Kimi at The Nourishing Gourmet is hosting a fun carnival in which we are posting our Nourishing Food Resolutions for this year.  Here’s mine:


Learn to make sprouted flour
Make bread and tortillas with the sprouted flour

Get some new kefir grains and take care of them!
Make kefir regularly.  Use in smoothies and to soak grains.
(I also have a sourdough bread recipe that uses kefir - I want to make that too).

Drink Green lemonade 3 times a week.


Green Lemonade is a vegetable juice made from Romaine lettuce, kale or spinach, lemon, and apple.  I like it and think it is quite refreshing, however, it makes my husband shudder!
Ultimately I would like to drink this everyday, but I think 3 times a week is more realistic right now.  If I am able to stick to 3 times a week consistently, then I’ll add more days.

The best steps to take are to make sure the juicer is put together and ready the night before, and have veggies ready to go.  I am going to try using ziplock bags to store the veggies for one juice together.  That means one bag will have a head of romaine lettuce, small bunch of spinach, one lemon and one apple.  This way I can get the bag out and start right away.  If I have to get each item out of the fridge, wash them and separate out the part I need to use...I don’t feel very motivated.  I’m not sure if I will have everything washed ahead of time though.  I find that greens go bad a lot quicker if they have been wet.  So I’ll need to experiment with this.

Find a good combination for green smoothies that the kids will enjoy. 
Once I do, I’ll post about it. 

Buy local raw honey in bulk
Call and find out about pricing and ordering by next Friday!

Make a list of nourishing breakfast, lunch and snack ideas. 
Post on fridge or keep in binder for easy reference.

Teach daughter to make one breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner.

Continue to experiment with natural sweeteners. 
Convert 2 favorite recipes.

Prepare ahead.
In order to eat more healthfully without too much hassle, I need to improve my skills when it comes to preparing ahead.  I’d like to have a set day (or two a week) in which I cut up veggies, make bread, broth, and crackers.  I need to experiment with this a little until I find a good rhythm. 

It would also be extremely beneficial for me to develop a good evening routine.  A time in which I prepare grains for the morning, check on kefir, put meat in fridge to thaw, get out juicer, and so on.

Beg Azure Standard to deliver to my area!  
I would love it if I could purchase in bulk from them.  I know I can with ups shipping, but the delivery option is so much nicer - no high shipping cost and refrigerated items are available.

Visit The Nourishing Gourmet to read what others are planning for the new year (and add your resolutions too).

I'd love to hear yours.