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I told you at the beginning that I would share the good, the bad and the ugly of this journey. Today’s thoughts contain some of the “ugly.”
Day Eight, Saturday is a low-key day as we celebrate the weekly Sabbath. I don’t plan to work in the kitchen and for our foods we eat what I have made on Friday. This week though, I crashed early on Friday and didn’t get the matzah ball soup made (although I did make the stock and did make the matzah ball batter). So, this evening, around sunset, I’ll make the matzah ball soup and some crackers and we’ll have that with the hummus I made yesterday.
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Day Eight
Beauty / Health
Today’s hair washing was with water only.
Kitchen
Removed homemade whole wheat bread from freezer
Made whole wheat crackers
Made matzah balls
Hummus and whole wheat crackers
Menu
Breakfast
Gluten-free muffins (finished them), homemade cashew milk cocoa
Lunch
Sprouted whole wheat tortilla wraps with cheese and broccoli
Supper
Matzah ball soup, hummus, whole wheat crackers, homemade ginger ale
Thoughts
I am frustrated. Not with the plan, the plan is very doable. The problem is with the family who say they are on board with this, but are snacking and consuming the foods that are earmarked for second meals. Some are not being very considerate with how much they are eating. I’m torn as a wife and mom (a Jewish Momma at that) who wants to make sure no one is ever hungry and fighting the reality that if we are ceasing any shopping, and we have limited foods, that we all have to be willing to not snack on what we have for meals, thus taking it away from others. If my meal plan calls for a second meal, and the family eats the food as a snack, I have nothing to serve for that meal. I don’t want to have to make 2 meal plans for each day. But, how do I refuse food to my family? They are used to coming in after work, or getting up at night and being able to eat whatever is in there, no holds barred. Do we lock the fridge?
In an emergency, this would have to be dealt with immediately, but I’m not wanting to deal with it. As the wife and mom, it is very uncomfortable to be in this spot, but I’m the one making the meals and I’m the one who knows how much we have and what I’m using it for. I know we ALL must be willing to eat less, or eat the foods that are specifically made for for snacking and not eat leftover meals which are not for snacking. Since this is OUR emergency NOW, we have to treat it as such, and I guess I’ll have to be the Food Police, something I never want to do. On the other hand, this is the reality; with limited supplies, we must curtail our eating, especially snacking. It’s a difficult position to be in and one I was not really prepared for. I’m going to pray about how to handle this, if at all.
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