The Healthy Road Less Traveled

It only took one short visit and a cookbook gift from my "All-Natural/All-Organic" friend, Dorina, to make me realize something. When it comes to healthy living-- and specifically eating-- we do okay, but we can easily do much better. So, for the past few weeks I've been consciously planning meals with more "all-natural" ingredients (like fresh vegetables in soups, sauces and stuff), looking for ways to sneak healthy things into Ella's very picky diet (like flax seed in smoothies) and trying new recipes for things I would have previously just bought already made. For example, this afternoon we made granola-- recipe over to the left. We are still a far cry from Dorina (I think I will always keep Fruit Snacks and Teddy Grahams in my pantry for peaceful shopping trips), but I'm feeling good about the changes we're making. From the bits of unbaked granola Ella kept snooping, I think she is down with some new healthy choices too.