This protein packed lunch is perfect for the busy professional or the picky child. It features a fun and tasty pack of almond butter that you can spread on whole grain crackers or on bites of apple.
In The Box:
Today’s back to school lunch is perfect for kids and adults. It features are super tasty salad that has a olive oil based dressing instead of mayonnaise so no need to worry about refrigeration!
In The Box:
Mediterranean White Bean Salad (recipe below)
Whole grain pita wedges
Bite sized veggies
Grapes
15-18 almonds for extra protein (optional)
Mediterranean White Bean Salad
Serves 2
1-15oz can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup kalamata olives, chopped
1/4 cup marinated artichoke hearts, chopped
1/4 cup roasted bell pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Toss together!
Tip: Prepare in advanced to really let the flavors marinate.
It’s that time of year again and that means it’s time to pack up the lunches and send the kids on their way. I always loved going back to school and I still have to stop myself from going and buying (unnecessary) school supplies at the end of every summer.
In honour of the new school year I have created a series of posts featuring yummy back to school meals. The best part is that not only are these great meals to send your kids to school with they are great for you to bring to work with you!
Up first one of my favorite combinations: Tofurky, “Creamcheese” and Wasa
In the Box:
One serving of Tofurky (or your favorite deli slice)
2-3 Wasa crackers (or a serving of your favorite whole grain crackers)
1 tablespoon of non-dairy cream cheese
A selection of your favorite bite sized veggies
A trail mix featuring nuts, seeds, dried fruit and for fun just a little chocolate.
Wow how has it already been nearly a month since my last postpartum update? August was as super busy month for us between traveling to Rhode Island for a week, recovering from traveling to Rhode Island and working on getting my health coaching back up and running (I took a break for maternity leave). That being said I think I will continue to do monthly updates with tibits here and there as they come up.
So lets look at how things are going:
How I Am Healing: I would say I am about 98% there! I ended up having my 6 week appointment at 7 weeks due to our getaway to Rhode Island. I am still having a little bleeding once in awhile so my midwife had me take a pregnancy test to see if I still had any of the pregnancy hormone left but I didn’t so she said it is probably just due to breastfeeding. Apparently someone continue to bleed very small amounts, intermittently while breastfeeding and I’m one of them. Since my midwife is not concerned I’m not to worried about it either. I am feeling good physically over all and I’m cleared to get back to running.
Activity: I have been keeping up on my walking and this week I started back running! I even did a little bit of yoga as well. I actually signed up for my first postpartum 5k just for fun. I have no intentions of PRing, heck I’ll be happy to finish but I am really excited to get out and run it. Neil has signed up as well and plans to run at my pace with me <– that is love. I am planning to start postpartum yoga soon and in a few weeks Edie and I will start baby yoga (I’ll discuss this more on Naturally Family). You can follow my workouts on DailyMile.
Weight: I haven’t weighed myself in a few weeks and I don’t plan on weighing myself until my 3 month update. I am feeling good and I bought myself some new clothes because I know my pre-baby clothes won’t be fitting for awhile and that’s okay.
Breastfeeding: Things are still going well. We have our ups and downs almost daily but Edie loves to eat and seems to be satisfied. When I say ups and downs I am referring to the bouts of crying at the boob that happens at least one session per day due to Edie’s gass-iness. It is heart breaking but we are learning together how to make things better this includes not eating black beans, reducing the amount of gluten I eat, giving Edie infant gas drops, burping in-between sides (often more than once per session), holding her up after a feeding and lastly patting her back during feedings. I know that seems like a lengthy list but I/We don’t have to do that every time mostly we do just do one or two things and it helps.