Many people ask me how I integrate my children into my detox and gourmet diet. Well, I don't integrate them!! I've never forced them to eat anything. My choice is not theirs. I also believe in the example we set: they see me eating vegetables, drinking green juices, moving, fulfilling myself and flourishing every day... That's a great reference. I still cook for them using natural and whole ingredients, but they are not vegetarian. I choose the meat I offer them; the animal must have been free outside in a pasture: "out" antibiotics and growth hormones (having seen the effects of traditional feed on my baby goose who after a few days could no longer stand on her legs because she was growing so quickly!) so yes to organic in this department, I buy less for better quality.
With what I know about the effects of gluten on vitality and in children, on the ability to concentrate as well as on the immune system, I try to eliminate it too. As I prepare muffins , cookies, banana bread ... all these snacks are cooked with my gluten-free flour (or that of Angélique). The pancakes and waffles on the weekend too. But, they sometimes eat croissants and that's okay! As long as the basis of their diet is digestible and nutritious to avoid problems.
Same thing for lactose: no cow's milk in the fridge, they like plant-based milks (I prefer almond milk or the ones I make, I then have to mix them with almond and cashew butter and cocoa for them to like it) but occasionally have cheese and yogurt. And if they are teenagers and suffer from acne problems, I would strongly suggest that they substitute everything for plant-based versions (coconut yogurt, cashew cream cheese, etc.).
So I can prepare the traditional recipes that the children love at Grandma and Grandma's with my plant-based milk, a butter substitute (earth balance, or coconut butter) and my gluten-free flour. Grandma's béchamel sauce for cauliflower au gratin becomes healthy (and they love it) and Grandma's macaroni, with gogo quinoa pasta too!
Louis, 11, now makesgreen juices and wants to have them every day. Charles, 5, likes to make them! However, he likes Hulk's smoothie and broccoli soups (easy: I sauté onions, then broccoli, add broth for 10-15 minutes and mix; they also like Julie's Friday soup from Vive la Détox ), and they love this gluten-free chickpea pizza.
For lunches, I used an efficient Thermos that I heat up in boiling water in the morning before putting their meals in (obviously, they don't like the same ones!): macaroni, shepherd's pie, tuna vol-au-vent, croquettes, etc. What do you do for your children's lunches?
My boyfriend and I share the same desire to maximize our energy, our vitality, our lightness of being, our well-being. The difference is that I'm a vegetarian and he's not! I can cook meat for my men, but they prefer it when I'm not at the pan! He's more fond of my vegan and gourmet recipes, my healthy discoveries... when it comes to bison, I'm not very good!
At this point, it is important for me to add, as I try to disconnect from seriousness: there is nothing serious about eating a fry! You have to calm down, breathe, and put things into perspective! My point of reference for years has been in feeling. I am not tempted by gluten, I know that I will lose my energy. One bite of the croissant will be enough for me, taking more would ruin my dynamism. As for sweets too, I much prefer my desserts which make me feel good, light... but an ice cream on occasion does not harm me. An oily pizza? I automatically cramp and my day is over. Not tempting! For years, I have eaten nutritiously and digestibly to optimize my well-being and this is what I share, without rigidity. Most children don't have a clogged digestive system, they can afford more deviations, but I am still responsible for their health, so yes to vegetables but if they prefer lightly breaded beans (coconut oil and gluten-free flour), so be it! My pleasure is found in the simple fact that they eat them.
How do I adapt my lifestyle to my pregnancy? I follow my feelings too. While I hadn't eaten eggs for years, the urge took hold of me, and that's good. Green juices have temporarily given way to nausea! I dare to believe that the cushion of nutritional reserves of the last few days serves as a good nest! So, I live with this new state without forcing it. Tired in the afternoon? I nap (me who never naps). Nausea from morning to night? I let it be, without needing to try to make it go away. Lack of energy for training? I waited to double them in the second trimester! My tips? I filmed a prenatal yoga session because it was so beneficial, I felt the need to share it (on jtélé) with all pregnant women who want to connect, prepare, relax, and tone up too. I will also be filming Pilates exercises that I particularly like, which release tension while strengthening my body to prepare it for what is to come. Rhadidja, my acupuncturist, makes sure I don't suffer from allergies. My lavender relaxes my back and neck tension and my shea butter softens the skin on my stomach while my body oil prevents stretch marks (which I did with the skin on my first two bellies to get them back intact once I got back into shape). I don't take iron supplements, I prefer to take "blackstrap" molasses to get the iron I need and for good reason, which I learned from Danièle Starenkyj in Becoming a Parent...
PLEASE! LET'S HELP EACH OTHER AND SHARE OUR KIDS' FAVORITE RECIPES HERE! I can't wait to try yours!
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