So it's been a few years since our family has been actively updating this blog, so let me post a quick update. We are now in North Carolina. We are still sugarfree at home, and mostly while away. My youngest is older than 3 now (see
our story for why we wait until our kids are 3), so technically he could eat processed sugar, but I just keep that quiet. The social pressure is not near what it was when we started 16 years ago! We're still sugarfree at home. In 2018 and 2019, we offered a reward to each child not to eat processed sugar out of the home as well as in. They thought that was a great deal. Honestly, it was just to keep me from cheating. I really don't feel well eating any sugar. But the kids noticed that we have not gotten sick once since starting. We got sick a few times in Florida (when the kids got older and ate more food away from home), but before that we rarely got sick either. Interestingly, as soon as one of my daughters started eating sugar this year (at church events), she got sick! Luckily the rest of us avoided it. Even small amounts of sugar lower the immune system. So sad!
One of the kids discovered an egg allergy, so even away from home she needs to be careful. We have some diary sensitivities, so have to watch that away from home as well. We felt fine eating these things until we went without. Now the body screams and we can't get away with anything iffy. But not getting every little cold is so worth it! And we have cut oil. We never did a lot of meat. We cook everything pretty much from scratch still. Let me redefine that: it's mostly my kids that do the cooking now. I usually prepare two or three meals a week. The kids have a bunch of new recipes they love. Maybe I could convince them to post! We don't do as much pasta from scratch. And we have a lot more potatoes. But most of these recipes are pretty timeless to us. How are you cooking these days?
