeh for the 1st time. It was pretty good! I am not a big fan of tofu because of the mushy texture but Tempeh was much better;it reminded me more of rice. We used the recipe from Veganricha It was really good and I am excited to try more recipes with it. Plus it has a ton of protein! One pack has 40 g of protein. If you haven't tried it I encourage you to do so! After dinner is also had Baskin Robbins ice cream which was also delicious :) Have a good night!

Taylor and I have been trying to cut out the amount of sugar we eat because both of us want a sweet treat EVERY night after dinner. This week has went well. I still want a treat but have opted to eat apples and peanut butter, cereal, homemade quick bread or something similar instead of ice cream and chocolate!

We did reward ourselves though and both got a piece of cake from Gourmandise on Thursday. If anyone lives in SLC you should give it a try!

On to the other meals we have eaten this week. We tried Bobs Red Mill 10 grain cereal mixed in with regular oatmeal. It was good! We also made some steel cut oats with almond milk, cinnamon, brown sugar, and a peach. It was good. I am not a big fan of mushy oatmeal so I really enjoy steel cut oats.

We have been so busy with both of us working and Taylor going to school so I have been trying to find healthy but quick options for dinner. We made a Butternut squash Skillet for dinner. Sorry there are no pictures. I got off of work at 7 and had somewhere to go so Taylor brought me dinner and I ate it in the car but trust me it was delicious! I got the recipe from http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/2013/01/butternut-squash-and-black-bean-enchilada-skillet/

I adapted the recipe a bit to use some extra vegetables we had on hand. We added corn, cilantro, zucchini, and some swiss chard, and.....

We also made our own enchilada sauce. I had never made it before and I couldn't believe how easy it was! We already had everything on had and it doesn't have all of the sodium that other canned goods do. I was delicious.

On the agenda for today is running to farmers market...and then walking home because I lost my bus pass. So sad! Then I am going to get help with my essays for PT school. The deadline is October 1st. EEEKKK Then going to church tonight. We love the Rock. It is an awesome church especially if you love good live music. Other than that hopefully we will relax because I have to work tomorrow.

Hopefully everyone else has a great weekend!