Let me start by saying that I’m not a big advocate of dieting. I’ve tried a few different diets and have never stuck to any of them. I truly believe that to be your healthiest self, you need to exercise and eat good, clean food! I know how hard it is. I have two young kids that may literally be the two pickiest humans on earth. I’m sure other parents would argue that their children deserve that title, so needless to say, we’re not alone.
Let’s think about this for a minute though. Because my children are horrible eaters, does that mean that I should be? Should I give in to their demands and give up on their health, as well as my own? Of course not. As a mother, this is one of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my life. I never could have imagined how much I’d care about and stress over what other people eat. But, as any loving mom knows, I do.
So this is it. I’m throwing out all most (let’s be honest….) of the garbage, processed crap in my house and replacing it with organic, healthy, clean, REAL food! If it’s not here, the kids will eventually have to get used to eating better stuff, right? Yeah, that’s what I thought. It won’t hurt my husband and I to start focusing more on what is going in our bodies either. After all, we’re not getting any younger.
We kept hearing about The Dolce Diet: Living Lean. It is blowing up on Twitter and has amazing reviews all over the internet. We figured, what the heck, let’s give it a shot. What do we have to lose (other than the $39.99 price tag)? Well, I’ll tell you, just for the 3 recipes I’ve tried so far and the helpful grocery list, it was worth it already. Today for lunch we had a fantastic salad.
It’s so delicious and so easy to make. Just throw together some baby spinach (and kale if you have any – I didn’t), cut up strawberries, cucumbers, onion (preferably red, but I used yellow and it was still awesome), chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans), chopped walnuts, tomatoes (optional), feta cheese and drizzle with olive oil and vinegar. Perfection!
Original review here
