March is Beans & Rice Month! Our friends at Lahash put together an information video and its posted on youtube if you'd like to check it out. Also, it's also never too late to join... in any variance that works best for your family.
In January, our family discussed how we would "flesh out" beans & rice month. One of our decisions was to add a "Celebration meal" each week in which one of the children would chose a meal of their pleasure. Okay, so this week Josiah got to choose. He thought and thought and decided on (drum roll, please)... SUSHI! Do you know what sushi is? Vinegared Rice... with stuff in it or on it. We get one meal where we don't have to eat beans and rice and he picks RICE. Hysterical. Sooo... on Saturday we pulled out our seaweed paper and made us some yummy sushi rolls. They
were gooooood! Wanna hear more about our R&B journey? I'll add a day-by-day thought at the end.Day 1: Josiah (5) "It's here, its here! Hey guys, Beans and Rice month is here!" Absolute excitement permeated our home!
Day 2: JoyAnna (3): "Wait! But Rice & Beans month was YESTERDAY!" And so begins our little girl's understanding of how long a month really is...
Day 3: I was feeling the boa constriction of kitchen bondage and aching for convenience foods.
Day 4: Enjoyed the glorious discovery of bean & rice BURGERS! Yum-a-licous and wonderfully portable.
Day 5: Decided to add bananas to the diet of our younger two especially in favor of their intestinal health.
Day 6: Finding simplicity to be sobering... and somewhat freeing. Mostly just sobering.
Day 7: Thankful for the crock pot. It works while we sleep. It works while we worship. Annnd it works in the garage where I don't have to smell it all day. Oh, what a glorious invention!
Day 8: One of our family variations for the month is that we've included bread making and the ingredients necessary to accomplish this. Daniel asked if there was any "dessert" tonight. Hmmmm....toast & honey? Sure! Oh, I wish you could have seen the DELIGHT in their faces.
Day 9: JoyAnna (3): "I know it's Rice & Beans month today because Rice & Beans month is a LONG time." She's catching on! And in the next breath: "When we eat rice today can we have honey on it?" Ah, we've discovered something over here.
Day 10: John Z (8) misses Cheerios, Daniel (7) longs for breakfast food of ALL varieties, Josiah (5) & JoyAnna (3) ache for their beloved “treat bowl.” And good ‘ol Bryan was too busy with a stomach virus today to care much about food.
Day 11: I’m hurting for flavored coffee creamer. Just the creamer. Even the most lenient coffee snob would be disgusted by my coffee choices- off-brand, decaf, instant granules or that fake burnt dandelion stuff. I only drink the coffee for the creamer…and, oh how I miss my comfort in a cup!
Day 12: “Your house is not the place to have the munchies in right now.” –Aunt Johnna during her Spring Break visit
Day 13: Self induced kitchen bondage by making elaborate bean dishes and homemade naan (bread is on our approved list). I killed the heart of simplicity today. I think there’s a lesson in here for me. ("Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it than a house full of feasting with strife." - Pvb. 17:1)
Day 14: We thoroughly enjoyed our weekly Celebration Meal (John Z. chose breakfast food) & Aunt Johnna snacks. Before this month we just expected variety… now it seems that we completely delight in it.
Day 15: Okay, it’s getting HARD to continue this journey. Tonight we had to reign in our hearts and minds and remember that we’re CHOOSING to to do this… for a purpose bigger than ourselves. Oh, God have mercy!
Day 16: Grocery shopping analysis: Before: 1 hour, overflowing cart, at least 6 impulse buys, average $152 each week. Today: ½ hour, 1/3 filled cart, no impulse buys, $79. Wow!
Love it! Thanks for the insight from your home. Ours is "gutting it out" as well, but the kids are complaining less and beginning to like certain things.
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