Sugar Free Challenge Day 2

So lots of feedback yesterday about how people did being sugar free and I have to confess: we had pancakes last night.  (Etienne asked me gleefully if I was going to confess and I said I would)

In our defense, it was a fundraiser for Daniel’s aftercare and we only had a little bit, so it was for a good cause.  And I could definitely see the impact as the kids were pretty mellow after the supper we took my folks, but after they had their pancake bedtime was a small nightmare as they were hopping all over the show.  Isabel was particularly bad.  So there.

Breakfast this morning was usual cornflakes for the kids and yoghurt/fruit for me.

Their snack boxes looked like this: I made rice cakes with cheese and ham and put some un-sulphured dried mango in for Daniel and raw peanuts for the girls.  I then added some goji berries that they actually eat, to my great surprise. If you haven’t tasted them before, they are lovely and you can stick them in almost anything.  I often chuck them in yoghurt with some seeds.

Tomorrow is sweetie day for all of them so I’ll pack some Lays Light Salted and a small packet of Florida’s Natural Nuggets.  They are a little pricey, but very yum.

For supper tonight my folks are coming over, so we are doing roast chicken, brown basmati, potatoes and veg.  I also found this Pasta with Cilantro-Peanut Pesto recipe in my reader this morning that looks amazing if you want to try something different.  And Sugar free.  And healthy.

I also found this link on twitter this morning and thought it was a great thing in light of this little challenge.  It’s a NY Times article on how the New York Mayor plans on banning large carbonated drinks.  I don’t know about you, but we hardly ever have Coke etc in the house and when someone leaves a bottle here it disappears very quickly.  I also often look at those big 2l bottles of cooldrink in the shops and think about all that sugar and plastic and then I think imagine people just stopped buying that stuff.  I’m weird, I know, but read the article, it’s well worth it.

I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to achieve with the challenge and for me it really ended up being about making people aware of sugar, the impact on our kids and checking food labels to see where it hides.  So, please think about those things and I’ll try to draw up a quick poll that makes sense.

And thank you.  From the bottom of my heart for all the feedback, I really appreciate it!