A refrigerator and pantry full of nutritious, yummy food! We went shopping for the week yesterday. Since then, I've stood in front of the refrigerator, just looking at it's contents at least three times. Yes, I'm strange. lol It just makes me happy to be able to provide delicious, nutritious food for my kids. I also like to sit down and read the ingredients on different items. For instance (so you can have a small glimpse of my happiness lol) the raisin bread we bought:

organic sprouted whole grain wheat
filtered water
organic raisins
organic sprouted whole grain barley
organic whole grain millet
organic malted barley
sprouted whole lentils
organic sprouted whole soybeans
organic sprouted whole grain spelt
fresh yeast
sea salt
organic cinnamon

It makes me happy to know that I'm putting such good things into my kid's bodies. Food is one of the things that I provide for them that has the biggest impact on their lives. It makes me feel good to know that my good choices not only directly influence their bodies now, but influence the choices they will make in the future. If a child is used to eating healthy foods, there's a good chance they will continue that way of eating later in life.

I also bought a TON of Lara bars for their lunches. I know I've mentioned them before, but they're totally worth a second mention. lol These things are SO good! The girls LOVE the cherry pie version.

While I'm talking about bars that are good for you, let me HIGHLY recommend the Greens+ Natural Energy Bar. Heres the ingredient list:

Organic dates
organic almond butter
organic quinoa sprout powder
gmo-free soy protein isolate
original Greens+ powder ( gmo-free soy lecithin, Hawaiian Spirulina, organic apple fiber, organic barley grass, organic wheat grass, Japanese chlorella, hydroponic soy sprouts, organic brown rice bran, sprouted barley malt, alfalfa grass, royal jelly, montana bee powder, acerola berry juice, natural vitamin E, licorice root powder, milk thistle seed extract, echinacea root extract, Siberian eleuthero root extract, astragalus root extract, licorice root extract, organic red beet juice, dunaliella salina algae, organic Nova Scotia Dulse, organic ginkgo biloba leaf extract, organic Japanese green tea extract, grape seed and skin exract, organic Swedish bilberry extract)
organic brown rice crisps
organic honey
natural mixed tocopherols (Vitamin E)

Okay, so you're probably looking at that list of ingredients and thinking. "Ewwwwww," but I PROMISE it's YUMMY! Just don't look at it before you eat it. It's an ugly, unappetizing, greenish brown color. lol

I usually use sprouts on the sandwiches I make Drake for lunch, but I bought some organic micro greens and they are SO good! I definitely think I'll be going with the micro greens from now on.

Oh, and the BEST FIND OF ALL yesterday...the salad I've been looking for for YEARS!!!! It's a spinach salad with cranberries, candied pecans and a raspberry vinegerette. Oh my goodness, it is TO DIE FOR! YUM! I first had it at a wedding shower a few years back. I haven't been able to find it anywhere...until yesterday! I rarely purchase things premade, but I did splurge and purchase the premade salad...and I don't feel a bit guilty about it! lol

So, now my fridge is once again full of yummy deliciousness...pineapple, cucumbers, kale, spinach, salad, bread (you have to refrigerate the raisin bread because it has no preservatives) oranges, mangoes, kiwi, plums, apricots, nectarines, peaches, apples, organic milk, micro greens, hummus (to go on the nan and whole wheat pita bread I bought) cabbage, green onions, green bell peppers, red bell peppers...whew...you name it, we've pretty much got it. LOL Oh, and let me tell you how proud I am of my children. (This goes along with the "if you feed them good food, they'll make good choices on their own" thought) I told the kids they could pick their own cereal. Each of them got to pick one. Did they go for the Fruity Pebbles? The Fruit Loops? The Lucky Charms? Nope! Caitlin picked out Kashi Strawbery Fields. Emma picked out Kashi Go Lean Crunch. Cole picked out Cranberry Almond Clusters, and they're all eating them and loving them!

Anyways, yes, I realize I'm a bit strange, but hey, there are worse things that could make me happy, right?