Welcome to another addition of What Real Food Bloggers Really Eat, where we are drawing inspiration from a series of food journals. Meg from Cracking an Egg with One Hand is our real food lover today. She is a busy wife, mama to three, and stays busy trying to feed her family real foods. 

This is what she has to say about their diet:

For a while, our family was not using dairy, to eliminate the possibility of an allergy, but we discovered the allergy only manifests with pasteurized dairy, thankfully. We are completely soy-free, as my husband and oldest son have an allergy that manifests in painful digestive issues. I am personally trying to cut out more grains, particularly because I am attempting to lose weight after the birth of our latest blessing!

Day One

• breakfast: 1 whole wheat sourdough waffle, 2 T Kerrygold butter, 2 T homemade peanut butter (made with coconut oil), 1 banana sautéed in 2 T coconut oil
• mid-morning: 10 oz whole raw milk + 1 T raw cream; 16 oz herbal nursing tea + 1 T coconut oil
• lunch: ½ c turkey liverwurst, 2 sprouted whole wheat crackers, ½ c homegrown mixed sprouts, 3 oz raw cheddar cheese
• drink: 8 oz homemade kombucha
• mid-afternoon: 10 oz whole raw milk + 1 T raw cream; 16 oz herbal nursing tea + 1 T coconut oil
• dinner: 2 salmon patties (canned wild salmon, whole grain sourdough breadcrumbs, pastured eggs), ¾ c steamed organic broccoli, 2 T Kerrygold butter, 1½ c homegrown salad greens, 2 T olive oil, ½ t Real Salt
• drink: 8 oz homemade kombucha

Day Two

• breakfast: 4 pastured eggs + 2 pastured yolks, ½ c organic spinach, scrambled in 4 T Kerrygold butter
• mid-morning: 10 oz whole raw milk + 1 T raw cream; 16 oz herbal nursing tea + 1 T coconut oil
• lunch: 2 sweet potato & pea pancakes (organic sweet potatoes, organic sweet peas, pastured eggs), ½ c homemade lacto-fermented beets, 2 T soured raw cream
• drink: 8 oz homemade kombucha
• mid-afternoon: 10 oz whole raw milk + 1 T raw cream; 16 oz herbal nursing tea + 1 T coconut oil
• dinner: 6 oz slow cooked corned beef brisket (recipe from Nourishing Traditions), ½ c sautéed baby organic cabbage, 4 T Kerrygold butter, ½ c homegrown roasted baby potatoes, 2 T Kerrygold butter, ½ t Real Salt
• drink: 8 oz homemade kombucha

Day Three

• breakfast: 4 pastured fried eggs, 3 T Kerrygold butter, ½ organic apple sautéed in 2 T coconut oil
• mid-morning: 12 oz whole raw milk + 1 T raw cream; 16 oz herbal nursing tea + 1 T coconut oil
• lunch: 2 roasted chicken sausages, 1 c homegrown salad greens, 1 T olive oil, ¼ t Real Salt
• drink: 10 oz orangina (Nourishing Traditions recipe)
• mid-afternoon: 10 oz whole raw milk + 1 T raw cream; 16 oz herbal nursing tea + 1 T coconut oil
• dinner: 2 c. beef stew (l/o corned beef & cabbage, homegrown potatoes & carrots, homemade beef stock, organic celery, Real Salt)
• drink: 10 oz homemade kombucha

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Thank you, Meg, for sharing your food journal.

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