Clean Meals Mama

Everyone, who is trying to eat healthier, has a story as to why they choose a style of eating.  Mine choice usually is clean eating.  So what is it?  At its simplest explanation, clean eating is eating "real" foods.  Those foods that are minimally processed or refined, in their whole state or as close to whole as possible. But why clean for me?  Why do I choose to eat this way? The simplest explanation is that I feel better when I eat this way.  A few years ago, I was having a lot of joint pain, was tired all the time, and was getting headaches almost daily.  After many trips to the doctor, without an explanation, I decided to try to eliminate certain foods out of my diet to see if I would feel better.  What I found is my body has food sensitivities to corn (in all forms) and to gluten.  Both of these sensitivities are self diagnosed, meaning I have not seen a doctor to verify these.  However I do know that when I eliminate these foods...

Welcome to Clean Meals Mama.  First, a little about me. I am married with 4 children, the oldest is 9, the youngest is 3. As a stay at home mom, my job for the past 9 years has been to make sure my children are taken care of.  Somewhere along the way, I forgot how to take care of myself.  After years of putting my family first, I decided it was time to include myself in the people I take care of. Like many of you, I try to eat healthy (most of the time) but lately I have been lacking the motivation.  I struggle with finding clean meals that my family will eat as well-because I don't have time to make more than one meal. My goal for this blog is to provide a space where I can share clean meal plans for the week. I am hoping this space will be helpful for you and your family as well.  In return, I hope that by sharing my meal plans, I find the motivation to return to my clean eating days.