My Food Diary for a Tuesday in July

People often seem to have the mistaken impression that I only eat homemade food or that my diet is perfect. While I do try to eat high-quality food most of the time, I also choose not to spend inordinate amounts of time in the kitchen every day, so I do make some compromises.  Here is a snapshot of my diet from a random weekday:

Tuesday July 7th

• 6:30am - First Breakfast* 
• two homemade lemon raspberry muffins
• a glass of raw milk

•  9am -  Second Breakfast

• two homegrown eggs, fried in butter 
• ~3/4 cup of frozen Chinese stir fry veggie mix, sauteed in butter and caramelized over med-high heat
• one slice of sprouted whole grain toast, buttered with strawberry jam on half
• dose of extra virgin cod liver oil
• half of a glass of raw milk

• 12:30pm - Lunch
• simple salad - one large ripe garden tomato**,  fresh basil leaves, two scoops of full-fat organic cottage cheese, dressed with salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil, and a squeeze of lime juice
• a few crackers***
• a handful of fresh local cherries

• 2:45 - Snack****
• ~1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
• ~1/2 cup sauteed mushrooms (which were being prepped for dinner)

• 4pm - Snack
• 3 small Classic Butter shortbread cookies
• glass of raw milk

•  6pm - Dinner
• 2 slices of homemade pizza - Against the Grain pizza crust***** topped with Quick and Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce, Applegate Farms Black Forest Ham, sauteed mushrooms, and organic mozzarella cheese
• side salad - lettuce topped with fresh garden tomato, chopped red bell pepper, and Homemade Ranch Dressing
• more Homemade Ranch Dressing, as a dip for the pizza
• Glass of fizzy spring water with fresh lime juice

• 8:15pm - After-Dinner Snack
• ~1cup plain whole-milk yogurt

*I tend to be very hungry in the first half of the day. I've always been that way. As soon as I wake up, I HAVE to eat something.  Since I tend to wake up 1-2 hours before my children, I usually eat something very simple when I first wake up, and then have a more substantial breakfast later on.
**My mom grows the BEST tomatoes. They have me so spoiled that they are the only tomatoes I want to eat. Thanks Mom!
***These crackers are one of my compromise foods. Yes, homemade crackers would be better. But these will do in a pinch, and I like that they are made with palm oil.
****I don't usually have a snack at this time of day, but on this particular day I had been very active working a lot, so I was unusually hungry.
*****We are currently loving Against the Grain Gourmet brand pizza crust, which is sold in the freezer case at our local healthfood store.  It is composed primarily of cheese, milk, eggs, and tapioca starch. My only complaint with the ingredients is that there is a small amount of canola oil in these crusts, but since the amount is small I have decided not to worry about it.  I know some of my blog readers have reported that my Cheesy Bread recipe also works well as a pizza crust, but I haven't tried that yet since my family just devours the cheesy bread every time I make it.

Do you want to know more about my daily diet? What are your favorite compromise foods?

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