Today is the first day of 2015. With this, our family kicked off the Daniel's Fast. Within the next 21 days, we will set aside time for devotion and prayer (as well as becoming creative with meal planning). We will embark on no meats, no sweets, and no breads. Water will be our constant companion. We can't wait to see what God has in store for our family this year.
As many that struggle with fasting and what to eat and not eat; I felt the need to blog our journey this year. Our family doesn't get caught up in the what to eat/what not to eat debate - we make sacrifices for us with how and what we eat. Our main focus is to devote time and energy to prayer and devotions while also denying our bodies of the common society food that we have become accustomed to. We hope this blog will be inspiring as we share our daily meals and all that God has done for us throughout 2015.
Day 1: It is funny how when you begin a fast, your body seems to know. I am hardly hungry first thing in the morning, but today - I could have eaten tons! I'm going to have to work on that. ;)
Breakfast - consisted of half a banana, 1 tbsp. of almond butter, 1 tbsp. of coconut milk. Kriz opted for steel cut oatmeal with coconut milk and blueberries.
Lunch - well, we snacked on nuts and water. But due to the recipe that Kriz wanted to make, it took longer than expected.
Dinner - Because of the above, our lunch and dinner turned into a 3 course meal. LOL! Kriz and I had a blast working together in the kitchen. Course 1 and 2 were all his. :)
Course 1: Kale salad with carrot and lemon. Kriz made the dressing from fresh lemon juice, mustard, olive oil, and a tad of plain yogurt. To say the least, it was quite lemony, but good!
Course 2: (This was a bit off the fast, but Kriz had already had the ingredients to make this before today - it just didn't get made til today). Kriz made some sort of pumpkin puff pastry. The pumpkin filling was pumpkin, fresh sage, fresh garlic, heated through with a cinnamon stick. These puffs were quite interesting.
Course 3: Cabbage steaks with black-eyed peas. This was our New Year's meal. Everything was quite delicious and we have our first day under our belts. Yeah!! :)
I hope that this blog will help with planning of the meals - of course most of the meal ideas are Pinterest inspired.
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