Friday, January 18, 2013

Applesauce

We still love our Little Green Pouches, but I use them mostly for applesauce.  It cuts down on having to buy the pouches at Costco for 50c/each.  I pay less than $2 for a big jar of applesauce and I haven't counted how many pouches I get out of it, but I know that it's more than 4... so I assume I am saving money.  Sometimes I will also get baby-food fruit to put into it.  That's a little treat.

Speaking of applesauce, I made muffins last night.  Why applesauce?  Because the recipe called for applesauce instead of butter.  They are Skinny Strawberry Chocolate Chip Muffins.  They were really good. We all loved them--George included!  Get the recipe here.  I put them into myfitnesspal app and each muffin has 185 calories, 1 g fat, and 4 g protein.  That's remarkable for a muffin!  We love Pinterest!

Oh yeah, I have been tracking what I eat on myfitnesspal.  It's pretty gross to see what I eat on a daily basis, but it counts my calories, fat, etc. and will hopefully keep my diet on track.  I don't think it gives me enough calories for breastfeeding, though (although the first thing I do is put in breastfeeding and it puts me at -500 calories for the day).  So I make sure to eat plenty of healthy calories above my "allowance" and I have to really, really make sure I am drinking enough water!