3 Weeks...

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In preparation for Easter my family is going to participate along 

side our church in a corporate Fast until Easter.  We've got 

2 huge prayer requests that we are seeking answers for. 

(not to be confused with the Catholic Lent period)

My Man and I have decided to do the Daniel Fast,

while our children will eat normally but will give up their after dinner treats.

The Daniel Fast is a biblically based partial fast...

essentially for the next 3 weeks we will be eating only

whole grains, fruits, vegetables and water.

There are no restrictions on amounts, just the food groups.  

For example, I bought some natural peanut butter because

regular peanut butter is loaded with sugar. 

That's right - no sweeteners, no meat, no dairy, no animal bi-products, no coffee, etc.

So what's for breakfast?

Puffed Sea Salt Rice Cake with natural Peanut Butter and Banana slices.

~We are going to closely follow the guidelines as best as 

we can with ingredients that are available to us and modify when necessary~

So in preparation for my grocery trip yesterday, I sat down with my cookbooks 

and thought about some menu ideas and was inspired by one of my 

favorite animated food movies!

Of course after this scene you HAVE to try cheese and strawberries together.

Oh come on, you know you already like Strawberry Cheesecake! ha ha

The inspiration for dinner this week is the movie itself...

Ratatouille!

 A French side dish of vegetables 

(tomatoes, garlic, zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, onions, 

carrots, and other spices are simmered in a tomato based sauce) that is perfect

for our food guidelines and I figured if a Rat could do, 

so could I...

... but ours won't have eggplant because the store hasn't 

had it in stock for months due to weather freezing the crops.

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