What I've been up to!

So, here's what I've been up to.  We moved to Ames.  We traveled to the Quad Cities twice for the holidays.  We have been able to see family a lot.  It has been fantastic.

Now, I'm working on my health before I get going on the job thing.  I am doing a 10 day food elimination diet as recommended per my doctor.  I'm currently on day two.  Here was what I did yesterday.

Day One, eliminate all:
     -Refined sugars-anything with added sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, or alcohol (cakes, cookies,
     candies, pastries, beer, wine, liquor)
     -Caffeinated drinks (sodas, coffee, tea)
     -Artificial colorings, flavorings, and sweeteners (packaged and processed foods)
     -Flesh foods (beef, pork, lamb, poultry, fish, wild game)

Here's a few pictures of what I ate (most all of it is organic as well-expensive 10 days!).

I totally made that hummus from scratch.

Quinoa Salad

Ratatouille (my first time!)

I was pretty excited about my ratatouille.  I felt like I was on the movie or something.  I had no idea it's so good.  I also had a baked apple with homemade cashew butter for dessert but I forgot to take a pic of it.  I might have another one for dinner tonight if I have a sweet tooth because wowza, it was good.  All in all, I can't believe I've gone over 24 hours without eating any meat.  I'm kind of a hardcore carnivore.