stepping into the realm of 'normal'

[greengirl19]

I don't mean Standard American Diet, but we need to move back towards a more normal diet. Normal meaning real, whole foods. Dh has expressed tiring of even the yummy paleo stuff, we really really need to cut our food budget, and I'm ready to try G on dairy (praying he might be ok with yogurt. That's all I want, not milk, maybe cheese, but really just yogurt). I seem to be ok with moderate amounts of sourdough (gluten) bread. Haven't tried me or Z on dairy yet. Z is about to be 1 and a ferocious eater so he's going to be added into the equation too. Hopefully we'll still be nursing for 2 or 3 more years but I need to cut back on my 'I'm a nursing mom' snacks. So my goals are:

3 meals a day, snacks at 10 and 3
4 veggies and 1 fruit a day for me
2 veggies and 1 fruit a day for G (this is a big goal)
1 grain-less meal, 1 GF grain meal (most likely rice) and 1 gluten containing meal.
Beans in some form almost every day, for budget reasons

I'll be shopping at the farmer's market Wednesday and Saturday and meal planning 3-4 days at a time, which will hopefully be more successful than a week at a time which is always so off course by the end of the week. We will limit eating out to special occasions and maybe a snack at the cafe by the market on Sat after shopping.

How does this sound? I'm trying to tone myself down from a year or more of too much controlling eating habits.