Inside The Polished Apple

It's on to five days of No-Wheat & No-Added Sugar and it feels like a rest period after the initial cleanse.   Day 6- Reintroduced my regular foods (aside from what I'm avoiding).  It took my stomach and digestive system a couple of hours to think about the omelet that I had for lunch.  Then I probably went overboard and had left overs for dinner-rice pasta, sausage, spinach salad, and a glass of wine.  An hour later and I'm still thinking about it, even though the portion size was easily half what I normally eat.  And I haven't finished that glass of wine and haven't decided what to do with it.   My appetite was reduced today, but I still have good energy.  I'm also craving more vegetables and fruit compared to my norm.   (Later-Threw out the glass of wine-shocking-and experienced a near comatose state after dinner.) But by ... Day 7 - I feel Normal! Days 8-10- It's really not too exciting for these days.  Our office hosted m...

Oddest Sunday morning in our house ever.   Scott started his cleanse today; I'm on my first day of "normal" food, but with no-wheat, no-added sugar. (Today is Day 6)  Scott juiced-just carrots and an apple.  I had forgotten that we even had a juicer in the house.  Then he decided to add all of the pulpy goop to his shake.  That was his breakfast. I finally had coffee again (and Kombucha and a pear.) Scarlett and I made gluten-free pancakes.  Just from a mix, but she ate 1 1/2 pancakes.   Then I saw that my sprouted quinoa actually sprouted!  Isn't it pretty?  (yes, first time).   That was to go with the oats fermenting on the counter from the night before.  In yogurt.   Then I made some yummy protein bars-mainly to try a new food item.   Not my recipe, but its from:  Kitchen Stewardship  (and its pinned on my Pinterest board) Quinoa Oat Protein Bars Print Recipe...