Day 2 - Do French Fries Count As A Vegetable?

Don't worry. I know that French Fries don't count as a veggie...

So day 2 started healthy and ended healthy. The middle on the other hand, not so much.

We started the day with egg sandwiches on whole wheat bread thins with fruit salad mixed with a little bit of plain yogurt. The boys loved it!

We just had apples for a quick and easy morning snack today and then we were off on a field trip to The Rainforest Cafe. This is where our healthy eating went right out the window.

It was a fun trip for the boys. They got to walk through the dinning area of the restaurant and some one told them all about the different animals of the rainforest. AJ loved it. Alan wasn't very into the tour but loved walking around and just looking.

Then the kids were served lunch family style. There was no ordering for the kids. It was pre planned meal for them.


Not the best picture because it was pretty dark. The choices were chicken nuggets, mini hamburgers, French fries, cheese pizza and some kind of bright red drink. That was it. Not even an option of a fruit or veggie anywhere. The boys really dug in. As always they ate a lot and then ate some more. And then they brought out cookies for dessert! The parents were able to order their food from the menu. I had a salad that was drowning in dressing and Alan had a few bites of it too. AJ wasn't interested. He mostly ate a whole pizza himself.

We got back on track with afternoon snack. We had some of the worlds best homemade granola bars and bananas. Then for dinner I made chicken nuggets (from real chicken, hand dipped, breaded and baked) and some very yummy broccoli salad. We all four really enjoyed dinner. The broccoli salad was a wonderful treat. I don't usually care for raw broccoli but this was some pretty good stuff!

So that was our day in food. I didn't rate the food today. Trav thought my monkey thumbs up system was a little confusing so I'm going to rethink how I do it. Hoping to get to that tomorrow.

My weekend goal is to stick to our healthy eating while at home. AJ has a birthday party to go to that will be a lost cause. But we will stick to it tomorrow when we have friends over for a game night! And on Sunday I will be taking my brother something yummy but healthy when I go visit him (he broke his ankle and had to have surgery) and I will leave behind a healthy dinner and snack for my guys while I'm gone.

It should be a great weekend. Looks like some sun!

P.S. Does anyone have a suggestion for keeping homemade chicken nuggets from getting soggy when they are baked? They were dipped in plain yogurt and then a bread crumb mixture. Maybe milk next time instead of yogurt?

-Jen-

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